|
|
Article: CVS Corporation Reports Record Sales and Earnings in Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2004.
- Article from:
- Business Wire
- Article date:
- February 2, 2005
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2005 Business Wire. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- CVS Corporation (NYSE: CVS)
--FOURTH QUARTER SALES INCREASED 20%, WHILE DILUTED EPS INCREASED TO $0.70, INCLUDING ONE-TIME TAX BENEFIT
--COMPANY ENDS YEAR WITH 5,375 STORES, MORE PHARMACIES THAN ANY OTHER RETAILER
CVS Corporation (NYSE: CVS), today announced record sales and earnings for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 1, 2005.
Net sales for the thirteen-week period ended January 1, 2005 increased 19.7% to $8.92 billion, up from $7.45 billion during the fourteen-week period ended January 3, 2004. Total sales benefited during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003 from an additional week. Total sales for ...