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Elevance Health (MIL:1ANTM) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of Jun. 08, 2024)


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

Note: If the price history is too short, we do not calculate current Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for this stock. All the historical data is shown as the company's primary share's data instead.

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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:

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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 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)
=6.674/131.7762*131.7762
=6.674

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Elevance Health Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 2.407 100.560 3.154
201409 1.274 100.428 1.672
201412 0.003 99.070 0.004
201503 5.146 99.621 6.807
201506 3.353 100.684 4.388
201509 0.545 100.392 0.715
201512 2.794 99.792 3.689
201603 4.170 100.470 5.469
201606 1.778 101.688 2.304
201609 2.657 101.861 3.437
201612 0.382 101.863 0.494
201703 8.853 102.862 11.342
201706 0.735 103.349 0.937
201709 6.870 104.136 8.693
201712 -5.064 104.011 -6.416
201803 6.163 105.290 7.713
201806 0.735 106.317 0.911
201809 0.814 106.507 1.007
201812 0.548 105.998 0.681
201903 4.710 107.251 5.787
201906 4.123 108.070 5.027
201909 4.875 108.329 5.930
201912 3.406 108.420 4.140
202003 8.157 108.902 9.870
202006 18.348 108.767 22.229
202009 -4.863 109.815 -5.836
202012 11.563 109.897 13.865
202103 7.787 111.754 9.182
202106 4.690 114.631 5.391
202109 7.761 115.734 8.837
202112 4.800 117.630 5.377
202203 8.497 121.301 9.231
202206 8.383 125.017 8.836
202209 19.262 125.227 20.269
202212 -7.104 125.222 -7.476
202303 24.034 127.348 24.870
202306 6.210 128.729 6.357
202309 9.089 129.860 9.223
202312 -12.833 129.419 -13.067
202403 6.674 131.776 6.674

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  (MIL:1ANTM) 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 (MIL:1ANTM) 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 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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