$ELV
Elevance Health, Inc. Stock $elv

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2013 Q3 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000119312513300316 Filed on July 24, 2013

Income Statement

Concept	2013 Q3	2013 Q2	2012 Q2
Revenue	$17.86B	$17.69B	$15.40B
YoY Change	17.11%	14.9%	1.96%
Cost Of Revenue	$68.60M	$62.40M	$6.700M
YoY Change	3.16%	831.34%
Gross Profit	$17.79B	$17.63B	$15.39B
YoY Change	17.17%	14.54%	1.91%
Gross Profit Margin	99.62%	99.65%	99.96%
Selling, General & Admin	$2.543B	$2.436B	$2.082B
YoY Change	22.33%	16.99%	3.52%
% of Gross Profit	14.3%	13.82%	13.53%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$231.0M	$228.0M	$181.0M
YoY Change	-53.89%	25.97%	16.77%
% of Gross Profit	1.3%	1.29%	1.18%
Operating Expenses	$2.543B	$2.436B	$2.082B
YoY Change	22.33%	16.99%	3.52%
Operating Profit	$1.001B	$1.224B	$991.7M
YoY Change	-0.28%	23.39%	4.75%
Interest Expense	$151.5M	$151.9M	$117.6M
YoY Change	13.4%	29.17%	13.51%
% of Operating Profit	15.13%	12.41%	11.86%
Other Income/Expense, Net
YoY Change
Pretax Income	$879.7M	$1.208B	$1.049B
YoY Change	-13.72%	15.2%	4.1%
Income Tax	$225.9M	$408.8M	$405.0M
% Of Pretax Income	25.68%	33.84%	38.62%
Net Earnings	$656.2M	$800.1M	$643.6M
YoY Change	-5.06%	24.32%	-8.27%
Net Earnings / Revenue	3.68%	4.52%	4.18%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$2.21	$2.67	$1.96
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$2.16	$2.64	$1.94
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	297.4M shares	299.5M shares	327.7M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	304.5M shares	303.2M shares	331.2M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2013 Q3	2013 Q2	2012 Q2
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$19.72B		$19.16B
YoY Change	-5.77%
Cash & Equivalents	$2.182B	$1.343B	$1.953B
Short-Term Investments	$17.54B		$17.21B
Other Short-Term Assets	$1.808B		$1.914B
YoY Change	-3.61%
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables
Other Receivables
Total Short-Term Assets	$29.60B		$28.47B
YoY Change	-0.15%		2358.56%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$1.807B	$1.770B	$1.478B
YoY Change	17.57%	19.72%	21.88%
Goodwill	$17.50B		$14.53B
YoY Change	20.93%
Intangibles	$8.922B		$8.126B
YoY Change	8.66%
Long-Term Investments	$21.02B	$21.11B	$19.83B
YoY Change	-0.83%	6.44%	4.02%
Other Assets	$456.0M	$1.027B	$458.6M
YoY Change	0.91%	123.94%	-60.4%
Total Long-Term Assets	$30.67B		$26.06B
YoY Change	17.15%		-47.58%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$29.60B		$28.47B
Total Long-Term Assets	$30.67B		$26.06B
Total Assets	$60.26B	$59.61B	$54.54B
YoY Change	7.96%	9.31%	7.19%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$3.301B	$3.287B	$2.789B
YoY Change	24.61%	17.86%	7.27%
Accrued Expenses
YoY Change
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$350.0M	$350.0M	$200.0M
YoY Change	82.29%	75.0%	100.0%
Long-Term Debt Due	$100.0K	$399.6M	$813.7M
YoY Change	-50.0%	-50.89%	78.44%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$16.04B	$16.03B	$16.18B
YoY Change	13.91%	-0.89%	296.9%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$14.51B	$14.09B	$10.14B
YoY Change	8.35%	39.03%	22.23%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$874.2M	$945.8M	$1.013B
YoY Change	-8.74%	-6.66%	-69.27%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$15.39B	$15.04B	$11.15B
YoY Change	7.21%	34.88%	-3.8%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$16.04B	$16.03B	$16.18B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$15.39B	$15.04B	$11.15B
Total Liabilities	$35.46B	$35.08B	$30.89B
YoY Change	10.79%	13.56%	15.71%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$14.04B	$13.82B	$12.22B
YoY Change	11.82%	13.04%
Common Stock	$3.000M	$3.000M	$3.200M
YoY Change	-3.23%	-6.25%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$24.81B	$24.53B	$23.64B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$60.26B	$59.61B	$54.54B
YoY Change	7.96%	9.31%	7.19%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2013 Q3	2013 Q2	2012 Q2
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$656.2M	$800.1M	$643.6M
YoY Change	-5.06%	24.32%	-8.27%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$231.0M	$228.0M	$181.0M
YoY Change	-53.89%	25.97%	16.77%
Cash From Operating Activities	$1.399B	$420.0M	$522.0M
YoY Change	482.92%	-19.54%	-32.38%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$158.0M	-$142.0M	-$102.0M
YoY Change	6.04%	39.22%	-2.86%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$135.0M	-$726.0M	-$1.885B
YoY Change	-111.55%	-61.49%	190.9%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$24.00M	-$867.0M	-$1.987B
YoY Change	-98.18%	-56.37%	164.23%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid	$111.4M	$112.7M	$93.50M
YoY Change	22.82%	20.53%	2.63%
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net	$60.80M
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-537.0M	124.0M	1.142B
YoY Change	-134.29%	-89.14%	-257.95%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	1.399B	420.0M	522.0M
Cash From Investing Activities	-24.00M	-867.0M	-1.987B
Cash From Financing Activities	-537.0M	124.0M	1.142B
Net Change In Cash	838.0M	-323.0M	-323.0M
YoY Change	71.72%	0.0%	-54.05%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$1.399B	$420.0M	$522.0M
Capital Expenditures	-$158.0M	-$142.0M	-$102.0M
Free Cash Flow	$1.557B	$562.0M	$624.0M
YoY Change	300.26%	-9.94%	-28.85%

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Organization</font></p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'> </p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:18px;">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.</font></p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'> </p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:18px;">We are </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">one of the </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">largest</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> health benefits companies</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> in the United</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> States, serving </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">35.7</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> medical members through our affiliated health plans and </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">approximately</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">68.0</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> individuals through </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">all</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> subsidiaries as of </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">June 30</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">2013</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">. We offer a broad spectrum of network-based managed care plans to large and small employer, individual, Medicaid and </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">Medicare </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">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</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">, including </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">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 </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">insurance </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">products and services such as</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> behavioral health benefit services, </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">dental, vision, </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">life and disability insurance benefits, </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">radiology benefit management, analytics-driven personal health care guidance and long-term care insurance. </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">We</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">also </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">provide services to the Federal Government in connection with the Federal Employee Program, or FEP, and various Medicare programs.</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> Fina</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">lly, we sell contact lenses, </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">eye</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">glasses</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> and other ocular products</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> through our </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">1</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">-800 CONTACTS, Inc., or 1-800 CONTACTS, </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">business</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">.</font></p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'> </p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:18px;">We are an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">, or BCBSA, an association of independent health benefit plans. We serve our members as the Blue Cross licensee for California; the Blue Cross and Blue Shield, or BCBS, licensee for Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri (excluding </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">30</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> counties in the Kansas City area), Nevada, New Hampshire, New York (as the BCBS licensee in </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">10</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> New York City metropolitan and surrounding counties and as the Blue Cross or BCBS licensee in selected upstate counties only), Ohio, Virginia (excluding the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.) and Wisconsin. In a majority of these service areas we do business as Anthem Blue Cross, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, or Empire Blue Cross (in our </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">New York</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> service areas). </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">Through our AMERIGROUP Corporation subsidiary, or </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">Amerigroup</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">, we conduct business in Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Tennessee, Texas and Washington. </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">Amerigroup</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">also provided services to the </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">state of Ohio </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">through June 30, 2013</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">. </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">We also serve customers throughout the country as </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">HealthLink</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">UniCare</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">and in certain Arizona</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">, California, </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">Nevada</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">, New York and Virginia </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">markets through our </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">CareMore</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> Health Group, Inc., or </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">CareMore</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">, subsidiary</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">.</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">We are licensed to conduct insurance operations in all </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">50</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> states through our subsidiaries.</font></p>
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