ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. vs PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ELV and PFG diverge most: on revenue growth, ELV reads +9.5% and PFG reads -0.2%; on return on assets, ELV reads 4.2% and PFG reads 0.5%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ELV's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (earnings-power basis). What PFG's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ELV | PFG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $416.33 | $112.22 |
| Market cap | $91.8B | $24.7B |
| Sector | Managed Care | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 17.6 | 16.1 |
| P/B | 2.08 | 2.09 |
| P/S | 0.46 | 1.60 |
| EV/EBITDA | 18.6 | — |
| Revenue growth | +9.5% | -0.2% |
| Operating margin | 4.2% | — |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 10.1% |
| Return on equity | 11.9% | 13.2% |
| Return on assets | 4.2% | 0.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.2% | — |
| FCF yield | 7.0% | — |
| Dividend yield | 1.4% | 2.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.72 | 0.33 |
| Current ratio | 1.48 | — |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.93 | — |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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