Stock Evaluator: Centene Corporation (CNC)

Centene Corporation CNC

$69.74 -4.43 -5.97%
November 6, 2026 4:03:35 PM EST November 10, 2021 Volume: 5,807,376
After Hours: $120.37   0.15  |  0.12% November 10, 2021 7:59 PM EST Volume: 72,713
USD NYSE | DELAYED PRICE
SECTOR INDUSTRY
Health Care Health Care Providers & Services

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COMPANY SUMMARY
Centene Corporation operates as a managed care company that provides programs and services to under-insured families, and commercial organizations in the United States. It operates through four segments: Medicaid, Medicare, Commercial, and Other. The Medicaid segment offers the temporary assistance for needy families; medicaid expansion; aged, blind, or disabled; and children's health insurance programs, as well as long-term services and supports; foster care; and medicare-medicaid plans. This segment also provides healthcare products and services. The Medicare segment offers special needs and medicare supplement, and prescription drug plans. The Commercial segment provides health insurance marketplace product for individual and commercial group. The Other segment operates clinical healthcare and pharmacies, as well as offers vision and dental, behavioral health, and centralized services. It provides services through primary and specialty care physicians, hospitals, behavioral health practitioners, and ancillary providers. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Commentary & Analysis


Financial Summary

Share Statistics CNC Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Market Cap (Mil) $34,526.0 $1,904.5 91%
Shares Out (Mil) 494.1 79.2 88%
Institutional Ownership 99.6% 86.0% 90%
Float (Mil) 464.7 58.8 84%
Beta 1.13 0.75 67%
Avg Daily Volume (000s) 7,366 722 94%
Price Change
(52-week)
89.3% 82.2% 95%
Growth CNC Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Sales (5yr) 11.1% 10.3% 62%
Net Income (5yr) (41.6%) (0.7%) 9%
EPS (5yr) (44.7%) 2.1% 4
Dividends (5yr) 0.0% 0.0% 0%
Cash Flow (5yr) 42.5% (17.4%) 91%
Estimates Qtrly Current
Fiscal
Year
Next
Fiscal
Year
# of Estimates 12 20 21
Current EPS ($1.124) $5.283 $5.545
Month Ago EPS ($1.092) $4.885 $5.348
# Rev Up 1 0 0
# Rev Down 0 1 1
Three Months Ago EPS ($1.090) $4.886 $5.246
Year/Year Chg 680.6% (139.0%) (149.0%)
Financials CNC Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Sales (TTM) (Mil) $180,409 $1,505 100%
Net Income (TTM) (Mil) $1,460 $32 89%
EPS (TTM) $2.962 $0.300 78%
Operating Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) $4,724 $160 94%
Net Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) $3,943 $2 99%
Long-Term Debt (Q1) (Mil) $15,454 $421 94%
Enterprise Value (Q1) (Mil) $28,136 $2,459 87%
Valuation CNC Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
P/B 1.55 2.84 45%
P/E 23.6 27.1 62%
Dividend Yield 0.0% 0.0% 0%
PEG (5yr hist) na 1.2 na
Ratios CNC Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Gross Margin 11.3% 27.9% 10%
Net Margin 0.8% 1.4% 33%
ROA 1.8% 2.2% 53%
ROE 6.8% 6.9% 47%
Liabilities to Assets 71.9% 61.2% 68%
F-Score 7 5 82%

Passing Stock Screens

As of 11/6/2026, from a list of 60 stock screening strategies, CNC meetings the criteria of 1 screen:

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