At the time of writing, Elevance Health Inc [ELV] stock is trading at $514.40, up 0.86%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The ELV shares have gain 3.04% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 2.27%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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On 3, April 2024, Elevance Health to Hold Conference Call and Webcast to Discuss First Quarter 2024 Results on April 18, 2024. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, Elevance Health (NYSE: ELV) will release first quarter 2024 financial results on April 18, 2024, at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (“EDT”). Management will review these results and its outlook during a conference call at 8:30 a.m. EDT that same morning. The conference call should be accessed at least 15 minutes prior to its start with the following numbers:.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Elevance Health Inc [NYSE: ELV] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 06, 2024, when Barclays initiated its Overweight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $584. Previously, Wolfe Research downgraded its rating to Peer Perform on July 12, 2023. On April 27, 2023, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight and revised its price target to $571 on the stock. Cantor Fitzgerald started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and suggested a price target of $547 on April 21, 2023. RBC Capital Mkts upgraded its rating to a Outperform and raised its price target to $572 on March 28, 2023. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on September 09, 2022, and upped its price target to $575. In a note dated August 22, 2022, SVB Leerink upgraded an Outperform rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $490 to $580.
For the past year, the stock price of Elevance Health Inc fluctuated between $412.00 and $521.18. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $537.95 within the next 12 months. Elevance Health Inc [NYSE: ELV] shares were valued at $514.40 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 4.58% based on the average ELV price forecast.
Analyzing the ELV fundamentals
According to Elevance Health Inc [NYSE:ELV], the company’s sales were 171.34B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 6.81% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.9% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.04%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.05%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.03%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.16 and Total Capital is 0.1. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.64.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 509.43 points at the first support level, and at 504.47 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 516.93, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 519.47.
Elevance Health Inc [ELV] reported earnings per share of $5.62 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 12/30/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $5.64/share, meaning a difference of -$0.02 and a surprise factor of -0.40%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 9/29/2023 were $8.99 per share as compared to estimates of $8.44 per share, a difference of $0.55 representing a surprise of 6.50%.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Elevance Health Inc [NYSE:ELV] has a current ratio of 1.44. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.70, the price to book ratio is 3.05 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 20.44.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Kendrick Charles Morgan JR, EVP & President, Commercial, that happened on Mar 08 ’24 when 2432.0 shares were sold. CAO & Controller, Penczek Ronald W completed a deal on Mar 06 ’24 to sell 916.0 shares. Meanwhile, EVP & Pres Carelon & CarelonRx Haytaian Peter D sold 21095.0 shares on Mar 04 ’24.
