Elevance Health (ELV) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Elevance Health (ELV) reported Operating Expenses of $47.9 billion for Q1 2026, up 3.87% year-over-year from $46.1 billion in Q1 2025, and down 3.34% quarter-over-quarter from $49.5 billion in Q4 2025.

Elevance Health (ELV) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Elevance Health (ELV) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $47.9 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $47.9 billion, up 3.87% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $194.2 billion (up 10.61% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $192.4 billion, up 13.78% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses retreated to $47.9 billion in Q1 2026 per ELV's latest filing, from $49.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $49.5 billion in Q4 2025 and troughed at $35.8 billion in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $42.5 billion and a median of $41.2 billion in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Operating Expenses advanced 18.47% in 2022, then dropped 0.8% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $38.9 billion in 2022, then climbed by 7.1% to $41.6 billion in 2023, then rose by 7.66% to $44.8 billion in 2024, then increased by 10.47% to $49.5 billion in 2025, then fell by 3.34% to $47.9 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ELV's Operating Expenses at $47.9 billion in Q1 2026, $49.5 billion in Q4 2025, and $49.3 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Unitedhealth 363.95 Bn 334.15 Bn 98.90 Bn 102.73 Bn
2 Cvs Health 124.98 Bn 113.36 Bn 4.43 Bn 95.75 Bn
3 Elevance Health 85.46 Bn 50.04 Bn 13.88 Bn 47.88 Bn
4 Cigna 73.39 Bn 65.77 Bn -44.29 Bn 66.14 Bn
5 Humana 43.40 Bn 21.50 Bn 4.00 Bn 37.89 Bn
6 Centene 30.02 Bn 6.36 Bn 49.24 Bn 48.08 Bn
7 Molina Healthcare 9.92 Bn 668.90 Mn 1.53 Bn 10.71 Bn
8 Oscar Health 8.44 Bn 1.64 Bn -3.22 Bn 3.94 Bn
9 Alignment Healthcare 4.50 Bn 3.77 Bn 135.85 Mn 1.22 Bn
10 Clover Health Investments 2.61 Bn 2.41 Bn 154.54 Mn 721.86 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 47.88 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 49.53 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 49.31 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 47.48 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 46.09 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 44.84 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 43.73 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 40.90 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 39.64 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 41.65 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 41.20 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 41.23 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 39.55 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 38.88 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 37.81 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 36.51 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 35.79 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 35.11 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 33.83 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 31.50 Bn