Elevance Health, Inc.

LSE:0HG8 Stock Report

Market Cap: US$86.5b

Elevance Health Valuation

Is 0HG8 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of 0HG8 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 0HG8 ($374.08) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($1537.75)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 0HG8 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 0HG8?

Key metric: As 0HG8 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 0HG8. This is calculated by dividing 0HG8's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 0HG8's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio13.5x
EarningsUS$6.42b
Market CapUS$86.49b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 0HG8's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 0HG8 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average22.5x
SN. Smith & Nephew
35.3x22.7%UK£8.6b
MDC Mediclinic International
21.9x10.7%UK£3.7b
CNC Centene
10x3.4%US$30.7b
HUM Humana
22.7x11.5%US$30.8b
0HG8 Elevance Health
13.5x12.5%US$86.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 0HG8 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.5x) compared to the peer average (22.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 0HG8's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Healthcare Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
0HG8 13.5xIndustry Avg. 18.2xNo. of Companies8PE01020304050+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 0HG8 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.5x) compared to the European Healthcare industry average (18.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 0HG8's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

0HG8 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio13.5x
Fair PE Ratio44x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 0HG8 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst 0HG8 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$374.08
US$505.44
+35.1%
10.1%US$625.00US$388.00n/a19
Dec ’25US$406.96
US$520.12
+27.8%
7.5%US$625.00US$465.00n/a19
Nov ’25US$415.91
US$530.12
+27.5%
8.1%US$625.00US$465.00n/a19
Oct ’25US$516.96
US$603.07
+16.7%
5.1%US$665.00US$550.00n/a19
Sep ’25US$551.72
US$600.44
+8.8%
5.7%US$665.00US$530.00n/a19
Aug ’25US$529.62
US$600.44
+13.4%
5.7%US$665.00US$530.00n/a19
Jul ’25US$534.81
US$608.98
+13.9%
5.3%US$665.00US$520.00n/a20
Jun ’25US$532.20
US$605.87
+13.8%
5.2%US$665.00US$520.00n/a19
May ’25US$525.83
US$599.48
+14.0%
5.6%US$665.00US$520.00n/a19
Apr ’25US$519.15
US$574.37
+10.6%
4.2%US$629.00US$520.00n/a19
Mar ’25US$498.45
US$572.18
+14.8%
4.2%US$629.00US$520.00n/a17
Feb ’25US$495.28
US$567.53
+14.6%
4.3%US$629.00US$520.00n/a16
Jan ’25US$469.39
US$562.91
+19.9%
4.1%US$629.00US$520.00n/a17
Dec ’24US$482.29
US$565.26
+17.2%
4.7%US$629.00US$520.00US$406.9617
Nov ’24US$449.54
US$566.26
+26.0%
4.6%US$629.00US$520.00US$415.9117
Oct ’24US$437.39
US$570.16
+30.4%
4.3%US$629.00US$520.00US$516.9619
Sep ’24US$440.53
US$571.10
+29.6%
4.3%US$629.00US$520.00US$551.7220
Aug ’24US$468.77
US$569.40
+21.5%
4.5%US$629.00US$520.00US$529.6220
Jul ’24US$444.96
US$560.18
+25.9%
8.1%US$620.00US$400.00US$534.8122
Jun ’24US$462.13
US$563.41
+21.9%
7.7%US$620.00US$400.00US$532.2022
May ’24US$470.66
US$562.72
+19.6%
7.8%US$620.00US$400.00US$525.8322
Apr ’24US$459.41
US$562.72
+22.5%
8.7%US$620.00US$400.00US$519.1522
Mar ’24US$468.09
US$567.43
+21.2%
9.1%US$620.00US$400.00US$498.4521
Feb ’24US$497.67
US$567.90
+14.1%
9.2%US$620.00US$400.00US$495.2821
Jan ’24US$514.94
US$564.95
+9.7%
7.0%US$640.00US$478.00US$469.3920
Dec ’23US$528.67
US$562.70
+6.4%
6.7%US$640.00US$478.00US$482.2920

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/26 20:45
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/26 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Elevance Health, Inc. is covered by 51 analysts. 15 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jasper HellwegArgus Research Company
Hua HaBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research