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Economic Value Added (EVA)
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Economic value added or economic profit is the difference between revenues and costs,where costs include not only expenses, but also cost of capital.
Economic Profit
CVS Health Corp., economic profit calculation
USD $ in millions
| 12 months ended | Dec 31, 2017 | Dec 31, 2016 | Dec 31, 2015 | Dec 31, 2014 | Dec 31, 2013 | |
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Source: Based on data from CVS Health Corp. Annual Reports
2017 Calculations
1 NOPAT. See Details »
2 Cost of capital. See Details »
3 Invested capital. See Details »
4 Economic profit = NOPAT – Cost of capital × Invested capital
= – % × =
| Item | Description | The company |
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| Economic profit | Economic profit is a measure of corporate performance computed by taking the spread between the return on invested capital and the cost of capital, and multiplying by the invested capital. | CVS Health Corp.'s economic profit increased from 2015 to 2016 and from 2016 to 2017. |
Net Operating Profit after Taxes (NOPAT)
CVS Health Corp., NOPAT calculation
USD $ in millions
Source: Based on data from CVS Health Corp. Annual Reports
2017 Calculations
1 Elimination of deferred tax expense. See Details »
2 Addition of increase (decrease) in allowance for doubtful accounts receivable.
3 Addition of increase (decrease) in equity equivalents to net income attributable to CVS Health.
4 Addition of interest expense on capitalized operating leases. See Details »
5 Tax benefit of interest expense = Adjusted interest expense × Statutory income tax rate
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6 Addition of after taxes interest expense to net income attributable to CVS Health.
7 Tax expense (benefit) of investment income = Investment income, before tax × Statutory income tax rate
= × 35% =
8 Elimination of after taxes investment income.
9 Elimination of discontinued operations.
| Item | Description | The company |
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| NOPAT | Net operating profit after taxes is income from operations, but after removement of taxes calculated on cash basis that are relevant to operating income. | CVS Health Corp.'s NOPAT increased from 2015 to 2016 but then slightly declined from 2016 to 2017. |
Cash Operating Taxes
CVS Health Corp., cash operating taxes calculation
USD $ in millions
Source: Based on data from CVS Health Corp. Annual Reports
| Item | Description | The company |
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| Cash operating taxes | Cash operating taxes are estimated by adjusting income tax expense for changes in deferred taxes and tax benefit from the interest deduction. | CVS Health Corp.'s cash operating taxes declined from 2015 to 2016 and from 2016 to 2017. |
Invested Capital
CVS Health Corp., invested capital calculation (financing approach)
USD $ in millions
Source: Based on data from CVS Health Corp. Annual Reports
1 Addition of capitalized operating leases. See Details »
2 Elimination of deferred taxes from assets and liabilities. See Details »
3 Addition of allowance for doubtful accounts receivable.
4 Addition of equity equivalents to total CVS Health shareholders' equity.
5 Removal of accumulated other comprehensive income.
6 Subtraction of investments.
| Item | Description | The company |
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| Invested capital | Capital is an approximation of the economic book value of all cash invested in going-concern business activities. | CVS Health Corp.'s invested capital declined from 2015 to 2016 and from 2016 to 2017. |
Cost of Capital
CVS Health Corp., cost of capital calculations
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Source: Based on data from CVS Health Corp. Annual Reports
1 USD $ in millions
2 Equity. See Details »
3 Debt. See Details »
4 PV of operating lease payments. See Details »
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Source: Based on data from CVS Health Corp. Annual Reports
1 USD $ in millions
2 Equity. See Details »
3 Debt. See Details »
4 PV of operating lease payments. See Details »
| Fair Value1 | Weights | Cost of Capital | |||||||||
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Source: Based on data from CVS Health Corp. Annual Reports
1 USD $ in millions
2 Equity. See Details »
3 Debt. See Details »
4 PV of operating lease payments. See Details »
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Source: Based on data from CVS Health Corp. Annual Reports
1 USD $ in millions
2 Equity. See Details »
3 Debt. See Details »
4 PV of operating lease payments. See Details »
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Source: Based on data from CVS Health Corp. Annual Reports
1 USD $ in millions
2 Equity. See Details »
3 Debt. See Details »
4 PV of operating lease payments. See Details »
Economic Spread
CVS Health Corp., economic spread calculation
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Source: Based on data from CVS Health Corp. Annual Reports
2017 Calculations
1 Economic profit. See Details »
2 Invested capital. See Details »
3 Economic spread = 100 × Economic profit ÷ Invested capital
= 100 × ÷ = %
| Ratio | Description | The company |
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| Economic spread | The ratio of economic profit to invested capital, also equal to the difference between return on invested capital (ROIC) and cost of capital. | CVS Health Corp.'s economic spread improved from 2015 to 2016 and from 2016 to 2017. |
Economic Profit Margin
CVS Health Corp., economic profit margin calculation
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Source: Based on data from CVS Health Corp. Annual Reports
2017 Calculations
1 Economic profit. See Details »
2 Economic profit margin = 100 × Economic profit ÷ Net revenues
= 100 × ÷ = %
| Ratio | Description | The company |
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| Economic profit margin | The ratio of economic profit to sales. It is the company's profit margin covering income efficiency and asset management. Economic profit margin is not biased in favor of capital-intensive business models, because any added capital is a cost to the economic profit margin. | CVS Health Corp.'s economic profit margin improved from 2015 to 2016 and from 2016 to 2017. |
