After a dip in the wake of the release of UnitedHealth Group's Q4 2024 earnings figures, shares in the company and other managed care insurers have largely bounced back.

Elevance Health posted $418 million in profit for the fourth quarter of 2024, a figure that surpassed Wall Street's expectations despite decreasing 51% year-over-year. | Elevance Health posted $418 million in profit for the fourth quarter of 2024,

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Elevance Health (ELV – Research Report), the Healthcare sector company, was revisited by a Wall Street analyst today. Analyst Scott Fidel from

StockNews.com cut shares of Elevance Health (NYSE:ELV – Free Report) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research note issued to investors on Monday morning. Several other research firms also recently weighed in on ELV.

The Indianapolis-based company said it had net income of $1.81 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $3.84 per share. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 17 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $3.80 per share.

Investment analysts at Leerink Partnrs dropped their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Elevance Health in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, January 23rd. Leerink Partnrs analyst W. Mayo now expects that the company will earn $9.

Health-care companies rose sharply amid strong earnings.

U.S. stocks are drifting near a record as Wall Street’s recent rally loses some momentum. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% in early trading Thursday, a day after after pulling to the edge of its all-time high set in early December.

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