Elevance Health

ELV · NYSE · USD

$381.67Change from previous close: −1.84%Absolute change: −$7.15

Close · October 1, 2026

Valuation

Data as of October 2, 2026

Valuation multiples

Market cap
$82.77B
Enterprise value
$76.44B
P/E (trailing 12 months)
16.9
Forward P/E
12.9
PEG
1.27
Price/book
1.84
Price/sales
0.41
EV/EBITDA
9.18
EV/revenue
0.38

Profitability and growth

Gross margin
26.0%
Operating margin
4.6%
Net margin
2.5%
ROE
11.1%
ROA
3.8%
Revenue growth (year over year)
1.4%
Earnings growth (year over year)
-13.1%

Financial health

Total cash
$37.51B
Total debt
$31.04B
Debt/equity
0.69
Current ratio
1.52
Quick ratio
1.37

Dividends

Annual dividend per share
$6.88
Dividend yield
1.8%
Payout ratio
30.3%
Ex-dividend date
September 10, 2026

Analysts and estimates

Average price target
$451.38
Median price target
$460.00
High price target
$492.00
Low price target
$393.00
Analysts with a price target
21
Consensus
Buy
Forward EPS
$29.54
EPS estimate, current year
$27.17

Shares and trading

Beta
0.70
Average volume
1.22M
Shares outstanding
216.87M
Float
216.37M
Institutional ownership
94.1%
Insider ownership
0.2%
Short interest (% of float)
2.8%
Short ratio (days)
5.12