The Cigna Groupvs.CVS Health
CI vs CVS · both in Distribution & pharmacy infrastructure, part of the Medicine, pharma & life science value chain: Wholesalers, distribution and pharmacy chains that get medicines to patients.
CVS Health is about 1.7× larger than The Cigna Group by market cap; The Cigna Group trades at the lower P/E (11.5 vs 25.0); year to date, CVS Health leads (+18.6% vs +1.9%).
Side by side
| CI | CVS | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $73.9B | $122B |
| Price | $279.32 | $92.90 |
| Today | −0.4% | −1.3% |
| Return YTD | +1.9% | +18.6% |
| Return 1Y | −7.9% | +32.0% |
| P/E | 11.5 | 25.0 |
| P/S | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| P/B | 1.7 | 1.5 |
Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
The Cigna GroupCI
Express Scripts, the pharmacy benefit manager, sits at the centre. Around it Cigna writes health insurance and runs a specialty pharmacy and distribution business.
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The retail pharmacies are the visible part. Behind them sit Aetna, the group's health insurance arm, and Caremark, its pharmacy benefit manager. The same company can dispense a prescription and insure the patient who receives it.
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