Chemistry Wealth Management LLC trimmed its stake in shares of Elevance Health, Inc. (NYSE:ELV - Free Report) by 15.1% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 5,766 shares of the company's stock after selling 1,027 shares during the quarter. Chemistry Wealth Management LLC's holdings in Elevance Health were worth $2,127,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of ELV. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC grew its stake in Elevance Health by 51,967.1% during the 3rd quarter. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC now owns 657,607 shares of the company's stock worth $341,956,000 after purchasing an additional 656,344 shares in the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp grew its stake in Elevance Health by 309.7% during the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 713,027 shares of the company's stock worth $370,794,000 after purchasing an additional 538,978 shares in the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC grew its stake in Elevance Health by 85,533.1% during the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 532,638 shares of the company's stock worth $276,972,000 after purchasing an additional 532,016 shares in the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA grew its stake in Elevance Health by 16.2% during the 3rd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 2,397,258 shares of the company's stock worth $1,246,574,000 after purchasing an additional 334,552 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its position in shares of Elevance Health by 6.9% during the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 4,461,585 shares of the company's stock worth $2,320,024,000 after acquiring an additional 286,905 shares in the last quarter. 89.24% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
ELV opened at $384.26 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $388.79 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $468.15. The company has a quick ratio of 1.50, a current ratio of 1.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56. The company has a market cap of $89.12 billion, a PE ratio of 14.01, a P/E/G ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 0.84. Elevance Health, Inc. has a 52 week low of $362.21 and a 52 week high of $567.26.
Elevance Health (NYSE:ELV - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 17th. The company reported $8.37 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $9.66 by ($1.29). The company had revenue of $44.72 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $43.47 billion. Elevance Health had a net margin of 3.68% and a return on equity of 19.56%. The firm's revenue was up 5.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $8.99 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Elevance Health, Inc. will post 32.96 EPS for the current year.
Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Truist Financial lowered their price objective on Elevance Health from $520.00 to $480.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Stephens reaffirmed an "underperform" rating on shares of Elevance Health in a research report on Friday, October 18th. Raymond James set a $485.00 price objective on Elevance Health in a research report on Friday, October 18th. Mizuho lowered their price objective on Elevance Health from $585.00 to $505.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on Elevance Health from $593.00 to $495.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, November 4th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating, thirteen have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $536.53.
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Elevance Health, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a health benefits company in the United States. The company operates through four segments: Health Benefits, CarelonRx, Carelon Services, and Corporate & Other. It offers a variety of health plans and services to program members; health products; an array of fee-based administrative managed care services; and specialty and other insurance products and services, such as stop loss, dental, vision, life, disability, and supplemental health insurance benefits.
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