ELV Stock — Elevance Health Inc.

Elevance Health Inc. (ELV)

Updated October 16, 2026.

ELV is a Stock. its distribution rate is 1.61%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.60%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 97/100 (Safe). Total return is 5217.8% over the past 25 years, 4190.0 points ahead of SPY at 1027.8%.

Elevance Health operates as a health benefits company providing health insurance plans, pharmacy services, and healthcare management services to individual, employer, Medicare, and Medicaid members under the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield brands, alongside specialty offerings through its Carelon divisions. The company distributes quarterly dividends at a modest current rate. This stock may appeal to income investors seeking exposure to the healthcare services and managed care sector.

ELV performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 5217.8% over the past 25 years, 4190.0 points ahead of SPY at 1027.8%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 25.5%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 26.5%.

ELV key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

97 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

1.56%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

10/30/2001

Distribution rate

1.61%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

1.60%

5-year average yield

1.3

Last close

$428.26 (stale; as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$92,876,442,135

Average volume

1220097.0

Dividend

$1.72

Ex-dividend date

09/10/2026

Payment date

09/25/2026

Beta

0.711

Payout ratio

23.4%

P/E ratio

18.96

Forward P/E

13.6799

EPS

$22.59

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (1.61%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (1.60%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

ELV risks and drawbacks

ELV's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 26.5%.

Who may consider ELV — and who may not

ELV may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (ELV pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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