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Centene Corporation (CNC)

NYSE: CNC · Real-Time Price · USD
$56.0
+0.98 (+1.8%)· Live
Market cap27.6B
Revenue (ttm)178.3B
Net income (ttm)-6.4B
EPS (ttm)$-13.1
Shares out493.8M
P/E (forward)15.5x
Volume5,296,213
Beta1.06
Price target$48.3-13.7%
Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm)
178.3B
Net income (ttm)
-6.4B
EPS (ttm)
$-13.1
P/E (forward)
15.5x
Market cap
27.6B
Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

Upcoming
DateLoading
Window
EPS estimate
Revenue estimate

Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC
Forward P/E15.5
P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a
Trailing P/En/a
P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a
ROE-26
P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a
ROIC4.3
P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a
Benchmarks · 1M
S&P 500n/a
Nasdaq Compositen/a
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Russell 2000n/a

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Market & fundamental data
Available fields
244
Groups with data
11
Currency
USD
Showing 244 of 244 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

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MetricValue
Cik
0001071739
Company name
Centene Corporation
Country
United States
Country code
US
Cusip
15135B101
Employees
61,100
Employees Change
600%
Employees Change Percent
0.99
Enterprise value
$22.7B
Exchange
NYSE
Financial currency
USD
First seen
2026-05-09
In Index
SP500
Industry
Healthcare Plans
IPO Date
2001-12-13
Isin
US15135B1017
Last refreshed
2026-05-10
Market cap
$27.6B
Market cap category
Large-Cap
Price
$55.96
Price currency
USD
Rev Per Employee
2,918,690.67x
Sector
Healthcare
Sic
6324
Symbol
CNC
Website
https://www.centene.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

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MetricValue
Earnings Yield
-23.32%
EV Sales Forward
0.12x
EV/EBIT
13.83x
EV/EBITDA
7.83x
EV/FCF
3.2x
EV/Sales
0.13x
FCF yield
25.74%
Forward P/E
15.48x
P/B ratio
1.29x
P/S ratio
0.15x
PE Ratio10 Y
22.82x
PE Ratio3 Y
12.83x
PE Ratio5 Y
23.71x
PEG ratio
0.49x
PS Forward
0.14x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

19
MetricValue
EBIT Margin
0.92%
EBITDA Margin
1.63%
FCF margin
3.99%
Gross margin
10.56%
Gross Profit
$18.8B
Net Income
$-6.4B
Net Income Growth Q
17.54%
Net Income Growth Quarters
1%
Net Income Growth Years
0%
Pretax Margin
-3.57%
Profit Margin
-3.61%
Profit Per Employee
$-105,466
ROA
1.22
Roa5y
3.1
ROCE
4
ROE
-26.04
Roe5y
0.87
ROIC
4.32
Roic5y
6.33

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

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MetricValue
Cagr10y
6.48%
Cagr15y
13.22%
Cagr1y
-11.07%
Cagr20y
11.47%
Cagr3y
-6.47%
Cagr5y
-4.5%
EPS Growth Q
18.25
EPS Growth Quarters
1
EPS Growth Years
0
FCF Growth
376.68%
FCF Growth Q
202.98%
FCF Growth3 Y
-5.37%
FCF Growth5 Y
7.7%
OCF Growth
274.72%
OCF Growth Q
189.14%
OCF Growth10 Y
25.66%
OCF Growth3 Y
-5.38%
OCF Growth5 Y
6.54%
Revenue Growth
16.37x
Revenue Growth Q
5.09x
Revenue Growth Quarters
81x
Revenue Growth Years
27x
Revenue Growth3 Y
9.2x
Revenue Growth5 Y
10.52x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

18
MetricValue
Asset Turnover
$2.12
Assets
$81.2B
Cash
$23.7B
Debt
$16.4B
Debt EBITDA
$5.45
Debt Equity
$0.76
Debt FCF
$2.3
Equity
$21.5B
Interest Coverage
2.45
Liabilities
$59.6B
Net Cash
$7.4B
Net Cash By Market Cap
$26.67
Net Debt EBITDA
$-1.68
Net Debt Equity
$-0.23
Net Debt FCF
$-0.69
Tangible Book Value
$6.2B
Tangible Book Value Per Share
$12.61
WACC
7.54

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

4
MetricValue
Current ratio
1.12
Net Working Capital
$-16.3B
Quick ratio
1.08
Working Capital
$4.9B

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

2
MetricValue
Buyback Yield
4.21%
Dividend Yield
0%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

42
MetricValue
10Y total return
87.28%
1Y total return
-11.06%
200-day SMA
37.4
3Y total return
-18.18%
50-day SMA
40.46
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA
50over200
5Y total return
-20.57%
All Time High
98.53
All Time High Change
-43.21%
All Time High Date
2022-08-15
All Time Low
1.19
All Time Low Change
4,606.48%
All Time Low Date
2001-12-13
ATR
2
Beta
1.06
Beta1y
1.08
Beta2y
0.44
Ch YTD
35.99
High
56.35
High52
64.15
High52 Date
2025-05-12
High52ch
-12.77%
Low
53.7
Low52
25.08
Low52 Date
2025-08-07
Low52ch
123.17%
Ma50ch
38.32%
Premarket Change Percent
0.31
Premarket Price
$55.15
Premarket Volume
820
Price vs 200-day SMA
49.64%
RSI
82.79
RSI Monthly
52.27
RSI Weekly
67.01
Sharpe ratio
0.13x
Sortino ratio
0.23
Total Return
4.21%
Tr YTD
35.99
Tr15y
543.59%
Tr1m
54.12%
Tr1w
4.91%
Tr3m
45.5%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

14
MetricValue
Analyst Count
16
Analyst Count Top
6
Analyst Price Target Top
$47.17
Analyst Ratings
Buy
Analyst Ratings Top
Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate
$2.08
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth
-28.28
Earnings Revenue Estimate
47,534,032,736x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth
1.96x
Operating Income
$1.6B
Operating margin
0.92
Price target
$48.31
Price Target Change
$-13.67
Price Target Change Top
$-15.71

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

11
MetricValue
Float
460,839,141%
Float Percent
93.33%
Net Borrowing
-1,983,000,000
Shares Insiders
0.37%
Shares Institutions
92.05%
Shares Out
493,797,000
Shares Qo Q
0.83%
Shares Yo Y
-4.21%
Short Float
2.99%
Short Ratio
2.2
Short Shares
2.79

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

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MetricValue
Adjusted FCF
$6.9B
Average Volume
6,866,107.05x
Bv Per Share
43.39
CAPEX
$-832M
Ch10y
87.28
Ch15y
543.6
Ch1m
54.12
Ch1w
4.91
Ch1y
-11.06
Ch20y
777.1
Ch3m
45.5
Ch3y
-18.18
Ch5y
-20.57
Ch6m
48.99
Change
1.78%
Change From Open
1.38
Close
54.98
Days Gap
0.4
Dollar Volume
296,376,079.5
Earnings Date
2026-04-28
Earnings Time
bmo
EBIT
$1.6B
EBITDA
$2.9B
EPS
$-13.1
F Score
6
FCF
$7.1B
FCF EV Yield
31.28x
FCF Per Share
$14.4
Financing CF
-2,434,000,000
Fiscal Year End
December
Founded
1,984
Goodwill
10,835,000,000
Income Tax
$77M
Investing CF
1,090,000,000
Is Primary Listing
1
Is Spac
No
Last Earnings Date
2026-04-28
Last Report Date
2026-03-31
Last Split Date
2019-02-07
Last Split Type
Forward
Last10k Filing Date
2026-02-17
Ma150
39.95
Ma150ch
40.06%
Ma20
45.78
Ma20ch
22.23%
Net CF
6,466,000,000
Next Earnings Date
2026-07-24
Open
55.2
Optionable
Yes
P FCF Ratio
3.89
P OCF Ratio
3.48
Position In Range
85.28
Post Close
55.96
Postmarket Change Percent
0.05
Postmarket Price
$55.99
Ppne
2,090,000,000
Pre Close
54.98
Price Date
2026-05-08
Price EBITDA
$9.51
Ptbv Ratio
4.44
Relative Volume
0.77x
Revenue
178,332,000,000x
SBC By Revenue
0.12x
Share Based Comp
212,000,000
Tax By Revenue
0.04x
Tr20y
777.12%
Tr6m
48.99%
Us State
Missouri
Volume
5,296,213

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About this CNC report
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