ELV vs HUM

Elevance Health and Humana, both Healthcare

Elevance Health is the larger company at $84B against $43B. On trailing earnings ELV is the cheaper of the two at a P/E of 18.3 against 46.0, a gap that is only a bargain if the two are growing at similar rates. Over the past year HUM returned +65% against +33% for ELV. The RyuScore puts ELV ahead, 78 against 73 out of 100.

Elevance Health and Humana compared on valuation, return and the RyuScore
FigureELVHUM
Last close$413$431
Market cap$84B$43B
Trailing P/Elower is cheaper for the same earnings, not automatically better18.346.0
Dividend yieldn/a0.8%
1-year return+33%+65%
5-year return+20%+11%
RyuScoresector-relative, 1–1078/10073/100

Figures from SEC filings and end-of-day closes. Highlighting marks the higher or lower number, which is not the same as the better investment, a low P/E can be a warning and a high one can be deserved.

Elevance Health

Revenue of $50B in Q2 2026, net income $1.5B. Its largest reported line is Reportable, 89% of the disclosed total.

Humana

Revenue of $40B in Q1 2026, net income $1.2B. Its largest reported line is Center Well, 89% of the disclosed total.

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