Anthem Inc operates in the Hospital and medical service plans sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Anthem Inc with three other companies in this sector in the United States: Centene Corporation (2018 sales of $60.12 billion of which 95% was Managed Care), Cigna Corp ($48.57 billion of which 68% was Integrated Medical), and Humana Inc ($56.91 billion of which 85% was Retail).

Sales Analysis. Anthem Inc reported sales of $92.13 billion for the year ending December of 2018. This represents an increase of 2.3% versus 2017, when the company's sales were $90.07 billion. Sales at Anthem Inc have increased during each of the previous five years (and since 2013, sales have increased a total of 30%). Sales of Government Business saw an increase that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up 15.1% in 2018, from $48.28 billion to $55.57 billion. Not all segments of Anthem Inc experienced an increase in sales in 2018: sales of Unallocated fell 21.9% to $764.00 million. (However, this segment's sales were only a very small portion of the company's overall sales). Anthem Inc also experienced decreases in sales in Commercial and Specialty Business (down 12.2% to $35.78 billion) .