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Elevance Health shares outstanding ELV

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over each quarter, from 2008.

Latest quarter, to Jun 30, 2026
217.9M
On a year earlier
−3.5%
fewer shares

Elevance Health had 217.9M diluted shares outstanding on average in Q2 FY26, the quarter to Jun 30, 2026.

That is 3.5% fewer than a year earlier, so each share owns a little more of the company.

Shares outstanding over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearShares, fourth quarterChange
FY2025221.6M−4%
FY2024230.8M−2%
FY2023235.6M−2%
FY2022241.3M−2%
FY2021245.6M−2%
FY2020251.3M−3%
FY2019257.9M−2%
FY2018263.9M+0%
FY2017263.1M−2%
FY2016268.7M+0%
FY2015267.9M−5%
FY2014281.2M−7%
FY2013301.7M−2%
FY2012307.2M−12%
FY2011349.7M−11%

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter, shown as the fourth quarter's average share count.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedShares outstandingOn a year earlier
Q2 FY26217.9M−3%
Q1 FY26220.4M−3%
Q4 FY25221.6M−4%
Q3 FY25223.7M−4%
Q2 FY25225.8M−3%
Q1 FY25227.2M−3%
Q4 FY24230.8M−2%
Q3 FY24233.1M−1%
Q2 FY24233.4M−2%
Q1 FY24234.2M−2%
Q4 FY23235.6M−2%
Q3 FY23236.5M−2%

What the shares outstanding tells you

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over the period. Fewer shares means each one owns more of the company.

A falling count usually means buybacks. A rising one means stock pay, acquisitions paid in shares or new shares sold.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.