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

Elevance Health's (ELV) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 1.71% in Q2 2026, up 53.0% year-on-year from 1.11% in Q2 2025, and down 8.54% on a QoQ basis from 1.86% in Q1 2026.

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

Elevance Health (ELV) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 1.71% in Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin rose 53.0% year-over-year to 1.71% in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 1.42%, a 3.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 1.1%, down 32.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q2 2026 stood at 1.71%, down from 1.86% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for ELV reached as high as 3.78% in Q4 2024 and fell as low as 0.83% in Q4 2023.
  • Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 1.37% across 5 years, with a median of 1.16% in 2023.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Margin jumped 295 bps in 2024 and plunged 279 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 2.16% in 2022, then tumbled by 62 bps to 0.83% in 2023, then soared by 354 bps to 3.78% in 2024, then plunged by 74 bps to 0.99% in 2025, then jumped by 72 bps to 1.71% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Operating Margin figures were 1.71% in Q2 2026, 1.86% in Q1 2026, and 0.99% in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Unitedhealth 384.70 Bn 354.90 Bn 38.23 Bn 8.05%
2 Cvs Health 136.05 Bn 124.42 Bn 22.85 Bn 13.85%
3 Elevance Health 82.25 Bn 46.44 Bn 35.79 Bn 1.71%
4 Cigna 75.16 Bn 67.54 Bn -44.29 Bn 2.06%
5 Humana 47.47 Bn 25.57 Bn 5.94 Bn 4.42%
6 Centene 31.35 Bn 7.64 Bn 43.95 Bn 4.17%
7 Molina Healthcare 10.44 Bn 1.19 Bn 1.43 Bn 1.33%
8 Oscar Health 8.62 Bn 1.83 Bn 1.42 Bn 1.30%
9 Alignment Healthcare 4.13 Bn 3.41 Bn 144.48 Mn 1.26%
10 Progyny 2.48 Bn 2.26 Bn 83.07 Mn 10.77%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 1.71%
Mar 31, 2026 1.86%
Dec 31, 2025 0.99%
Sep 30, 2025 1.25%
Jun 30, 2025 1.18%
Mar 31, 2025 1.21%
Dec 31, 2024 3.78%
Sep 30, 2024 1.23%
Jun 30, 2024 1.16%
Mar 31, 2024 1.09%
Dec 31, 2023 0.83%
Sep 30, 2023 1.16%
Jun 30, 2023 1.14%
Mar 31, 2023 0.92%
Dec 31, 2022 2.16%
Sep 30, 2022 0.94%
Jun 30, 2022 1.15%
Mar 31, 2022 0.95%
Dec 31, 2021 0.70%
Sep 30, 2021 0.94%