Elevance Health ELV
$425.62 −$6.38 (-1.48%)
Market closed · Nov 7, 9:10 am ET · Last extended-hours $425.62 0.00%
Open$421.47
Prev close$432.00
Day range$421.47 – $430.69
Volume1.44M
Market cap$91.96B
P/E (TTM)18.1
Dividend yield1.61%
Ownership & positioning
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Institutional ownership95.8%+0.20 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding1,947+33 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)31 buys / 19 sellsNet buying
Short interest2.37% of floatDays to cover 4.0 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share10.2%5-day average of daily volume
Short-sale volume as % of daily volume
Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions
Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$15.06M (9 inflow days, 11 outflow days).
Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions
Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.
The five largest holders on file together own 27.8% of shares outstanding.
Largest holders
By investor type
Reported short interest has fallen from 2.58% to 2.37% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).
Recent institutional activity
| Holder | Type | Period | Share change | New stake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuveen Asset Management LLC | Insurance Company | 2026/Q3 | +254,481 | 0.4% |
| Nuveen Asset Management LLC | Insurance Company | 2026/Q3 | +249,855 | 0.4% |
| Citigroup Inc. | Public Company | 2026/Q3 | +1,858,013 | 1.0% |
| Wellington Management Group | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +984,976 | 4.3% |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +940,869 | 0.5% |
| Norges Bank Investment Management | Sovereign Wealth Fund | 2026/Q3 | +940,270 | 1.8% |
| FMR | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +768,306 | 1.1% |
| ACR Alpine Capital Research, LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +737,922 | 0.3% |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | Private Company | 2026/Q3 | +575,536 | 0.6% |
| Capitolis Advisors LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +549,152 | 0.3% |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +527,464 | 0.3% |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | Government Pension Fund | 2026/Q3 | +420,709 | 0.3% |
| Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +414,360 | 0.6% |
| Strategic Advisers LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +387,627 | 0.3% |
| Victory Capital Management Inc. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +356,960 | 0.3% |
Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.
Insider transactions
| Date | Insider | Title | Transaction | Shares | Price | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2026 | Mark Kaye | Chief Financial Officer | Open Market Disposition | -10,584 | $447.19 | 18 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Mark Kaye | Chief Financial Officer | Sale to Issuer | -4,161 | $386.43 | 10,602 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Mark Kaye | Chief Financial Officer | Other Acquisition | +2,627 | – | 10,602 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | Erin Wessling | Chief Legal Officer | Sale to Issuer | -349 | $414.78 | 7,230 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | Ryan Craig | Executive Vice President | Sale to Issuer | -144 | $405.84 | 680 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | Ramiro Peru | Independent Chairperson | Open Market Acquisition | +1,000 | $366.05 | 7,966 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | Gail Boudreaux | Chief Executive Officer | Open Market Acquisition | +2,725 | $368.25 | 145,998 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | Ronal Clark | Former Independent Director | Intent to Sell (Form 144) | -1,500 | $419.91 | – |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Ronald Penczek | Chief Accounting Officer | Open Market Disposition | -369 | $403.16 | 1,347 |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Robert Dixon | Independent Director | Open Market Disposition | -151 | $401.77 | 7,093 |
| 18 May 2026 | Ronald Penczek | Chief Accounting Officer | Derivative Exercise and Sale | -1,531 | $403.13 | 1,717 |
| 12 May 2026 | Ramiro Peru | Independent Chairperson | Other Acquisition | +563 | – | 2,942 |
| 12 May 2026 | Lewis Hay | Independent Director | Other Acquisition | +563 | – | 12,070 |
| 12 May 2026 | Steven Collis | Independent Director | Other Acquisition | +563 | – | 1,202 |
| 12 May 2026 | Deanna Strable-Soethout | Independent Director | Other Acquisition | +563 | – | 2,209 |
| 12 May 2026 | Amy W. Schulman | Independent Director | Other Acquisition | +563 | – | 781 |
| 12 May 2026 | Bahija Jallal | Independent Director | Other Acquisition | +563 | – | 3,899 |
| 12 May 2026 | Susan DeVore | Independent Director | Other Acquisition | +563 | – | 2,865 |
| 12 May 2026 | Ryan Schneider | Independent Director | Other Acquisition | +563 | – | 2,942 |
| 12 May 2026 | Robert Dixon | Independent Director | Other Acquisition | +563 | – | 3,641 |
From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.
Short interest, by report
| Report date | Shares short | % of float | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | 5,137,559 | 2.4% | 4.0 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 4,854,598 | 2.2% | 3.9 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 5,335,623 | 2.5% | 4.2 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 5,485,788 | 2.5% | 6.6 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 5,405,640 | 2.5% | 5.7 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 5,586,082 | 2.6% | 3.9 |
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