Analysis of Liquidity Ratios
Quarterly Data
Liquidity ratios measure the company ability to meet its short-term obligations.
Liquidity Ratios (Summary)
Elevance Health Inc., liquidity ratios (quarterly data)
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).
| Liquidity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as current assets divided by current liabilities. | Elevance Health Inc. current ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024. |
| Quick ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments plus receivables) divided by current liabilities. | Elevance Health Inc. quick ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024. |
| Cash ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments) divided by current liabilities. | Elevance Health Inc. cash ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024. |
Current Ratio
Elevance Health Inc., current ratio calculation (quarterly data)
| Sep 30, 2024 | Jun 30, 2024 | Mar 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 | Jun 30, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | Jun 30, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | Jun 30, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2020 | Sep 30, 2020 | Jun 30, 2020 | Mar 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 | Jun 30, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | ||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current assets | 62,846) | 62,274) | 60,948) | 60,029) | 61,185) | 59,743) | 59,823) | 55,617) | 55,603) | 53,655) | 53,897) | 51,122) | 51,904) | 50,238) | 54,495) | 45,751) | 45,450) | 46,764) | 41,256) | 39,033) | 39,504) | 37,805) | 36,611) | |||||||
| Current liabilities | 42,033) | 41,813) | 44,334) | 41,791) | 43,337) | 41,571) | 41,889) | 39,696) | 41,287) | 39,308) | 39,733) | 34,885) | 35,162) | 33,794) | 34,749) | 29,453) | 28,561) | 28,522) | 27,039) | 23,617) | 23,234) | 23,090) | 22,682) | |||||||
| Liquidity Ratio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ratio1 | 1.50 | 1.49 | 1.37 | 1.44 | 1.41 | 1.44 | 1.43 | 1.40 | 1.35 | 1.36 | 1.36 | 1.47 | 1.48 | 1.49 | 1.57 | 1.55 | 1.59 | 1.64 | 1.53 | 1.65 | 1.70 | 1.64 | 1.61 | |||||||
| Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current Ratio, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abbott Laboratories | 1.60 | 1.68 | 1.60 | 1.64 | 1.74 | 1.64 | 1.68 | 1.63 | 1.86 | 2.01 | 1.85 | 1.85 | 1.83 | 1.79 | 1.75 | 1.72 | 1.70 | 1.57 | 1.43 | 1.44 | 1.54 | 1.68 | 1.58 | |||||||
| Cigna Group | 0.86 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.77 | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0.83 | 0.81 | 0.83 | 0.70 | 0.72 | 0.76 | 0.77 | 0.79 | 0.83 | 0.76 | 0.74 | 0.61 | 0.65 | 0.64 | |||||||
| CVS Health Corp. | 0.80 | 0.86 | 0.81 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.92 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.91 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 0.94 | 0.95 | 0.93 | 0.91 | 0.95 | 0.98 | 0.99 | 0.94 | 0.92 | 0.95 | 0.95 | |||||||
| Humana Inc. | 1.76 | 1.66 | 1.67 | 1.59 | 1.37 | 1.37 | 1.39 | 1.52 | 1.35 | 1.53 | 1.53 | 1.62 | 1.72 | 1.71 | 1.67 | 1.77 | 1.81 | 1.69 | 1.66 | 1.82 | 1.83 | 1.75 | 1.65 | |||||||
| Intuitive Surgical Inc. | 4.30 | 5.15 | 5.55 | 4.76 | 5.31 | 5.22 | 5.26 | 4.40 | 5.10 | 5.36 | 5.22 | 5.08 | 5.58 | 5.99 | 6.71 | 6.86 | 7.04 | 6.38 | 4.96 | 4.53 | 4.64 | 5.04 | 5.44 | |||||||
| Medtronic PLC | 2.30 | 2.29 | 2.42 | 2.39 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.58 | 1.86 | 2.61 | 2.91 | 2.89 | 2.65 | 2.10 | 2.16 | 1.87 | 2.13 | 2.75 | 2.77 | 2.67 | 2.59 | 2.36 | 2.56 | 2.46 | |||||||
| UnitedHealth Group Inc. | 0.91 | 0.88 | 0.85 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.81 | 0.77 | 0.82 | 0.77 | 0.78 | 0.79 | 0.77 | 0.77 | 0.74 | 0.74 | 0.82 | 0.84 | 0.75 | 0.69 | 0.70 | 0.67 | 0.73 | |||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).
1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Current ratio = Current assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 62,846 ÷ 42,033 = 1.50
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Liquidity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as current assets divided by current liabilities. | Elevance Health Inc. current ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024. |
Quick Ratio
Elevance Health Inc., quick ratio calculation (quarterly data)
| Sep 30, 2024 | Jun 30, 2024 | Mar 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 | Jun 30, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | Jun 30, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | Jun 30, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2020 | Sep 30, 2020 | Jun 30, 2020 | Mar 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 | Jun 30, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | ||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 7,866) | 6,497) | 6,226) | 6,526) | 10,919) | 9,991) | 10,142) | 7,387) | 8,872) | 6,456) | 6,161) | 4,880) | 5,490) | 5,258) | 9,326) | 5,741) | 3,984) | 6,028) | 5,345) | 4,937) | 4,190) | 4,078) | 4,482) | |||||||
| Fixed maturity securities | 28,954) | 28,900) | 29,530) | 29,614) | 27,811) | 28,021) | 27,636) | 25,952) | 25,526) | 25,765) | 26,219) | 26,267) | 26,348) | 25,848) | 24,555) | 23,433) | 22,707) | 22,018) | 19,881) | 19,676) | 19,960) | 19,123) | 17,795) | |||||||
| Equity securities | 1,113) | 594) | 511) | 229) | 165) | 272) | 392) | 953) | 1,503) | 1,572) | 1,662) | 1,881) | 2,119) | 1,746) | 3,630) | 1,559) | 3,075) | 3,470) | 570) | 1,009) | 2,300) | 1,492) | 1,211) | |||||||
| Premium receivables | 7,209) | 8,040) | 8,931) | 7,902) | 7,883) | 7,431) | 8,246) | 7,083) | 6,682) | 6,757) | 7,349) | 5,681) | 6,008) | 5,834) | 6,111) | 5,279) | 5,343) | 5,456) | 5,786) | 5,173) | 4,782) | 4,751) | 5,049) | |||||||
| Self-funded receivables | 5,135) | 5,297) | 4,242) | 4,558) | 3,756) | 3,896) | 3,786) | 4,663) | 3,873) | 3,844) | 3,979) | 4,010) | 3,349) | 3,605) | 3,109) | 2,849) | 2,985) | 2,460) | 2,613) | 2,411) | 2,555) | 2,534) | 2,491) | |||||||
| Other receivables | 6,055) | 5,881) | 5,120) | 5,405) | 5,293) | 5,196) | 4,678) | 4,298) | 3,651) | 3,600) | 3,334) | 3,749) | 3,450) | 3,246) | 3,071) | 2,830) | 3,209) | 3,072) | 2,926) | 2,807) | 3,038) | 2,801) | 2,800) | |||||||
| Total quick assets | 56,332) | 55,209) | 54,560) | 54,234) | 55,827) | 54,807) | 54,880) | 50,336) | 50,107) | 47,994) | 48,704) | 46,468) | 46,764) | 45,537) | 49,802) | 41,691) | 41,303) | 42,504) | 37,121) | 36,013) | 36,825) | 34,779) | 33,828) | |||||||
| Current liabilities | 42,033) | 41,813) | 44,334) | 41,791) | 43,337) | 41,571) | 41,889) | 39,696) | 41,287) | 39,308) | 39,733) | 34,885) | 35,162) | 33,794) | 34,749) | 29,453) | 28,561) | 28,522) | 27,039) | 23,617) | 23,234) | 23,090) | 22,682) | |||||||
| Liquidity Ratio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quick ratio1 | 1.34 | 1.32 | 1.23 | 1.30 | 1.29 | 1.32 | 1.31 | 1.27 | 1.21 | 1.22 | 1.23 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 1.35 | 1.43 | 1.42 | 1.45 | 1.49 | 1.37 | 1.52 | 1.58 | 1.51 | 1.49 | |||||||
| Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quick Ratio, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abbott Laboratories | 1.00 | 1.02 | 0.95 | 1.00 | 1.04 | 1.00 | 1.07 | 1.06 | 1.22 | 1.33 | 1.21 | 1.28 | 1.25 | 1.19 | 1.16 | 1.14 | 1.01 | 0.93 | 0.83 | 0.88 | 0.93 | 0.98 | 0.94 | |||||||
| Cigna Group | 0.61 | 0.60 | 0.58 | 0.54 | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.59 | 0.58 | 0.61 | 0.52 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.58 | 0.59 | 0.64 | 0.66 | 0.46 | 0.50 | 0.42 | 0.41 | 0.51 | 0.53 | 0.53 | |||||||
| CVS Health Corp. | 0.54 | 0.60 | 0.54 | 0.59 | 0.60 | 0.59 | 0.61 | 0.62 | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.54 | 0.55 | 0.59 | 0.58 | 0.54 | 0.53 | 0.58 | 0.63 | 0.60 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.54 | 0.55 | |||||||
| Humana Inc. | 1.40 | 1.37 | 1.35 | 1.24 | 1.15 | 1.16 | 1.18 | 1.20 | 1.13 | 1.21 | 1.21 | 1.20 | 1.32 | 1.28 | 1.26 | 1.37 | 1.47 | 1.35 | 1.29 | 1.47 | 1.51 | 1.36 | 1.32 | |||||||
| Intuitive Surgical Inc. | 3.21 | 3.94 | 4.31 | 3.83 | 4.44 | 4.36 | 4.30 | 3.56 | 4.19 | 4.49 | 4.40 | 4.34 | 4.66 | 5.12 | 5.76 | 5.96 | 5.93 | 5.40 | 4.00 | 3.75 | 3.80 | 4.15 | 4.53 | |||||||
| Medtronic PLC | 1.46 | 1.42 | 1.51 | 1.54 | 1.18 | 1.18 | 1.01 | 1.30 | 1.87 | 2.07 | 2.06 | 1.91 | 1.58 | 1.63 | 1.37 | 1.50 | 2.05 | 2.02 | 1.95 | 1.90 | 1.69 | 1.88 | 1.83 | |||||||
| UnitedHealth Group Inc. | 0.83 | 0.81 | 0.79 | 0.73 | 0.75 | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.70 | 0.77 | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.75 | 0.76 | 0.66 | 0.63 | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.66 | |||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).
1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Quick ratio = Total quick assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 56,332 ÷ 42,033 = 1.34
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Liquidity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Quick ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments plus receivables) divided by current liabilities. | Elevance Health Inc. quick ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024. |
Cash Ratio
Elevance Health Inc., cash ratio calculation (quarterly data)
| Sep 30, 2024 | Jun 30, 2024 | Mar 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 | Jun 30, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | Jun 30, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | Jun 30, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2020 | Sep 30, 2020 | Jun 30, 2020 | Mar 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 | Jun 30, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | ||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 7,866) | 6,497) | 6,226) | 6,526) | 10,919) | 9,991) | 10,142) | 7,387) | 8,872) | 6,456) | 6,161) | 4,880) | 5,490) | 5,258) | 9,326) | 5,741) | 3,984) | 6,028) | 5,345) | 4,937) | 4,190) | 4,078) | 4,482) | |||||||
| Fixed maturity securities | 28,954) | 28,900) | 29,530) | 29,614) | 27,811) | 28,021) | 27,636) | 25,952) | 25,526) | 25,765) | 26,219) | 26,267) | 26,348) | 25,848) | 24,555) | 23,433) | 22,707) | 22,018) | 19,881) | 19,676) | 19,960) | 19,123) | 17,795) | |||||||
| Equity securities | 1,113) | 594) | 511) | 229) | 165) | 272) | 392) | 953) | 1,503) | 1,572) | 1,662) | 1,881) | 2,119) | 1,746) | 3,630) | 1,559) | 3,075) | 3,470) | 570) | 1,009) | 2,300) | 1,492) | 1,211) | |||||||
| Total cash assets | 37,933) | 35,991) | 36,267) | 36,369) | 38,895) | 38,284) | 38,170) | 34,292) | 35,901) | 33,793) | 34,042) | 33,028) | 33,957) | 32,852) | 37,511) | 30,733) | 29,766) | 31,516) | 25,796) | 25,622) | 26,450) | 24,693) | 23,488) | |||||||
| Current liabilities | 42,033) | 41,813) | 44,334) | 41,791) | 43,337) | 41,571) | 41,889) | 39,696) | 41,287) | 39,308) | 39,733) | 34,885) | 35,162) | 33,794) | 34,749) | 29,453) | 28,561) | 28,522) | 27,039) | 23,617) | 23,234) | 23,090) | 22,682) | |||||||
| Liquidity Ratio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash ratio1 | 0.90 | 0.86 | 0.82 | 0.87 | 0.90 | 0.92 | 0.91 | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.95 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 1.08 | 1.04 | 1.04 | 1.10 | 0.95 | 1.08 | 1.14 | 1.07 | 1.04 | |||||||
| Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash Ratio, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abbott Laboratories | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.57 | 0.66 | 0.66 | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.65 | 0.78 | 0.75 | 0.71 | 0.67 | 0.60 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.34 | 0.38 | 0.41 | 0.37 | 0.36 | |||||||
| Cigna Group | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.22 | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.24 | 0.32 | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.20 | |||||||
| CVS Health Corp. | 0.11 | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.27 | 0.21 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.16 | |||||||
| Humana Inc. | 1.29 | 1.16 | 1.15 | 1.13 | 1.09 | 1.11 | 1.06 | 1.10 | 1.07 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.08 | 1.20 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.29 | 1.39 | 1.22 | 1.16 | 1.37 | 1.44 | 1.28 | 1.15 | |||||||
| Intuitive Surgical Inc. | 2.52 | 3.20 | 3.49 | 3.15 | 3.86 | 3.77 | 3.59 | 2.90 | 3.50 | 3.78 | 3.58 | 3.66 | 3.98 | 4.42 | 5.04 | 5.30 | 5.27 | 4.85 | 3.44 | 3.13 | 3.11 | 3.37 | 3.79 | |||||||
| Medtronic PLC | 0.85 | 0.80 | 0.87 | 0.88 | 0.77 | 0.79 | 0.63 | 0.85 | 1.26 | 1.37 | 1.36 | 1.27 | 1.17 | 1.18 | 0.99 | 1.06 | 1.33 | 1.27 | 1.25 | 1.16 | 1.03 | 1.20 | 1.21 | |||||||
| UnitedHealth Group Inc. | 0.37 | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.43 | 0.36 | 0.46 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.37 | 0.42 | 0.35 | 0.28 | 0.30 | 0.32 | 0.32 | |||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).
1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Cash ratio = Total cash assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 37,933 ÷ 42,033 = 0.90
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Liquidity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Cash ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments) divided by current liabilities. | Elevance Health Inc. cash ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024. |