CVS Health Corp vs Unitedhealth Group Inc

CVS Health Corp (CVS) is slightly overvalued and Unitedhealth Group Inc (UNH) is slightly undervalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, UNH trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +15%, against -10% for CVS.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

CVS Health Corp (CVS)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.3% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $79.35; the price of $87.10 is 10% above that value, and 82% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 36/100 on 9 of 12 signals

Unitedhealth Group Inc (UNH)

Discounting its cash flows at 8.4% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $440.71; the price of $372.95 is 15% below that value, and 78% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 54/100 on 10 of 12 signals

MetricCVSUNH
VerdictSlightly overvaluedSlightly undervalued
Price$87.10$372.95
Intrinsic value$79.35$440.71
Margin of safety-10%+15%
Leak Score36/100 (9/12)54/100 (10/12)
Market cap$111.4B$334.8B
Revenue growth, 5 years8.4%11.7%
Operating margin3.5%4.8%
Net margin1.2%3.1%
Return on equity6.2%14.6%
Debt to equity0.960.74
P/E23.0x24.0x
Forward P/E10.2x16.6x
P/B1.4x3.4x
Dividend yield3.1%2.4%

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