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CVS vs HUM

Side-by-side comparison of CVS Health Corporation (CVS) and Humana Inc. (HUM): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • CVS operates in Consumer Staples, while HUM operates in Health Care - the two are in different parts of the market.
  • CVS is the larger of the two at $114.32B, about 2.1x HUM ($54.05B).
  • Over the past year, CVS is up 14.9% and HUM is up 90.0% - HUM leads by 75.1 points.
  • CVS has been more active in the news (16 items in the past 4 weeks vs 13 for HUM).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceCVS+14.90%HUM+89.97%
2025-11-14+0.00%2026-11-13
MetricCVSHUM
Company
CVS Health Corporation
Humana Inc.
Price
-
-
Market cap
$114.32B
$54.05B
1M return
-3.47%
+4.25%
1Y return
+14.90%
+89.97%
Industry
Retail-Drug Stores and Proprietary Stores
Medical Specialities
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
News (4w)
16
13
Recent ratings
25
25
CVS

CVS Health Corporation

CVS Health Corporation provides health services in the United States. The company's Pharmacy Services segment offers pharmacy benefit management solutions, including plan design and administration, formulary management, retail pharmacy network management, mail order pharmacy, specialty pharmacy and infusion, clinical, and disease and medical spend management services. It serves employers, insurance companies, unions, government employee groups, health plans, prescription drug plans, Medicaid managed care plans, plans offered on public health insurance and private health insurance exchanges, other sponsors of health benefit plans, and individuals. This segment operates retail specialty pharmacy stores; and specialty mail order, mail order dispensing, and compounding pharmacies, as well as branches for infusion and enteral nutrition services. Its Retail/LTC segment sells prescription and over-the-counter drugs, consumer health and beauty products, and personal care products; and provides health care services through its MinuteClinic walk-in medical clinics. This segment also distributes prescription drugs; and provides related pharmacy consulting and other ancillary services to chronic care facilities and other care settings. As of December 31, 2020, it operated approximately 9,900 retail locations and 1,100 MinuteClinic locations, as well as online retail pharmacy websites, LTC pharmacies, and onsite pharmacies. The company's Health Care Benefits segment offers traditional, voluntary, and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services. It serves employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans, health care providers, governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labor groups, and expatriates. The company was formerly known as CVS Caremark Corporation and changed its name to CVS Health Corporation in September 2014. CVS Health Corporation was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.

HUM

Humana Inc.

Humana Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a health and well-being company in the United States. It operates through Retail, Group and Specialty, and Healthcare Services segments. The company offers medical and supplemental benefit plans to individuals. It also has a contract with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to administer the Limited Income Newly Eligible Transition prescription drug plan program; and contracts with various states to provide Medicaid, dual eligible, and long-term support services benefits. In addition, the company provides commercial fully-insured medical and specialty health insurance benefits comprising dental, vision, and other supplemental health benefits; and administrative services only products to individuals and employer groups, as well as military services, such as TRICARE T2017 East Region contract. Further, it offers pharmacy solutions, provider services, predictive modeling and informatics services, and clinical care services, such as home health and other services to its health plan members, as well as to third parties. As of December 31, 2020, the company had approximately 17 million members in medical benefit plans, as well as approximately 5 million members in specialty products. Humana Inc. was incorporated in 1964 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.

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