Elevance Health Dividend Increase
On 23 January, Elevance Health (ELV) increased its quarterly dividend by 4.91%, from $1.63 to $1.71 per share.
The dividend is payable on 25 March to shareholders of record on 10 March.
ELV’s contribution to DivGro’s projected annual dividend income will increase by $22.40 to $478.80.
I own 70 shares of ELV at an average cost basis of $418.74 per share. Following this increase, my yield on cost is 1.63%. (ELV’s forward yield is 1.71% at $400.96 per share).
Since opening my position in August 2019, the stock has generated a total return of -3%, including $470.40 in dividend income. That’s a disappointing annualized rate of return of only 3.9%.
5-Year History of Dividend Payouts by Ex-Date
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | • | 2025 |
| $3.80 | $4.52 | $5.12 | $5.92 | $6.52 | ⬆ | $6.84✝ |
| 18.75% | 18.95% | 13.27% | 15.63% | 10.14% | ⬇ | 4.91% |
| 5-year DGR: | 15.30% | ⬇ | 12.47% | |||
✝projected, assuming no further changes
