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Elevance Health (BSP:E1LV34) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 21.95 (As of Jun. 10, 2024)


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What is Elevance Health Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-06-10), Elevance Health's current share price is R$503.23. Elevance Health's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was R$22.93. Elevance Health's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 21.95.

The historical rank and industry rank for Elevance Health's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

BSP:E1LV34' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 13.14   Med: 22.31   Max: 34.97
Current: 22.81

During the past years, Elevance Health's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 34.97. The lowest was 13.14. And the median was 22.31.

BSP:E1LV34's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
76.92% of 13 companies
in the Healthcare Plans industry
Industry Median: 14.99 vs BSP:E1LV34: 22.81

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Elevance Health's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was R$7.225. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is R$22.93 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Elevance Health Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Elevance Health's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Elevance Health Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Elevance Health Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 28.66 22.59 26.82 24.97 20.46

Elevance Health Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 19.90 18.59 17.74 20.46 21.94

Competitive Comparison of Elevance Health's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, Elevance Health's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Elevance Health's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Healthcare Plans Industry

For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, Elevance Health's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Elevance Health's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Elevance Health Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Elevance Health's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=503.23/22.93
=21.95

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Elevance Health's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Elevance Health's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=7.225/131.7762*131.7762
=7.225

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Elevance Health Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 1.463 100.560 1.917
201409 0.767 100.428 1.006
201412 0.002 99.070 0.003
201503 3.499 99.621 4.628
201506 2.342 100.684 3.065
201509 0.478 100.392 0.627
201512 2.362 99.792 3.119
201603 3.435 100.470 4.505
201606 1.368 101.688 1.773
201609 1.941 101.861 2.511
201612 0.270 101.863 0.349
201703 5.923 102.862 7.588
201706 0.544 103.349 0.694
201709 5.130 104.136 6.492
201712 -3.949 104.011 -5.003
201803 4.983 105.290 6.237
201806 0.647 106.317 0.802
201809 0.780 106.507 0.965
201812 0.485 105.998 0.603
201903 4.088 107.251 5.023
201906 3.593 108.070 4.381
201909 4.424 108.329 5.382
201912 3.107 108.420 3.776
202003 8.808 108.902 10.658
202006 21.440 108.767 25.975
202009 -6.186 109.815 -7.423
202012 14.474 109.897 17.356
202103 10.448 111.754 12.320
202106 5.683 114.631 6.533
202109 9.640 115.734 10.976
202112 6.134 117.630 6.872
202203 9.313 121.301 10.117
202206 8.946 125.017 9.430
202209 20.000 125.227 21.046
202212 -7.895 125.222 -8.308
202303 26.806 127.348 27.738
202306 6.531 128.729 6.686
202309 9.581 129.860 9.722
202312 -13.714 129.419 -13.964
202403 7.225 131.776 7.225

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Elevance Health  (BSP:E1LV34) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Elevance Health (BSP:E1LV34) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
220 Virginia Avenue, Indianapolis, IN, USA, 46204
Elevance Health remains one of the leading health insurers in the U.S., providing medical benefits to 48 million medical members as of June 2023. The company offers employer, individual, and government-sponsored coverage plans. Elevance differs from its peers in its unique position as the largest single provider of Blue Cross Blue Shield branded coverage, operating as the licensee for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in 14 states. Through acquisitions, such as the Amerigroup deal in 2012 and MMM in 2021, Elevance's reach expands beyond those states through government-sponsored programs such as Medicaid and Medicare Advantage plans, too.

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