Shopping carts sit in a parking lot at a CVS store in Greenbrae, California.
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CVS Health shares turned higher in premarket trading Wednesday after the healthcare company raised its forecast for full-year adjusted earnings and third-quarter profit topped analysts’ expectations.
CVS Health (ticker: CVS) said it expects full-year adjusted earnings of $7.90 to$8 a share, up from prior guidance of $7.70 to $7.80.
Third-quarter adjusted earnings of $1.97 a share topped Wall Street forecasts, as did revenue of $73.8 billion.
Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected CVS to earn $1.79 a share on sales of $70.5 billion in the third quarter.
For the same period last year, CVS reported a profit of $1.66 a share on sales of $67.1 billion.
The stock was up 1.06% in premarket trading to $92.12. Shares have gained 33.5% in 2021.
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