Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, drugstore and pharmacy benefits giant CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) has earned a respected four-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at CVS Caremark's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

CVS facts

Headquarters (Founded) Woonsocket, R.I. (1892)
Market Cap $56.0 billion
Industry Drug retail
Trailing-12-Month Revenue $104.0 billion
Management CEO Larry Merlo (since 2011)
CFO David Denton (since 2010)
Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) 9.7%
Cash/Debt $1.7 billion / $10.8 billion
Dividend Yield 1.5%
Competitors Rite Aid
Walgreen
Wal-Mart

Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 96% of the 1,688 members who have rated CVS believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.  

Last year, one of those bulls, DeeFool33, tapped CVS as a particularly clear opportunity:

I'm a fan of Peter Lynch's "buy what you know" and I am IN these stores all the time. CVS is always busy -- and I mean always at the many locations I frequent in [Massachusetts]. Rite-Aid, well, I rarely see more than 6 cars in the parking lot, ever. CVS is targeting its customer base with coupons, incentives all the time. They are always trying to attract business. Walgreens -- not sure where that it heading -- seems middle of the road to me right now.

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