Stock Evaluation Project Health Sector BY SAMANTHA CERVANTES

Stock Evaluation Project Health Sector BY: SAMANTHA CERVANTES, TRAM PHAM, DALE

Companies CVS- is a subsidiary of the American retail and health care company Cigna- Cigna is an American worldwide health services organization Aetna- is an American managed health care company, which sells traditional and consumer directed health care insurance plans

5 Rules Price for Sales- The price of a good or service that is being offered at a discount. Price per Earnings- is the ratio for valuing a company that measures its current share price relative to its per-share earnings. Dividends- is a payment made by a corporation to its shareholders, usually as a distribution of profits. Earnings per Share- is the monetary value of earnings per outstanding share of common stock for a company. Price Cash Flow- is a ratio used to compare a company's market value to its cash flow.

CVS History • The first CVS ever was in Lowell, Massachusetts by two brothers named Stanley and Sidney Goldstein and partner Ralph Hoagland. • The name CVS stands for Consumer Value Stores. • In 1996 CVS changed its name to CVS Corporation • On September 3, 2014, CVS Caremark changed its name to CVS Health and announced that it would stop selling tobacco products. • In 2012, CVS Caremark received 59 percent of Rhode Island's tax credits

Cigna History The INA is the parent company of Cigna formed in 1792 Cigna was formed by the 1982 merger of the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company (CG) and INA Corporation (the parent corporation of Insurance Company of North America, the first stock insurance company in America)

Aetna History The Aetna Insurance Company issued life insurance policies on an undetermined number of African-American slaves. 1908 Aetna hired its first home office female employee Julia Kinghorn. 2008 Aetna began offering pet health insurance.

Earnings Per Share Average 4 3. 5 3 2. 5 Company: 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 TTM Average CVS 1. 92 2. 18 2. 55 2. 49 2. 57 4. 98 2. 342 Cigna 3. 87 1. 05 4. 73 4. 55 4. 59 8. 67 3. 758 Aetna 3. 47 2. 83 2. 84 4. 18 5. 22 4. 51 3. 708 2 1. 5 1 0. 5 0 CVS 1 pt Cigna 3 pt 2 pt Aetna

Dividends Average 0. 35 0. 3 Company: 2007 2008 2009 2010 CVS 0. 23 0. 26 0. 35 0. 5 1. 85 0. 328 0. 2 Cigna 0. 04 0. 15 Aetna 0. 04 0. 45 1. 25 0. 122 0. 25 0. 1 0. 05 0 CVS Cigna 3 pt 1 pt Aetna 2 pt 2011 TTM Average

Price Per Earnings Average 16 14 12 10 8 Company: 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 TTM Average CVS 20. 7 12. 6 13. 9 16. 3 4. 98 15. 24 Cigna 13. 9 16. 2 7. 5 7. 7 8. 67 10. 56 Aetna 16. 6 10. 1 11. 2 7. 3 8. 9 4. 51 10. 82 6 4 2 0 CVS 3 pt Cigna 1 pt 2 pt Aetna

Price for Sale Average 0. 57 0. 56 0. 55 Company: 0. 54 0. 53 0. 52 0. 51 0. 5 CVS 2 pt Cigna 1 pt Aetna 3 pt 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 TTM Average CVS 0. 7 0. 5 0. 4 0. 54 Cigna 0. 9 0. 2 0. 5 1. 2 0. 52 Aetna 1. 1 0. 4 0. 5 0. 9 0. 56

Price Cash Flow Average 14 12 10 Company: 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 TTM Average CVS 16. 9 10. 7 11. 6 10 8. 1 6. 2 11. 46 Cigna 11. 5 2. 8 13 5. 8 6. 7 10 7. 96 Aetna 14. 7 6. 3 5. 7 9. 1 6. 4 26. 8 8. 44 8 6 4 2 0 CVS 3 pt Cigna 1 pt Aetna 2 pt

Evaluation CVS Cigna Aetna Earning per share 1 3 2 Divident 3 1 2 Price Per Earnings 3 1 2 Price for Sale 2 1 3 Price Cash Flow 3 1 2 12 7 11 Total • CVS is the best selling company out of the three health companies. • The least selling company is Cigna. • The Medium selling company is Aetna.

Work Cited Aetna. en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Aetna. Accessed 1 Nov. 2017. Cigna. en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Cigna. Accessed 1 Nov. 2017. CVS Health. cvshealth. com/about/company-history. Accessed 1 Nov. 2017. Cvs Pharmacy. CVS Pharmacy used to be a subsidiary of Melville Corporation, where its full name was initially Consumer Value Stores. Melville later changed its name to CVS Corporation in 1996[8][9] after Melville sold off many of its nonpharmacy stores. [10] The last of its nondrugstore operations were sold in 1997. [8]. Accessed 1 Nov. 2017. Morningstar. financials. morningstar. com/valuation/priceratio. html? t=AET&region=usa&culture=en-US. Accessed 1 Nov. 2017.