Elevance Health (ELV) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)
Elevance Health (ELV) posted Retained Earnings of $36.68 billion for Q2 2026, up 3.2% from $35.55 billion a year earlier and up 2.5% from the prior quarter.
Elevance Health (ELV) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Elevance Health's Retained Earnings came in at $35.39 billion, up 5.5% from FY2024.
- Annual Retained Earnings has increased for 16 consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 8.3% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Elevance Health's Retained Earnings was $33.55 billion in FY2024 (+5.7%), $31.75 billion in FY2023 (+7.1%), $29.65 billion in FY2022 (+9.2%) and $27.14 billion in FY2021 (+14.0%).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Retained Earnings in data going back to Q2 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Retained Earnings has increased in each of the last 47 quarters, with growth averaging 4.5% over the last eight quarters.
- Across the past five years, year-over-year growth in Retained Earnings ran from 1.2% in Q3 2025 to 14.0% in Q4 2021.
- According to Business Quant data, Retained Earnings for the three prior quarters was $35.8 billion (Q1 2026), $35.39 billion (Q4 2025) and $35.59 billion (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Retained Earnings (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unitedhealth | 339.33 Bn | 223.96 Bn | 36.67 Bn | 100.96 Bn |
| 2 | Cvs Health | 111.30 Bn | 63.91 Bn | 47.23 Bn | 65.40 Bn |
| 3 | Mckesson | 100.82 Bn | 87.28 Bn | 3.69 Bn | 22.81 Bn |
| 4 | Elevance Health | 85.16 Bn | -56.58 Bn | 13.45 Bn | 36.68 Bn |
| 5 | Cigna | 72.72 Bn | 42.26 Bn | 14.97 Bn | 50.36 Bn |
| 6 | Cencora | 58.70 Bn | 47.79 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 9.14 Bn |
| 7 | Cardinal Health | 52.08 Bn | 36.08 Bn | 2.56 Bn | 2.01 Bn |
| 8 | Humana | 46.46 Bn | -41.34 Bn | 5.50 Bn | 30.74 Bn |
| 9 | Centene | 30.74 Bn | -59.55 Bn | 14.55 Bn | 11.31 Bn |
| 10 | Molina Healthcare | 9.85 Bn | -25.02 Bn | 1.43 Bn | 3.68 Bn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 36.68 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 35.80 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 35.39 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 35.59 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 35.55 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 34.55 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 33.55 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 35.16 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 34.58 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 33.09 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 31.75 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 32.10 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 31.61 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 30.71 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 29.65 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 29.60 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 28.83 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 28.06 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 27.14 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 26.70 Bn |
Elevance Health Retained Earnings 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
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=retained-earnings&ticker=ELV&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "retained-earnings", "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=retained-earnings&ticker=ELV&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();