CVS Health Corporation (CVS)

[FUNMAN]

I'm not sure how the street will react to the lowering of GAAP diluted EPS guidance? Everything else in the entire report is glowing.

Regarding a dividend increase, I'm sure it will be brought up in the conference call. I had been assuming they wanted to pay down about $30B of debt from the $80B Aetna Purchase Price. I'm not seeing it being accomplished in 2022.

Let's wait to hear what they have to say.



2021 Full Year Guidance
The Company revised its full year 2021 GAAP diluted EPS guidance range to $6.13 to $6.23 from $6.35 to $6.45, raised its full year 2021 Adjusted EPS guidance range to $7.90 to $8.00 from $7.70 to $7.80 and raised its full year 2021 cash flow from operations guidance range to $13.0 billion to $13.5 billion from $12.5 billion to $13.0 billion.

The adjustments between GAAP diluted EPS and Adjusted EPS include, as applicable, adding back amortization of intangible assets, integration costs related to the Company’s acquisition (the “Aetna Acquisition”) of Aetna Inc. (“Aetna”), the LTC goodwill impairment, an acquisition purchase price adjustment outside of the acquisition accounting measurement period and a loss on early extinguishment of debt.

Total revenues increased 9.5% for the three months ended September 30, 2021 compared to the prior year primarily driven by growth in the Government Services business, partially offset by the unfavorable impact of the repeal of the HIF for 2021.


Paid down a net of $1.1 billion of long-term debt, while returning $659 million to shareholders through dividends during the three months ended September 30, 2021. Since the close of the acquisition of Aetna Inc. in November 2018, the Company has repaid a net of $18.7 billion of long-term debt.