$ELV
Elevance Health, Inc. Stock $elv

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2014 Q4 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000115603914000013 Filed on October 29, 2014

Income Statement

Concept	2014 Q4	2014 Q3	2013 Q3
Revenue	$18.98B	$18.56B	$17.86B
YoY Change	6.05%	3.93%	17.11%
Cost Of Revenue		$14.21B	$68.60M
YoY Change		20615.89%	3.16%
Gross Profit		$4.346B	$17.79B
YoY Change		-75.57%	17.17%
Gross Profit Margin		23.42%	99.62%
Selling, General & Admin	$3.033B	$2.968B	$2.543B
YoY Change	14.63%	16.74%	22.33%
% of Gross Profit		68.3%	14.3%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$208.0M	$214.0M	$231.0M
YoY Change	-12.61%	-7.36%	-53.89%
% of Gross Profit		4.92%	1.3%
Operating Expenses	$17.94B	$2.968B	$2.543B
YoY Change	3.8%	16.74%	22.33%
Operating Profit		$1.191B	$1.001B
YoY Change		19.01%	-0.28%
Interest Expense	-$154.0M	$155.3M	$151.5M
YoY Change	5.48%	2.51%	13.4%
% of Operating Profit		13.04%	15.13%
Other Income/Expense, Net
YoY Change
Pretax Income	$887.1M	$1.087B	$879.7M
YoY Change	88.78%	23.59%	-13.72%
Income Tax	$380.0M	$456.3M	$225.9M
% Of Pretax Income	42.84%	41.97%	25.68%
Net Earnings	$506.7M	$630.9M	$656.2M
YoY Change	241.9%	-3.86%	-5.06%
Net Earnings / Revenue	2.67%	3.4%	3.68%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$1.88	$2.31	$2.21
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$1.80	$2.22	$2.16
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	269.9M shares	273.0M shares	297.4M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		284.1M shares	304.5M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2014 Q4	2014 Q3	2013 Q3
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$19.62B	$20.00B	$19.72B
YoY Change	5.36%	1.43%	-5.77%
Cash & Equivalents	$2.152B	$1.718B	$2.182B
Short-Term Investments	$17.47B	$18.28B	$17.54B
Other Short-Term Assets	$1.474B	$1.922B	$1.808B
YoY Change	-12.14%	6.32%	-3.61%
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables
Other Receivables
Total Short-Term Assets	$31.95B	$32.23B	$29.60B
YoY Change	7.4%	8.89%	-0.15%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$1.944B	$1.849B	$1.807B
YoY Change	7.93%	2.35%	17.57%
Goodwill	$17.08B	$17.08B	$17.50B
YoY Change	0.97%	-2.38%	20.93%
Intangibles	$7.958B	$8.011B	$8.922B
YoY Change	-5.72%	-10.21%	8.66%
Long-Term Investments	$21.63B	$22.38B	$21.02B
YoY Change	3.9%	6.44%	-0.83%
Other Assets	$512.3M	$664.8M	$456.0M
YoY Change	-20.6%	45.79%	0.91%
Total Long-Term Assets	$29.73B	$29.83B	$30.67B
YoY Change	-0.34%	-2.72%	17.15%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$31.95B	$32.23B	$29.60B
Total Long-Term Assets	$29.73B	$29.83B	$30.67B
Total Assets	$61.68B	$62.06B	$60.26B
YoY Change	3.53%	2.98%	7.96%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$3.652B	$3.448B	$3.301B
YoY Change	6.6%	4.45%	24.61%
Accrued Expenses
YoY Change
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$400.0M	$100.0M	$350.0M
YoY Change	0.0%	-71.43%	82.29%
Long-Term Debt Due	$624.3M	$625.0M	$100.0K
YoY Change	20.52%	624900.0%	-50.0%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$18.75B	$18.40B	$16.04B
YoY Change	14.68%	14.66%	13.91%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$14.02B	$14.54B	$14.51B
YoY Change	3.29%	0.17%	8.35%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$1.036B	$891.0M	$874.2M
YoY Change	23.9%	1.92%	-8.74%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$15.06B	$15.43B	$15.39B
YoY Change	4.48%	0.27%	7.21%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$18.75B	$18.40B	$16.04B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$15.06B	$15.43B	$15.39B
Total Liabilities	$37.43B	$37.76B	$35.46B
YoY Change	7.51%	6.51%	10.79%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$14.01B	$13.86B	$14.04B
YoY Change	1.45%	-1.26%	11.82%
Common Stock	$2.700M	$2.700M	$3.000M
YoY Change	-6.9%	-10.0%	-3.23%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$24.25B	$24.29B	$24.81B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$61.68B	$62.06B	$60.26B
YoY Change	3.53%	2.98%	7.96%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2014 Q4	2014 Q3	2013 Q3
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$506.7M	$630.9M	$656.2M
YoY Change	241.9%	-3.86%	-5.06%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$208.0M	$214.0M	$231.0M
YoY Change	-12.61%	-7.36%	-53.89%
Cash From Operating Activities	$305.0M	$605.0M	$1.399B
YoY Change	12.13%	-56.75%	482.92%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$304.0M	-$140.0M	-$158.0M
YoY Change	27.2%	-11.39%	6.04%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$964.0M	$32.00M	$135.0M
YoY Change	959.34%	-76.3%	-111.55%
Cash From Investing Activities	$660.0M	-$108.0M	-$24.00M
YoY Change	-548.98%	350.0%	-98.18%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid	$117.6M	$119.2M	$111.4M
YoY Change	6.43%	7.0%	22.82%
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net			$60.80M
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-529.0M	-561.0M	-537.0M
YoY Change	-27.13%	4.47%	-134.29%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	305.0M	605.0M	1.399B
Cash From Investing Activities	660.0M	-108.0M	-24.00M
Cash From Financing Activities	-529.0M	-561.0M	-537.0M
Net Change In Cash	436.0M	-64.00M	838.0M
YoY Change	-172.55%	-107.64%	71.72%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$305.0M	$605.0M	$1.399B
Capital Expenditures	-$304.0M	-$140.0M	-$158.0M
Free Cash Flow	$609.0M	$745.0M	$1.557B
YoY Change	19.18%	-52.15%	300.26%

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	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Organization</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">References to the terms “we”, “our”, “us”, “WellPoint” or the “Company” used throughout these Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements refer to WellPoint, Inc., an Indiana corporation, and unless the context otherwise requires, its direct and indirect subsidiaries. On November 5, 2014, a Special Meeting of Shareholders will be held to vote on an amendment of our articles of incorporation to change our name to Anthem, Inc. Shareholders of record on September 12, 2014 are entitled to vote. If approved, the change will occur in December 2014.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We are one of the largest health benefits companies in terms of medical membership in the United States, serving </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">37.5</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> medical members through our affiliated health plans and approximately </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">68.5</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> individuals through our subsidiaries as of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">September 30, 2014</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. We offer a broad spectrum of network-based managed care plans to large and small employer, individual, Medicaid and Medicare markets. Our managed care plans include: preferred provider organizations, or PPOs; health maintenance organizations, or HMOs; point-of-service, or POS, plans; traditional indemnity plans and other hybrid plans, including consumer-driven health plans, or CDHPs; and hospital only and limited benefit products. In addition, we provide a broad array of managed care services to self-funded customers, including claims processing, underwriting, stop loss insurance, actuarial services, provider network access, medical cost management, disease management, wellness programs and other administrative services. We provide an array of specialty and other insurance products and services such as behavioral health benefit services, dental, vision, life and disability insurance benefits, radiology benefit management, analytics-driven personal health care guidance and long-term care insurance. We also provide services to the Federal Government in connection with the Federal Employee Program, or FEP, and various Medicare programs. We also sold contact lenses, eyeglasses and other ocular products through our 1-800 CONTACTS, Inc., or 1-800 CONTACTS, business, which was divested on January 31, 2014.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We are an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, or BCBSA, an association of independent health benefit plans. 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2014 Q4 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

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2014 Q4 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000115603914000013 Filed on October 29, 2014

Income Statement

Balance Sheet

Cashflow Statement

Facts In Submission

Files In Submission

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Elevance Health, Inc. Stock $elv