What is Elevance Health's investment purchases?

Elevance Health (ELV) reported investment purchases of $4.74B in Q1 2026.

How has Elevance Health's investment purchases changed year-over-year?

Elevance Health's investment purchases increased by 19.5% year-over-year, from $3.96B to $4.74B.

What is the long-term trend for Elevance Health's investment purchases?

Over 3 years (2021 to 2025), Elevance Health's investment purchases has grown at a -7.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $18.67B to $15.03B.

What does investment purchases mean?

Cash spent purchasing investment securities across all categories.

Elevance Health ELV Investment Purchases

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$2.89B+250%

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$4.19B+17.8%

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$6.52B+57.6%

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$50.2B+2.6%

Gross profit$44.7B+1.8%

Net income$1.8B-19.2%

EPS (diluted)$8.00-16.8%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$9.7B+28.8%

Total debt$31.5B+11.0%

Total equity$43.9B+3.3%

Total assets$125.83B+5.1%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$4.3B+326%

CapEx$235.0M+19.9%

Free cash flow$4.1B+399%

Valuation

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Market cap$83.98B+7.6%

Enterprise value$105.82B+8.0%

P/E16×+1.5×

P/S0.4×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin89.2%+0.6pp

Net margin2.6%-0.6pp

FCF margin3.3%+1.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity12.1%-2.1pp

Debt / equity0.7×+0.1×

Current ratio1.5×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Elevance Health in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireInvestments.

The official record: Elevance Health’s 10-Q, filed April 22, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Elevance Health's investment purchases?: Elevance Health (ELV) reported investment purchases of $4.74B in Q1 2026.
How has Elevance Health's investment purchases changed year-over-year?: Elevance Health's investment purchases increased by 19.5% year-over-year, from $3.96B to $4.74B.
What is the long-term trend for Elevance Health's investment purchases?: Over 3 years (2021 to 2025), Elevance Health's investment purchases has grown at a -7.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $18.67B to $15.03B.
What does investment purchases mean?: Cash spent purchasing investment securities across all categories.