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Elevance Health (MEX:ELV) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 16.62 (As of Jun. 01, 2025)


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

As of today (2025-06-01), Elevance Health's current share price is MXN8000.00. Elevance Health's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was MXN481.48. Elevance Health's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 16.62.

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

MEX:ELV' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 14.97   Med: 22.9   Max: 34.97
Current: 15.74

During the past years, Elevance Health's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 34.97. The lowest was 14.97. And the median was 22.90.

MEX:ELV's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
83.33% of 12 companies
in the Healthcare Plans industry
Industry Median: 11.2 vs MEX:ELV: 15.74

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. 2025 was MXN73.927. 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 MXN481.48 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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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 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 22.59 26.82 24.97 20.46 15.09

Elevance Health Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 21.94 23.17 21.43 15.09 17.84

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.


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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
=8000.00/481.48
=16.62

* 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. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Elevance Health's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=73.927/134.9266*134.9266
=73.927

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Elevance Health Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 59.037 100.684 79.116
201509 10.345 100.392 13.904
201512 52.336 99.792 70.762
201603 79.944 100.470 107.361
201606 36.953 101.688 49.032
201609 57.668 101.861 76.388
201612 8.302 101.863 10.997
201703 178.284 102.862 233.859
201706 14.919 103.349 19.477
201709 148.596 104.136 192.533
201712 -117.688 104.011 -152.669
201803 138.054 105.290 176.914
201806 16.864 106.317 21.402
201809 17.761 106.507 22.500
201812 12.250 105.998 15.593
201903 103.239 107.251 129.880
201906 89.494 108.070 111.735
201909 105.999 108.329 132.024
201912 71.374 108.420 88.823
202003 211.343 108.902 261.849
202006 476.916 108.767 591.618
202009 -126.532 109.815 -155.466
202012 279.818 109.897 343.549
202103 189.503 111.754 228.796
202106 112.484 114.631 132.399
202109 187.733 115.734 218.865
202112 111.257 117.630 127.617
202203 186.319 121.301 207.248
202206 178.285 125.017 192.417
202209 383.613 125.227 413.328
202212 -146.725 125.222 -158.096
202303 463.822 127.348 491.425
202306 115.350 128.729 120.904
202309 168.960 129.860 175.553
202312 -237.539 129.419 -247.647
202403 120.397 131.776 123.275
202406 9.733 132.554 9.907
202409 198.086 133.029 200.912
202412 34.699 133.157 35.160
202503 73.927 134.927 73.927

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  (MEX:ELV) 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 Business Description

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Address
220 Virginia Avenue, Indianapolis, IN, USA, 46204
Elevance Health remains one of the leading health insurers in the US, providing medical benefits to 46 million medical members as of December 2024. 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. It is also an emerging player in pharmacy benefit management and other healthcare services.

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