ELV · Healthcare
What a holder would want to know before buying ELV: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.
Today’s price is 47% above the lowest point of the past year and 3% below the highest.
Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 93% of days and more expensive on 7%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 69% of days.
12% above its average price of the last 200 trading days.
Fell 20% or more 3 times in 10 years. The deepest fall was 51%; the longest took 20 months to get back to its peak. 2 of 3 have recovered so far.
It is in one now: 27% below the Sep 2024 peak.
Elevance Health, Inc. · Healthcare · Healthcare Plans · a large company worth $89.50B
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 &…
revenue profit
Sales of $199.13B in 2025, with $5.66B of profit. Sales grew in 3 of the last 3 years.
Keeps about 2 cents of every dollar of sales as profit.
Would need about 7.2 years of free cash flow to repay all its debt.
You pay $18 for every $1 of last year’s profit, and $14 for every $1 of profit expected next year.
A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.
Pays 1.72% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Sep 10.
22 analysts: 15 say buy, 7 hold, 0 sell. Their average 12-month target is $451.48 (range $393.00–$492.00).
Insiders made 2 purchases and 3 sales in the last 6 months.
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