CVS
StockCVS Health Corporation
One email when a drop — in price or in valuation — is historically rare for CVS. Otherwise we stay quiet.
Bigger than its usual dip. Not yet rare.
CVS Health Corporation is 15.9% off its high — deeper than its 5.3% average pullback, but it has been through 210 drawdowns before. Not historically significant yet — we'll say so if that changes.
Valuation is notable too — P/S Severity Score 4.1, below its typical range.
Elevated
Current Drawdown
-15.9%
Days in Drawdown
23
Avg Max Drawdown
5.3%
Avg Length
68
Drawdown Severity Score™
3.1
CVS - Price & High Water Mark
CVS - Drawdown Timeline
How to read this chart: Negative values indicate drawdowns from all-time highs. Values closer to 0% mean the stock is near its high water mark.
Valuation vs Its Own History
Data as of August 22, 2026 · updated daily
Where today's valuation sits within CVS's own multi-year range, scored with the same Drawdown Severity Score language as price, measured from its typical level rather than its record high — a higher score means it has rarely been cheaper. This is context, not a recommendation.
Price to Sales
CVS Health Corporation has been cheaper on this measure only about 16% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
Price to Sales history
EV to EBITDA
CVS Health Corporation has been cheaper on this measure only about 90% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
EV to EBITDA history · log scale
CVS Health Corporation (CVS) Analysis: Current Drawdown Insights
CVS Health Corporation is currently in a drawdown that is unusual by its own historical standards. As of 2026-08-21, the stock is trading at $93.02, which represents a 15.9% decline from its all-time high of $110.60. This drawdown has persisted for 23 days.
Based on its full tracked price history, CVS Health Corporation typically experiences drawdowns averaging 5.3% in depth, with an average duration of 68 days. CVS Health Corporation has gone through 210 total drawdown events in its tracked history. The largest drawdown on record for CVS Health Corporation was 64.1%, beginning in 2001. The longest drawdown duration on record was 2289 days.
The Drawdown Severity Score™ for CVS Health Corporation currently stands at 3.10. This is our proprietary indicator that shows the relative severity of the current drawdown based on the asset's unique historical patterns. A score between 3.0 and 5.0 indicates an elevated drawdown that's larger than this asset's historical averages.
Understanding Drawdowns: A drawdown measures how far a stock has fallen from its peak price. Every stock experiences drawdowns: periods when the price declines from all-time highs before recovering. By analyzing CVS Health Corporation's historical drawdown patterns, investors can identify when the stock is experiencing a typical market fluctuation versus an unusual decline that is rare by that stock's own historical standards.
📜 Historical Drawdown Events
Current drawdown shown in blue. Showing the most recent and the deepest of 210 tracked pullbacks (68 listed).
| Start Date | End Date | Duration | Max Depth | Start Price | Lowest Price | Recovery Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-29 | Ongoing | 23 days | -15.9% | $110.60 | $93.02 | n/a |
| 2026-06-26 | 2026-07-01 | 6 days | -1.2% | $104.66 | $103.45 | $104.81 |
| 2026-06-15 | 2026-06-25 | 11 days | -3.6% | $101.96 | $98.32 | $104.66 |
| 2026-05-14 | 2026-06-11 | 29 days | -8.8% | $98.11 | $89.50 | $100.48 |
| 2022-02-09 | 2026-05-13 | 1554 days | -56.8% | $97.16 | $41.98 | $98.11 |
| 2022-01-31 | 2022-02-07 | 8 days | -2.7% | $95.79 | $93.16 | $95.92 |
| 2022-01-18 | 2022-01-27 | 10 days | -3.9% | $92.62 | $89.03 | $93.62 |
| 2022-01-12 | 2022-01-14 | 3 days | -0.7% | $92.47 | $91.86 | $92.62 |
| 2022-01-06 | 2022-01-11 | 6 days | -3.0% | $92.27 | $89.46 | $92.47 |
| 2021-12-30 | 2022-01-03 | 5 days | -0.5% | $90.43 | $89.96 | $90.83 |
| 2021-12-17 | 2021-12-23 | 7 days | -0.9% | $88.26 | $87.48 | $88.34 |
| 2021-12-14 | 2021-12-15 | 2 days | -0.1% | $86.24 | $86.14 | $87.68 |
| 2021-11-04 | 2021-12-09 | 36 days | -7.8% | $84.01 | $77.42 | $84.86 |
| 2015-07-30 | 2021-11-03 | 2289 days | -50.1% | $83.88 | $41.86 | $84.01 |
| 2015-07-23 | 2015-07-28 | 6 days | -1.1% | $82.06 | $81.16 | $82.54 |
| 2015-07-21 | 2015-07-22 | 2 days | -0.5% | $81.80 | $81.38 | $82.06 |
| 2015-07-17 | 2015-07-20 | 4 days | -0.4% | $81.47 | $81.18 | $81.80 |
| 2015-06-24 | 2015-07-10 | 17 days | -2.1% | $78.47 | $76.79 | $79.19 |
| 2015-03-24 | 2015-06-18 | 87 days | -5.2% | $76.80 | $72.78 | $77.43 |
| 2015-03-17 | 2015-03-23 | 7 days | -1.3% | $76.67 | $75.67 | $76.80 |
| 2015-03-03 | 2015-03-16 | 13 days | -2.6% | $76.53 | $74.57 | $76.67 |
| 2015-02-27 | 2015-03-02 | 4 days | -0.3% | $76.51 | $76.29 | $76.53 |
| 2015-02-19 | 2015-02-26 | 8 days | -1.4% | $76.46 | $75.37 | $76.51 |
| 2015-02-13 | 2015-02-17 | 5 days | -0.4% | $75.65 | $75.38 | $76.06 |
| 2015-01-27 | 2015-02-10 | 15 days | -2.8% | $74.19 | $72.10 | $74.68 |
| 2015-01-20 | 2015-01-21 | 2 days | -0.0% | $72.27 | $72.25 | $73.08 |
| 2014-12-29 | 2015-01-16 | 19 days | -4.2% | $71.91 | $68.92 | $72.27 |
| 2014-12-01 | 2014-12-16 | 16 days | -2.4% | $66.87 | $65.24 | $67.56 |
| 2014-11-25 | 2014-11-26 | 2 days | -0.6% | $66.51 | $66.08 | $66.52 |
| 2014-11-14 | 2014-11-24 | 11 days | -1.1% | $65.97 | $65.23 | $66.51 |
| 2014-11-12 | 2014-11-13 | 2 days | -0.5% | $65.70 | $65.35 | $65.97 |
| 2014-11-07 | 2014-11-10 | 4 days | -0.1% | $64.72 | $64.69 | $65.28 |
| 2014-11-04 | 2014-11-05 | 2 days | -0.8% | $63.03 | $62.56 | $64.04 |
| 2014-10-29 | 2014-10-30 | 2 days | -0.0% | $62.36 | $62.35 | $62.61 |
| 2014-10-09 | 2014-10-21 | 13 days | -4.5% | $60.19 | $57.49 | $60.69 |
| 2014-09-18 | 2014-10-08 | 21 days | -3.8% | $59.99 | $57.73 | $60.19 |
| 2014-09-08 | 2014-09-16 | 9 days | -1.3% | $59.55 | $58.77 | $59.97 |
| 2014-09-04 | 2014-09-05 | 2 days | -0.1% | $58.62 | $58.58 | $59.55 |
| 2014-08-21 | 2014-09-02 | 13 days | -0.8% | $58.07 | $57.61 | $58.16 |
| 2014-08-15 | 2014-08-19 | 5 days | -0.5% | $57.84 | $57.56 | $58.01 |
| 2014-07-28 | 2014-08-14 | 18 days | -3.8% | $57.71 | $55.52 | $57.84 |
| 2014-06-09 | 2014-07-24 | 46 days | -4.5% | $57.36 | $54.78 | $57.55 |
| 2014-06-02 | 2014-06-05 | 4 days | -0.8% | $56.93 | $56.48 | $57.14 |
| 2014-05-23 | 2014-05-28 | 6 days | -0.1% | $56.12 | $56.05 | $56.15 |
| 2014-05-13 | 2014-05-22 | 10 days | -1.6% | $55.84 | $54.92 | $56.12 |
| 2014-05-08 | 2014-05-09 | 2 days | -0.1% | $55.17 | $55.14 | $55.44 |
| 2014-03-27 | 2014-05-07 | 42 days | -3.6% | $54.53 | $52.56 | $55.17 |
| 2014-03-24 | 2014-03-25 | 2 days | -0.8% | $54.27 | $53.84 | $54.27 |
| 2014-03-18 | 2014-03-21 | 4 days | -1.1% | $53.85 | $53.23 | $54.27 |
| 2014-03-11 | 2014-03-17 | 7 days | -1.5% | $53.27 | $52.50 | $53.85 |
| 2014-03-03 | 2014-03-05 | 3 days | -0.8% | $52.96 | $52.56 | $52.99 |
| 2008-06-06 | 2012-01-17 | 1321 days | -45.3% | $29.70 | $16.26 | $29.77 |
| 2007-11-14 | 2008-05-14 | 182 days | -15.9% | $28.35 | $23.85 | $28.40 |
| 2006-09-13 | 2007-04-24 | 224 days | -24.3% | $23.94 | $18.13 | $24.56 |
| 2006-04-07 | 2006-07-10 | 95 days | -11.3% | $20.76 | $18.42 | $20.82 |
| 2005-08-03 | 2006-04-06 | 247 days | -21.9% | $20.70 | $16.17 | $20.76 |
| 2001-03-09 | 2005-07-08 | 1582 days | -64.1% | $19.93 | $7.16 | $20.02 |
| 2001-01-02 | 2001-02-12 | 42 days | -14.9% | $19.21 | $16.35 | $19.25 |
| 1999-02-25 | 2000-11-09 | 624 days | -50.1% | $17.92 | $8.94 | $18.29 |
| 1998-12-31 | 1999-02-23 | 55 days | -14.0% | $17.66 | $15.18 | $17.70 |
| 1998-08-27 | 1998-10-16 | 51 days | -22.0% | $14.77 | $11.52 | $14.77 |
| 1998-04-07 | 1998-07-06 | 91 days | -15.8% | $12.53 | $10.56 | $12.79 |
| 1997-12-02 | 1998-02-06 | 67 days | -13.5% | $10.87 | $9.40 | $11.14 |
| 1992-12-24 | 1996-11-22 | 1430 days | -42.9% | $6.51 | $3.72 | $6.52 |
| 1990-07-16 | 1992-11-27 | 866 days | -41.5% | $6.38 | $3.73 | $6.42 |
| 1989-09-05 | 1990-06-12 | 281 days | -20.6% | $5.77 | $4.58 | $5.80 |
| 1987-08-14 | 1989-01-27 | 533 days | -45.1% | $4.25 | $2.33 | $4.27 |
| 1987-04-06 | 1987-07-15 | 101 days | -19.1% | $3.84 | $3.11 | $3.91 |
| 1986-05-30 | 1987-02-26 | 273 days | -24.9% | $3.54 | $2.66 | $3.56 |
How to read: Each row shows a complete drawdown from peak to recovery. Red rows = most severe drawdowns (worst 20% or 5x+ average), yellow rows = moderate (2x-5x worse than average).
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CVS Health Corporation (CVS) is trading at $93.02 as of Aug 21, 2026. It is 15.9% below its high of $110.60. The drawdown has lasted 23 days. Severity score: 3.1 (Elevated).
CVS Price History and Drawdown Data
Latest price
$93.02
High-water mark
$110.60
Current drawdown
-15.9%
Days in drawdown
23
This CVS page is built around daily price history, the latest high-water mark, current drawdown depth, drawdown duration, and comparable historical drawdown events. The chart above provides the price-history context, while the sections below explain how the current move compares with prior CVS Health Corporation drawdowns.
What History Says About CVS
CVS Health Corporation has dropped 25%+ from its high 8 times in its tracked history. These events lasted an average of 1275 days with an average max drop of -49.5%.
The current drawdown of -15.9% has lasted 23 days, which is within the typical range for comparable events.
| Period | Max Drop | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2001 to Jul 2005 | -64.1% | 1582 days |
| Feb 2022 to May 2026 | -56.8% | 1554 days |
| Feb 1999 to Nov 2000 | -50.1% | 624 days |
| Jul 2015 to Nov 2021 | -50.1% | 2289 days |
| Jun 2008 to Jan 2012 | -45.3% | 1321 days |
| Aug 1987 to Jan 1989 | -45.1% | 533 days |
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