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Centene Corp. (CNC) Stock

$65.77 +2.45% NYSE: CNC Healthcare

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.

Valuation

MetricValue
Price$65.77
Market Cap$32.49B
P/E Ratio-5.11
P/B Ratio1.54
P/S Ratio0.17
EPS (TTM)$0.00
52-Week High$69.29
52-Week Low$25.08
Dividend Yield0.00%

Financials & Margins

MetricValue
ROE-28.72%
ROA-7.94%
ROCE-17.73%
Gross Margin14.93%
Operating Margin-3.68%
Net Margin-3.25%
Debt/Equity0.76
Current Ratio1.12

Annual Financials (USD)

Metric20212022202320242025
Revenue$126.0B$144.5B$154.0B$163.1B$194.8B
Operating Profit$1.8B$1.3B$2.9B$3.2B$-7.6B
Net Profit$1.3B$1.2B$2.7B$3.3B$-6.7B
EPS$2.28$2.07$4.95$6.31$-13.62
Op Margin1.4%0.9%1.9%1.9%-3.9%

Balance Sheet (USD)

Metric20212022202320242025
Total Assets$78.4B$76.9B$84.6B$82.4B$77.7B
Total Liabilities$51.4B$52.6B$58.7B$55.9B$57.6B
Cash$13.1B$12.1B$17.2B$14.1B$17.9B
Borrowings$22.7B$21.3B$18.9B$19.4B$18.8B

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Cash Flow (USD)

Metric20212022202320242025
Operating Cash Flow$4.2B$6.3B$8.1B$154.0M$5.1B
Investing Cash Flow$-4.2B$-3.9B$-2.1B$-1.7B$-314.0M
Financing Cash Flow$-399.0M$-3.1B$-1.6B$-3.1B$-494.0M
Net Cash Flow$2.3B$-1.0B$5.1B$-3.1B$3.8B
Free Cash Flow$3.3B$5.3B$7.3B$-490.0M$4.3B

Valuation & Return Ratios

MetricValue
PEG Ratio0.02
EV / EBITDA-6.35
FCF Yield19.17%
Quick Ratio1.12
Interest Coverage-10.85
Return 1Y142.15%
Return 3Y-6.59%
Return 5Y-9.90%

Ownership

Insiders Held0.39%
Institutions Held100.59%
Institutions Float Held100.99%
Institutional HolderSharesReport Date
Blackrock Inc.39,822,3992026-03-31
AQR Capital Management, LLC33,613,7872026-03-31
Vanguard Capital Management LLC31,234,0652026-03-31
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC21,629,5372026-03-31
State Street Corporation21,646,1282026-03-31

Peer Comparison

TickerPriceChangeP/EMarket CapDiv Yield
FMSFresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA $23.69 -1.86% 12.64 $12.72B 3.63%
GMABGenmab A/S $29.00 -2.62% 21.45 $17.80B 0.00%
HOLXHologic, Inc. $76.01 +0.00% 31.28 $16.97B 0.00%
ILMNIllumina, Inc. $189.61 -2.31% 26.54 $28.69B 0.00%
MEDPMedpace Holdings, Inc. $576.49 -0.31% 26.43 $16.09B 0.00%

About Centene Corp.

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.

Centene Corp. is led by CEO Sarah London, employs 60,400 people, headquartered in St. Louis, US, publicly traded since 2001.

Centene Corp. (CNC) stock trades at $65.77 with a market capitalization of $32.49B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of -5.11, price-to-book of 1.54, price-to-sales of 0.17. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $25.08 and $69.29, and currently trades 5.1% below its 52-week high.

On profitability, Centene Corp. generates a return on equity (ROE) of -28.72%, return on capital employed of -17.73%, an operating margin of -3.68%, a net profit margin of -3.25%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Centene Corp. reported annual revenue of $194.8B, net profit of $-6.7B, revenue has compounded at 11.9% a year over the last five years.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 1.12, total assets of $77.7B, $17.9B in cash and equivalents.

CNC has an average daily trading volume of 5,660,000 shares, a beta of 1.08.

Official website: www.centene.com

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