Elevance Health Dividends and Buybacks
Dividend criteria checks 5/6
Elevance Health is a dividend paying company with a current yield of 1.75% that is well covered by earnings. Next payment date is on 25th March, 2025 with an ex-dividend date of 10th March, 2025.
Key information
1.7%
Dividend yield
3.2%
Buyback Yield
| Total Shareholder Yield | 4.9% |
| Future Dividend Yield | 1.9% |
| Dividend Growth | 12.0% |
| Next dividend pay date | 25 Mar 25 |
| Ex dividend date | 10 Mar 25 |
| Dividend per share | US$6.840 |
| Payout ratio | 25% |
Recent dividend and buyback updates
Recent updates
Elevance Health: Trading At Depressed Levels, So We Added Modestly
Jan 30Elevance Health (NYSE:ELV) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At $1.71
Jan 26
Elevance Health Q4 2024 Earnings: Managed Care Continues To Impress
Jan 23Is There Now An Opportunity In Elevance Health, Inc. (NYSE:ELV)?
Jan 15Elevance Health Is An Undervalued Healthcare Juggernaut
Dec 26Returns Are Gaining Momentum At Elevance Health (NYSE:ELV)
Dec 15Elevance Health: A Quality Underpriced Stock Returning To Health
Dec 11Elevance Health (NYSE:ELV) Seems To Use Debt Rather Sparingly
Nov 30We Think Elevance Health's (NYSE:ELV) Profit Is Only A Baseline For What They Can Achieve
Oct 29Elevance Health: A Bad Q3 Was Almost Inevitable Given Industry Headwinds
Oct 17Elevance: Our Top Value Pick Trading At 12.5x Earnings And Growing At 12.5%
Oct 10Is Now An Opportune Moment To Examine Elevance Health, Inc. (NYSE:ELV)?
Oct 08Investors Continue Waiting On Sidelines For Elevance Health, Inc. (NYSE:ELV)
Sep 11Elevance Health: Strong Earnings Growth Supports Strong Dividend Growth
Sep 06There's Been No Shortage Of Growth Recently For Elevance Health's (NYSE:ELV) Returns On Capital
Aug 29Here's Why We Think Elevance Health (NYSE:ELV) Is Well Worth Watching
Aug 02Elevance Health: Healthcare Services Segment Is Gaining Traction
Jul 31Elevance Health: Buy A Dividend Growth Machine
Jul 18Elevance Health: Favorable Trends Are Emerging (Rating Upgrade)
Jun 28Is Now An Opportune Moment To Examine Elevance Health, Inc. (NYSE:ELV)?
Jun 11Elevance Health's (NYSE:ELV) Returns On Capital Are Heading Higher
May 27We Think Shareholders Will Probably Be Generous With Elevance Health, Inc.'s (NYSE:ELV) CEO Compensation
May 09Elevance Health (NYSE:ELV) Has Announced A Dividend Of $1.63
Apr 25Elevance Health: It's Not Too Late To Buy Their Dividend Growth
Apr 23Is Elevance Health (NYSE:ELV) Using Too Much Debt?
Apr 16Elevance Health: Not Doing Enough In 2024 To Justify Premium Price
Apr 11Elevance Health, Inc.'s (NYSE:ELV) Earnings Haven't Escaped The Attention Of Investors
Apr 01Elevance: A Healthy Dose Of Dividend Growth
Mar 21Elevance Heath: Financial Growth And Technical Strength Indicate A Buy
Mar 07Elevance Health (NYSE:ELV) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At $1.63
Feb 19Elevance Health: Time To Buy This Incredible Dividend Growth Stock
Jan 26A Look At Elevance's Margin Dynamics
Nov 23Elevance Health: A High Conviction Defensive Blue Chip Buy
Oct 19Elevance: Pave The Way For The Next UnitedHealth
Sep 21Here's The Price I Would Buy Elevance Health Stock
Sep 13Upcoming Dividend Payment
Stability and Growth of Payments
Fetching dividends data
Stable Dividend: ELV's dividends per share have been stable in the past 10 years.
Growing Dividend: ELV's dividend payments have increased over the past 10 years.
Dividend Yield vs Market
| Elevance Health Dividend Yield vs Market |
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| Segment | Dividend Yield |
|---|---|
| Company (ELV) | 1.7% |
| Market Bottom 25% (US) | 1.4% |
| Market Top 25% (US) | 4.5% |
| Industry Average (Healthcare) | 1.9% |
| Analyst forecast (ELV) (up to 3 years) | 1.9% |
Notable Dividend: ELV's dividend (1.75%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.44%).
High Dividend: ELV's dividend (1.75%) is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (4.51%).
Earnings Payout to Shareholders
Earnings Coverage: With its reasonably low payout ratio (25.4%), ELV's dividend payments are well covered by earnings.
Cash Payout to Shareholders
Cash Flow Coverage: With its reasonably low cash payout ratio (34.8%), ELV's dividend payments are well covered by cash flows.
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2025/02/07 06:41 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2025/02/07 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2024/12/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2024/12/31 |
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.
| Package | Data | Timeframe | Example US Source * |
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.
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Analyst Sources
Elevance Health, Inc. is covered by 48 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Jasper Hellweg | Argus Research Company |
| Hua Ha | Baird |
| Ishan Majumdar | Baptista Research |