--- title: "CVS Health: Competitors" description: "CVS Health compared with companies that share its SEC industry classification: revenue, growth and margins from SEC filings, and how the peer group is chosen." canonical: https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/companies/cvs-health/competitors/ source: "Swoopr Investment: https://www.getswoopr.com" --- # CVS Health: Competitors & Industry Structure ## Direct Answer SEC EDGAR classifies CVS Health under SIC code 5912 (Retail-Drug Stores and Proprietary Stores). Among Swoopr's S&P 500 Equal Weight companies, 2 others share that classification; by latest reported revenue, CVS Health ranks 1 of 3. A filing classification is a starting point: a company's real competitors depend on its segments, which its 10-K describes. ## How Does CVS Health Compare With Its Peers? | Company | Revenue (latest FY) | Revenue growth | Operating margin | Net margin | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **CVS Health (CVS)** | $402 billion FY2025 | 7.8% | 1.2% | 0.4% | | [Guardian Pharmacy Services Inc. (GRDN)](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/companies/guardian-pharmacy-services-inc/) | $1.4 billion FY2025 | 17.9% | 5.0% | 3.4% | | [PetMed Express Inc. (PETS)](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/companies/petmed-express-inc/) | $179 million FY2026 | -21.1% | -32.8% | -32.0% | Revenue growth compares each company's latest fiscal year with the one before. Fiscal years do not always end on the same date, so treat close comparisons with care. ![Bar chart of operating margin for CVS Health and 2 peers: CVS Health (CVS) 1.2%, Guardian Pharmacy Services Inc. (GRDN) 5.0%, PetMed Express Inc. (PETS) -32.8%.](https://www.getswoopr.com/images/charts/cvs-health-competitors-peer-margins.webp) *Operating margin of CVS Health against companies sharing its SEC industry classification, from the table above. Select the chart to open it full size.* ## Where These Numbers Come From Every figure on this page is a value CVS Health reported in its own SEC filings, read from the SEC's XBRL data (accession 0000064803-26-000010 for fiscal year 2025). Ratios are computed from those reported values. Figures were retrieved on October 12, 2026; a later amendment or a new annual report can change them, and the filing itself always takes precedence over this summary. Each fiscal year is labeled by the calendar year in which it ended, so a company that names the same period differently in its own filings (many retailers whose year ends in January) may use another label. A year is left out of the table when the SEC data set holds no value for it. A figure shown as "Not reported" means the company did not file a value under the standard tag Swoopr reads, not that the amount was zero. This page is educational and describes reported history only; it is not a forecast or a recommendation. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Who are CVS Health's competitors? Companies sharing CVS Health's SEC classification (SIC code 5912 (Retail-Drug Stores and Proprietary Stores)) include Guardian Pharmacy Services Inc. (GRDN), PetMed Express Inc. (PETS). Its 10-K names the competitors it considers most relevant. ### How does CVS Health compare with its peers on margins? CVS Health's fiscal 2025 operating margin was 1.2%, against a peer median of -13.9%. ### How are these peers chosen? By the SEC Standard Industrial Classification code each company files under, within Swoopr's S&P 500 Equal Weight company set, falling back to the two-digit major group when fewer than two companies share the exact code. Classification codes are broad, so read the peer list as a screen, not a verdict. ## References - [SEC EDGAR: CVS HEALTH Corp Form 10-K filed February 10, 2026](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/64803/000006480326000010/cvs-20251231.htm) - [SEC EDGAR: CVS HEALTH Corp annual and quarterly filings](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=64803&type=10-K) - [SEC: EDGAR application programming interfaces (XBRL frames and submissions data)](https://www.sec.gov/search-filings/edgar-application-programming-interfaces) ## Related Pages - [CVS Health company dossier](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/companies/cvs-health/) - [CVS Health financial metrics](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/companies/cvs-health/metrics/) - [CVS Health financial risk indicators](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/companies/cvs-health/risks/) - [CVS Health peer comparison](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/companies/cvs-health/competitors/) - [CVS Health business model and revenue mix](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/companies/cvs-health/business-model/) - [Fundamental analysis guides](https://www.getswoopr.com/learn/fundamental-analysis/) **[Swoopr Editorial Team](https://www.getswoopr.com/authors/swoopr-editorial-team/)** Swoopr's editorial team produces independent investment education content reviewed for accuracy and clarity. 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