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研究快訊:Elevance:儘管醫療成本上升、會員人數下降,第一季每股收益仍超預期

-- 獨立研究機構CFRA向提供了以下研究報告。 CFRA分析師的觀點總結如下:ELV公佈了2026年第一季調整後每股收益為12.58美元,高於市場預期的11.97美元,超出預期1.77美元(16.4%)。儘管會員人數下降0.9%至4,540萬,營業收入仍成長1.5%至495億美元。福利支出比率仍維持在86.8%的高點(上升40個基點),但由於提列了9.35億美元的CMS違規成本,營業支出比率飆升至12.8%(上升210個基點)。我們認為,這份報告對ELV在近期醫療成本和使用率上升的挑戰後逐步恢復到先前的獲利水準具有積極意義。管理層將全年每股收益預期從先前的25.50美元上調至至少26.75美元。強勁的現金流使得公司本季向股東返還了約15億美元(其中11億美元用於股票回購,約3.76億美元用於分紅),目前股票回購授權額度還剩56億美元。儘管聯邦醫療保險(Medicare)的表現有所改善,但會員人數的變化趨勢反映了公司策略調整的舉措,包括聯邦醫療保險優勢計劃(Medicare Advantage)會員人數下降15.8%至190萬人。

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