CVS Health Corp vs Zoetis Inc — how do they compare? CVS Health Corp trades at $93.54 (market cap $119.58B), while Zoetis Inc trades at $75 (market cap $31.14B). The key difference: CVS Health Corp is far larger — about 3.8× Zoetis Inc's market cap, and CVS Health Corp pays the higher dividend (2.84%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CVS | ZTS | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $119.58B | $31.14B |
Sector | Health | Health |
52-Week High | $110.60 | $156.76 |
52-Week Low | $65.51 | $71.91 |
Enterprise Value | $181.93B | $38.70B |
Dividend Yield | 2.84% | 2.81% |
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Following its acquisition of Aetna in late 2018, CVS Health now provides an even more integrated healthcare-services offering for its members. Legacy CVS combined both the largest pharmacy benefit manager, processing over 2 billion adjusted claims annually, and a sizable pharmacy operation, including nearly 10,000 retail pharmacy locations primarily in the U.S. Adding a managed-care organization with 24 million medical members gives the company a strong position in the insurance industry and should help CVS better control overall healthcare costs for its clients.
Read more on CVS →Zoetis sells anti-infectives, vaccines, parasiticides, diagnostics, and other health products for animals. The firm earns slightly less than half of total revenue from production animals (cattle, pigs, poultry, and so on), and more than half from companion animal (dogs, horses, cats) products make up the other half. Its U.S. business is heavily skewed toward companion animals, while its international business is slightly skewed toward production animals. The firm has the largest market share in the industry and was previously Pfizer's animal health unit.
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