Income Before Tax
Pre-Tax Income
Elevance Health Pre-Tax Income increased by 971.6% to $2.30B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 17.6%, from $2.80B to $2.30B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Pre-Tax Income shows a downward trend with a -4.1% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
Analysis
StatementIncome Statement
SectionIncome Before Tax
CategoryProfitability
SignalHigher is better
VolatilityModerate
First reportedQ4 2013
Last reportedQ4 2025
How to read this metric
This provides a view of profitability that is not skewed by varying tax rates or one-time tax credits.
Detailed definition
A company's profits before the deduction of corporate income tax. It combines operating performance with non-operating f...
Peer comparison
Used to compare companies across different tax jurisdictions to see who generates more raw profit.
Metric ID:
is_income_before_taxHistorical Data
20 periods
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $2.35B | $2.00B | $1.40B | $2.33B | $2.14B | $2.15B | $1.15B | $2.62B | $2.44B | $1.65B | $1.00B | $2.94B | $2.99B | $1.37B | $606.00M | $2.80B | $2.29B | $1.41B | $215.00M | $2.30B |
| QoQ Change | — | -15.2% | -29.9% | +66.1% | -7.9% | +0.1% | -46.2% | +126.9% | -6.8% | -32.2% | -39.5% | +193.6% | +1.6% | -54.0% | -55.9% | +361.6% | -18.1% | -38.7% | -84.7% | +971.6% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -8.9% | +7.5% | -17.6% | +12.6% | +13.9% | -22.9% | -13.3% | +12.2% | +22.3% | -17.0% | -39.5% | -4.8% | -23.2% | +2.4% | -64.5% | -17.6% |
Range$215.00M – $2.99B
CAGR-0.4%
Avg YoY Growth-9.9%
Median YoY Growth-11.1%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Elevance Health's pre-tax income?
- Elevance Health (ELV) reported pre-tax income of $2.30B in Q1 2026.
- How has Elevance Health's pre-tax income changed year-over-year?
- Elevance Health's pre-tax income decreased by 17.6% year-over-year, from $2.80B to $2.30B.
- What is the long-term trend for Elevance Health's pre-tax income?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Elevance Health's pre-tax income has grown at a -4.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $7.93B to $6.71B.
- What does pre-tax income mean?
- The total profit a company made before paying its income taxes.