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Elevance Health (ELV) Q3 2026 Earnings: Guidance Raised

Q3 2026 (ended Sep 30, 2026): revenue, EPS and full-year guidance from the SEC filing

Published Nov 5, 2026

TL;DR

  • Elevance Health raised its full-year guidance; revenue +1.4% vs a year earlier.

Elevance Health's results for Q3 2026 (ended Sep 30, 2026) come from the company's own earnings release, filed with the SEC on 2026-10-21. Everything below is taken from that filing; quotes are copied exactly. Company outlooks are the company's own.

At a glance

ItemValue
Revenue (GAAP)$51,429 million (+1.4% vs a year earlier)
Diluted EPS (GAAP)$6.27
Adjusted per-share figure (company's non-GAAP measure; FFO/AFFO for REITs)$6.99
Full-year guidanceRaised

Guidance

Elevance Health raised FY2026 guidance: diluted EPS at least $22.00, adjusted diluted EPS at least $29.00, operating cash flow at least $6.5 billion.

Why this label: Headline 'RAISES FULL-YEAR GUIDANCE': FY2026 diluted EPS raised to at least $22.00, adjusted EPS to at least $29.00.

MetricPeriodNewPrior (as stated in the release)
diluted EPSFY2026at least $22.00not stated
adjusted diluted EPSFY2026at least $29.00not stated
operating cash flowFY2026at least $6.5 billionnot stated

From the release

Revenue: "Total revenues · 51,429 · 50,711 · 1.4%"

Earnings per share: "3Q 2026 diluted EPS 1 of $6.27 and adjusted diluted EPS 2 of $6.99"

diluted EPS: "FY 2026 diluted EPS 1 guidance raised to at least $22.00"

adjusted diluted EPS: "adjusted diluted EPS 2 guidance raised to at least $29.00 on continued operating momentum"

operating cash flow: "FY 2026 operating cash flow guidance raised to at least $6.5 billion"

Quotes are copied from the filing; in table rows, cell borders are shown as “·”.

Key fact: Raised FY2026 adjusted diluted EPS guidance to at least $29.00

Source

Elevance Health earnings release (SEC filing), accession 0001156039-26-000068, filed 2026-10-21.

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