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Pharmacies take a $10 billion hit as Amazon lands Whole Foods deal (CVS)

CVS' stock price is taking a hit, while the Amazon stock price is surging. The tech giant's deal for Whole Foods could shake up the pharmacy business.

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Amazon is buying Whole Foods for $13.7 billion, and pharmacy stocks are feeling the heat.

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The pharmaceutical supply chain is down by a total market cap of $10 billion, according to UBS.

In addition to the grocery stores whose stocks have been getting clobbered on the news, here are the drug industry companies that are also taking a hit.

  • CVS
  • Walgreens
  • Cardinal Health
  • Amerisource Bergen
  • McKesson
  • Express Scripts
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It's not the first time the prescription drug industry has been concerned about Amazon entering the pharma business. CNBC reported in May that Amazon is seriously considering entering the pharmacy business, leading to speculation about what that might look like.

Whole Foods doesn't have a pharmacy, though it does sell vitamins and supplements. That means that Amazon's entrance into the pharmacy business, at least at a brick-and-mortar-level, might not be immediate.

"We recognize that the sheer establishment of a physical presence is likely to give pause to those more concerned by the Amazon risk but note that Whole Foods does not have pharmacy and therefore is less likely to serve as a specific conduit towards driving whatever Amazon’s eventual pharmacy strategy might be," UBS said in a note.

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