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Elevance Health vs UnitedHealth ELV vs UNH

Elevance Health and UnitedHealth on one sheet: valuation multiples, growth, margins, debt, dividends and returns, each section labelled with the period it covers, from the companies' filings. Add or remove a stock above the sheet; the link holds the set.

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What differs most

generated from the numbers below
  • Market value: UnitedHealth $360.32B, Elevance Health $92.88B.
  • Operating margin: UnitedHealth 4.8%, Elevance Health 2.7%.
  • Price / sales: UnitedHealth 0.8×, Elevance Health 0.5×.
  • One-year price return: Elevance Health +23.0%, UnitedHealth +12.5%.

Price return

2025-10-16 → 2026-10-16
ELV+23.0%
UNH+12.5%
-40%-20%0%20%40%2025-10-162026-04-172026-10-16
Prices at the close on 2026-10-16

Profile

latest
Sector
Healthcare
Healthcare
Industry
Medical - Healthcare Plans
Medical - Healthcare Plans
Market value
$92.88B
$360.32B
Enterprise value
$113.69B
$405.06B
Employees
96,615
390,000
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$2.1M
$1.2M

Our models

nightlythe valuation on each stock's page
Price vs model
20% undervalued vs model
19% overvalued vs model
Model range
$292–1340
$198–886
Models in the headline
1
1
FCF growth priced in, at a 10% return
20.6%
14.1%
Every model, its assumptions and its range: ELV valuation · UNH valuation. The growth priced in, at any return: ELV reverse DCF · UNH reverse DCF.

Trading

close 2026-10-16
Last close
$428.26
$401.43
52-week high
$428.43
$436.35
52-week low
$280.74
$259.02
Price vs 52-week high
0.0%
−8.0%
Price vs 52-week low
+52.5%
+55.0%
Average daily volume / shares
0.6%
0.6%
Beta
0.71
0.61

Returns

to 2026-10-16
1 month
+3.8%
+7.0%
3 months
+14.9%
−5.2%
6 months
+35.6%
+26.9%
Year to date
+22.2%
+21.6%
1 year
+23.0%
+12.5%
1 year, dividends added
+25.0%
+15.1%
2 years
−13.8%
−29.7%

Valuation

price × TTM to Jun 2026
P/E (TTM)
19.0×
25.8×
P/E on consensus EPS (next FY)
15.7×
19.8×
Price / sales
0.5×
0.8×
EV / sales
0.6×
0.9×
EV / EBITDA
—
15.6×
Price / book
2.1×
—
Price / free cash flow (FY)
29.3×
22.4×
Free-cash-flow yield (FY)
3.4%
4.5%

Growth

TTM and FY2025
Revenue growth (TTM)
—
—
Revenue growth, consensus next FY
−1.0%
+0.1%
Revenue, 3-year CAGR
8.3%
11.4%
Revenue, 5-year CAGR
10.3%
11.7%
EPS growth (TTM)
—
—
EPS growth, consensus next FY
+8.1%
+53.5%
EPS, 3-year CAGR
0.5%
−14.5%
Free cash flow, 3-year CAGR
−24.1%
−11.8%
Diluted shares, 3-year change
−7.5%
−4.1%

Profitability

TTM to Jun 2026
Gross margin (FY)†
25.6%
18.5%
Operating margin
2.7%
4.8%
EBITDA margin
—
5.8%
Net margin
2.5%
3.1%
Free-cash-flow margin (FY)
1.6%
3.6%
Return on equity
11.1%
—
Return on assets
3.9%
4.6%
Asset turnover
1.59
1.45
† Gross margin (FY): As filed. Companies draw the cost-of-revenue line in different places, so gross margins of two companies in one industry can differ for that reason alone; operating margin does not depend on where the line is drawn.

Balance sheet

MRQ Jun 2026
Cash
$10.23B
$28.59B
Total debt
$31.04B
$73.33B
Net debt
$20.81B
$44.74B
Debt / equity
0.7×
—
Net debt / EBITDA (TTM)
—
1.7×
Interest coverage (FY)
5.8×
4.7×
Current ratio (FY)
1.24
0.79

Dividends

trailing 12 months
Dividend yield
1.6%
2.3%
Dividends per share
$6.87
$9.06
Payout ratio (of TTM EPS)
30.4%
58.2%
Dividend per share, 5-year CAGR
9.6%
10.9%
Frequency
Quarterly
Quarterly

Ownership and activity

last 90 days · latest 13F
Tracked superinvestors holding (13F)
12
20
Insider open-market buys (Form 4)
$0
$0
Insider sales (Form 4)
$0
$661K
Analyst upgrades
0
0
Analyst downgrades
0
0

Statements

income TTM to Jun 2026 · cash flow FY2025
Revenue
$201.11B
$450.13B
EBITDA
—
$25.96B
Operating income
$5.45B
$21.68B
Net income
$4.96B
$14.12B
EPS (diluted)
$22.59
$15.58
Operating cash flow
$4.29B
$19.70B
Capital expenditure
−$1.12B
−$3.62B
Free cash flow
$3.17B
$16.07B
Dividends paid
$1.53B
$7.92B

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Statements from the companies' SEC filings; prices, dividends and consensus estimates from Financial Modeling Prep; insider trades from Form 4 and holdings from 13F. Refreshed nightly. A comparison of filed numbers, not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security.