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Elevance Health, Inc. (ELV)

Healthcare | Healthcare Plans | Indianapolis, United States | NYSE
425.17 USD +8.94 (2.148%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 425.90 +0.73 (0.172%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 7:55 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★★☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 5:27 a.m. EDT

Elevance Health is trading at a premium to its recent earnings reality, creating a tension between short-term momentum and long-term growth concerns. While the stock has rallied strongly off its 200-day average and sits near its 52-week high, the underlying fundamentals are showing signs of strain with earnings contracting by nearly 20% and revenue growth barely edging 2%. The long-term rating reflects this caution; despite a fortress balance sheet and a decade of cumulative gains, the lack of sustained double-digit revenue growth prevents a top-tier buy classification. For the short term, however, the technical setup remains robust with price action holding above key moving averages and options flow indicating active participation at resistance levels. The dividend offers safety but lacks the yield power to drive income-focused capital. Investors should view this as a momentum play with a ceiling imposed by slowing growth, rather than a transformative growth story.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.047308
AutoETS0.080539
AutoARIMA0.231927
MSTL0.318941

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 48%
H-stat 0.70
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.547
Excess Kurtosis -0.46
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Ex Dividend Date 2026-06-09
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-09
Debt to Equity Ratio 72.299
Revenue per Share 901.354
Market Cap 92,330,934,272
Trailing P/E 18.02
Forward P/E 14.50
Beta 0.68
Profit Margins 2.62%
Previous Name Anthem, Inc.
Website https://www.elevancehealth.com

As of July 11, 2026, 5:27 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for elevated volatility with implied volatility spiking to 55-56% on near-term expirations. Open interest walls cluster heavily between $400 and $450, creating a dense bid-ask spread environment where both calls and puts see significant volume. The flow suggests a consensus expectation of a range-bound battle around current levels rather than a decisive breakout, with hedging activity offsetting speculative directional bets.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.43% 2.11% 1.65% 1.44%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-10 1.720 0.425153
2026-03-10 1.720 0.608462
2025-12-05 1.710 0.517007
2025-09-10 1.710 0.557457
2025-06-10 1.710 0.445405
2025-03-10 1.710 0.417531
2024-12-05 1.630 0.414779
2024-09-10 1.630 0.299550
2024-06-10 1.630 0.303963
2024-03-07 1.630 0.324973
2023-12-05 1.480 0.307022
2023-09-07 1.480 0.328648
2023-06-08 1.480 0.317419
2023-03-09 1.480 0.321767
2022-12-02 1.280 0.244461
2022-09-08 1.280 0.261571
2022-06-09 1.280 0.263266
2022-03-09 1.280 0.275050
2021-12-02 1.130 0.282684
2021-09-09 1.130 0.304230
2021-06-09 1.130 0.292776
2021-03-09 1.130 0.338546
2020-12-04 0.950 0.293872
2020-09-09 0.950 0.355246
2020-06-09 0.950 0.326449
2020-03-13 0.950 0.351409
2019-12-04 0.800 0.278377
2019-09-09 0.800 0.319425
2019-06-07 0.800 0.287635
2019-03-15 0.800 0.264026
2018-12-04 0.750 0.256043
2018-09-07 0.750 0.275837
2018-06-07 0.750 0.326669
2018-03-08 0.750 0.327812
2017-12-04 0.700 0.311180
2017-09-07 0.700 0.363372
2017-06-07 0.650 0.345139
2017-03-08 0.650 0.392394
2016-12-01 0.650 0.447751
2016-09-07 0.650 0.516488
2016-06-08 0.650 0.484352
2016-03-08 0.650 0.490640
2015-12-02 0.625 0.470208
2015-09-08 0.625 0.426825
2015-06-08 0.625 0.386065
2015-03-06 0.625 0.430559
2014-12-03 0.438 0.339114
2014-09-08 0.438 0.370778
2014-06-06 0.438 0.412701
2014-03-06 0.438 0.478584
2013-12-05 0.375 0.417688
2013-09-06 0.375 0.429602
2013-06-06 0.375 0.490581
2013-03-06 0.375 0.599808
2012-12-05 0.287 0.511586
2012-09-06 0.288 0.482250
2012-06-06 0.288 0.428125
2012-03-07 0.288 0.451128
2011-12-07 0.250 0.364910
2011-09-07 0.250 0.389772
2011-06-08 0.250 0.331038
2011-03-08 0.250 0.365871
Additional Data
dividendRate 6.88
dividendYield 1.65
exDividendDate 2026-06-10
trailingAnnualDividendRate 6.85
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.016457247
lastDividendValue 1.72
lastDividendDate 2026-06-10
dividendDate 2026-06-25

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.22395384
Address1 220 Virginia Avenue
All Time High 567.26
All Time Low 20.175
Ask 425.38
Ask Size 40
Audit Risk 9
Average Analyst Rating 1.8 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,573,820
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,722,995
Average Volume 1,722,995
Average Volume10Days 1,573,820
Beta 0.683
Bid 425.18
Bid Size 120
Board Risk 1
Book Value 201.97
City Indianapolis
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 425.17
Current Ratio 1.479
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 426.46
Day Low 419.615
Debt To Equity 72.299
Display Name Elevance Health
Dividend Date 1,782,345,600
Dividend Rate 6.88
Dividend Yield 1.65
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,784,145,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,784,145,600
Earnings Growth -0.168
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.192
Earnings Timestamp 1,784,118,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,784,118,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,784,118,600
Ebitda 8,541,000,192
Ebitda Margins 0.04262
Enterprise To Ebitda 10.214
Enterprise To Revenue 0.435
Enterprise Value 87,239,925,760
Eps Current Year 26.9094
Eps Forward 29.32332
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 23.6
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,781,049,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 395.6312
Fifty Day Average Change 29.538818
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.074662514
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 22.395384
Fifty Two Week High 427.64
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.4700012
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.005775889
Fifty Two Week Low 273.71
Fifty Two Week Low Change 151.46002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.5533595
Fifty Two Week Range 273.71 - 427.64
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,004,452,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.36
Float Shares 216,701,996
Forward Eps 29.32332
Forward P E 14.499382
Free Cashflow 4,298,625,024
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 96,129
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.25891
Gross Profits 51,889,999,872
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00184
Held Percent Institutions 0.93435997
Implied Shares Outstanding 217,162,380
Industry Healthcare Plans
Industry Disp Healthcare Plans
Industry Key healthcare-plans
Ir Website http://ir.wellpoint.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=130104&p=irol-irHome
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,781,049,600
Last Dividend Value 1.72
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,117,584,000
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary Elevance Health, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a health benefits company in the United States. The company operates in four segments: Health Benefits, CarelonRx, Carelon Services, and Corporate & Other. It offers a variety of health plans and services to individual, employer group risk-based and fee-based, BlueCard, Medicare, Medicaid, and FEP members; health products; a broad array of fee-based administrative managed care services; and specialty and other insurance products and services, such as stop loss, dental, vision, and supplemental health insurance benefits. The company also operates in the pharmacy services business; and markets and offers pharmacy services, including home delivery and specialty pharmacies, claims adjudication, formulary management, pharmacy networks, rebate administration, a prescription drug database, and member services, as well as infusion services and injectable therapies through ambulatory infusion centers. In addition, it provides healthcare related services and capabilities, including specialty care enablement and utilization management support for specialized clinical domains; behavioral health and comprehensive care management services; palliative care services and management; virtual care; and payment integrity, subrogation, clinical data exchange through its HealthOS platform, research and data, reporting and clinical analytics, information technology, and business process support services, as well as manages home health, post-acute institutional management, and durable medical equipment costs; and supports plans in managing home and community-based services. The company provides its services under the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Wellpoint, and Carelon brands. The company was formerly known as Anthem, Inc. and changed its name to Elevance Health, Inc. in June 2022. Elevance Health, Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Long Name Elevance Health, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 92,330,934,272
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_160077
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Name Change Date 2,026-07-13
Net Income To Common 5,242,999,808
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 90,389,497,427
Number Of Analyst Opinions 21
Open 422.46
Operating Cashflow 7,605,000,192
Operating Margins 0.05303
Overall Risk 2
Payout Ratio 0.2903
Peg Ratio 1.52
Phone 833 401 1577
Post Market Change 0.72998047
Post Market Change Percent 0.17169143
Post Market Price 425.9
Post Market Time 1,783,986,913
Prev Name Anthem, Inc.
Previous Close 416.23
Price Eps Current Year 15.800055
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.1051147
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.46069643
Profit Margins 0.02616
Quick Ratio 1.332
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.81818
Region US
Regular Market Change 8.94
Regular Market Change Percent 2.14785
Regular Market Day High 426.46
Regular Market Day Low 419.615
Regular Market Day Range 419.615 - 426.46
Regular Market Open 422.46
Regular Market Previous Close 416.23
Regular Market Price 425.17
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,802
Regular Market Volume 1,244,271
Return On Assets 0.03979
Return On Equity 0.12086
Revenue Growth 0.026
Revenue Per Share 901.354
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Share Holder Rights Risk 6
Shares Outstanding 217,162,380
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0277
Shares Short 6,009,556
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 6,604,471
Short Name Elevance Health, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.031
Short Ratio 3.32
Source Interval 15
State IN
Symbol ELV
Target High Price 498.0
Target Low Price 331.0
Target Mean Price 436.5238
Target Median Price 450.0
Total Cash 37,072,998,400
Total Cash Per Share 170.716
Total Debt 31,842,000,896
Total Revenue 200,416,002,048
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 6.85
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.016457247
Trailing Eps 23.6
Trailing P E 18.015678
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.5238
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 347.55484
Two Hundred Day Average Change 77.61517
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.22331777
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,244,271
Website https://www.elevancehealth.com
Zip 46,204