NYSE: CNC
Centene Corp.
Healthcare · Medical - Healthcare Plans
Market Cap
$32.05B
52w High
$69.36
52w Low
$28.24
P/E
-6.24
Volume
902.55K
Outstanding Shares
494.00M
Performance
Return analysis
Price vs Fundamentals
Why The Stock Is Moving
What changed
The stock rose 124.28% over the last year. Revenue grew 8.72% over the trailing twelve months. Operating margin moved from 1.08% to -2.82%. Free cash flow grew 730.37% over the trailing twelve months.
What the market seems to be pricing
The stock move broadly lines up with stronger business momentum, and the shares are still only around the 6th percentile of their historical P/FCF range.
What would invalidate this read
Operating margin is at -2.82%. Revenue grew 8.72% — this thesis depends on that trajectory holding. If revenue growth, margins, or free cash flow roll over while the stock keeps climbing, more of the move would be coming from multiple expansion than business progress.
Company profile
Centene Corporation operates as a managed care company that provides programs and services to under-insured families, and commercial organizations in the United States.
Valuation
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Profitability & growth
Standard profitability metrics can be misleading for financial/insurance companies. GAAP requires unrealized investment gains/losses in net income (affecting ROE), and margins are blended across diverse business segments.
Analyst consensus
27
Buy
16
Hold
1
Sell
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Earnings
Full quarter-by-quarter history of actuals vs estimates. Switch into compare mode to inspect one metric year-over-year.
Next report
Oct 27, 2026
Q4 FY26 · EPS est $0.07 · Revenue est $47.11B
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