Elevance Health (ELV) EBITDA Margin (2010 - 2026)
Elevance Health (ELV) recorded EBITDA Margin of -69.26% in Q3 2026, up 2.41 percentage points from -71.67% a year earlier but down 0.47 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Elevance Health (ELV) EBITDA Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, Elevance Health's EBITDA Margin came in at -69.73% as of Sep 30, 2026, down 0.43 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was -70.29%, down 3.48 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual EBITDA Margin has a five-year change of -4.11 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, EBITDA Margin came in at -66.82% in FY2024 (+0.23 pp), -67.04% in FY2023 (+1.52 pp), -68.56% in FY2022 (-1.29 pp) and -67.28% in FY2021 (-1.10 pp).
- Quarterly EBITDA Margin has ranged from -75.27% in Q4 2025 to -62.09% in Q2 2024 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, EBITDA Margin rose in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.68 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for EBITDA Margin in the last five years was a gain of 3.69 percentage points in Q2 2024, against a drop of 6.28 percentage points in Q2 2025 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at -68.79% (Q2 2026), -65.68% (Q1 2026) and -75.27% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBITDA Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unitedhealth | 359.00 Bn | 239.64 Bn | 35.71 Bn | 6.78% |
| 2 | Mckesson | 123.95 Bn | 105.32 Bn | 3.96 Bn | 1.62% |
| 3 | Cvs Health | 111.19 Bn | 59.95 Bn | 47.21 Bn | 4.33% |
| 4 | Elevance Health | 91.22 Bn | -51.36 Bn | 13.65 Bn | 4.89% |
| 5 | Cigna | 78.47 Bn | 47.34 Bn | 15.09 Bn | 4.43% |
| 6 | Cencora | 66.32 Bn | 55.22 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 1.65% |
| 7 | Cardinal Health | 63.37 Bn | 46.54 Bn | 2.60 Bn | 1.48% |
| 8 | Humana | 51.41 Bn | -36.45 Bn | 5.50 Bn | 3.79% |
| 9 | Centene | 33.72 Bn | -60.99 Bn | 9.52 Bn | -0.02% |
| 10 | Molina Healthcare | 10.44 Bn | -24.56 Bn | 1.36 Bn | 1.30% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 4.89% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5.28% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 6.01% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.98% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 4.23% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.05% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 7.19% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.96% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.44% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 8.21% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 8.30% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.95% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.46% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 7.18% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 7.90% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.38% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 6.99% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 7.05% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 7.52% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.55% |
Elevance Health EBITDA Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebitda-margin&ticker=ELV&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebitda-margin", "ticker": "ELV", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebitda-margin&ticker=ELV&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();