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CVS Health Corporation (CVS) Q3 2026 Earnings: Guidance Raised

Q3 2026 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026): revenue, EPS and full-year guidance from the SEC filing

Published Nov 5, 2026

TL;DR

  • CVS Health Corporation raised its full-year guidance; revenue +5.4% vs a year earlier.

CVS Health Corporation's results for Q3 2026 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026) come from the company's own earnings release, filed with the SEC on 2026-11-04. Everything below is taken from that filing; quotes are copied exactly. Company outlooks are the company's own.

At a glance

ItemValue
Revenue (GAAP)$108,399 million (+5.4% vs a year earlier)
Diluted EPS (GAAP)$1.68
Adjusted per-share figure (company's non-GAAP measure; FFO/AFFO for REITs)$2.09
Full-year guidanceRaised

Guidance

CVS raised FY2026 guidance: GAAP EPS at least $6.98, adjusted EPS at least $8.20, operating cash flow at least $15.5 billion.

Why this label: 'Raising full-year 2026 guidance': GAAP EPS to at least $6.98 from $6.84-7.04, adjusted EPS to at least $8.20 from $7.90-8.10; nothing core lower.

MetricPeriodNewPrior (as stated in the release)
GAAP diluted EPSFY2026at least $6.98$6.84–7.04
adjusted EPSFY2026at least $8.20$7.90–8.10
cash flow from operationsFY2026at least $15.5 billionat least $11.5 billion
total revenuesFY2026at least $420.0 billionnot stated

From the release

Revenue: "Total revenues · 108,399 · 102,871"

Earnings per share: "Third quarter GAAP diluted EPS of $1.68 and Adjusted EPS of $2.09"

GAAP diluted EPS: "GAAP diluted EPS guidance to at least $6.98 from a range of $6.84 to $7.04"

adjusted EPS: "Adjusted EPS guidance to at least $8.20 from a range of $7.90 to $8.10"

cash flow from operations: "Cash flow from operations guidance to at least $15.5 billion from at least $11.5 billion"

Quotes are copied from the filing; in table rows, cell borders are shown as “·”.

Key fact: Raised 2026 adjusted EPS guidance to at least $8.20 from $7.90–$8.10.

Source

CVS Health Corporation earnings release (SEC filing), accession 0000064803-26-000107, filed 2026-11-04.

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