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CVS (CVS): An 'exceptional company'

"CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS), the nation's largest U.S. drugstore chain, remains a buy in our model growth portfolio," says Stephen Leeb.

In his The Complete Investor, he explains, "Business at CVS has been resilient. In the second quarter, revenue growth was up 22% for its pharmacy benefits management (PBM) business and 17% for retail operations.

"Total sales, almost evenly divided between the two segments, rose 18% to $24.9 billion. Earnings of $886.5 million, or 60 cents a share, were 13% higher than in the year-earlier period and beat consensus estimates by a penny.

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