CENTENE CORP
CNCNYSE · SIC 6324
$66.44
↑ +4.0%Jul 17 close · end-of-day
Price
1Y↑ +118.5%
End-of-day closes; the latest point is the live 15-min-delayed price · split & dividend adjusted · chart by TradingView
Key statistics
Market Cap
$32.9B
Enterprise Value
$25.6B
P/E
—
P/S
0.2
P/B
1.5
EV/EBITDA
—
PEG
—
FCF Yield
21.6%
Dividend Yield
—
Revenue (TTM)
$198.1B
Net Income (TTM)
-$6.4B
Free Cash Flow (TTM)
$7.1B
Gross Margin
7.4%
Operating Margin
-3.7%
Net Margin
-3.3%
ROE
-30.1%
ROIC
-41.0%
Debt / Equity
0.8
Net Cash
$7.4B
Return 1Y
+128.0%
Company profile
Centene Corporation provides programs and services to under-insured and uninsured individuals in the United States. Its Managed Care segment offers health plan coverage to individuals through government subsidized programs, including Medicaid, the State children's health insurance program, long-term services and support, foster care, and medicare-medicaid plans. This segment also offers various individual, small group, and large group commercial healthcare products to employers and directly to members.
- CEO
- Sarah M. London
- Sector
- Finance, Insurance, And Real Estate
- Industry
- Insurance
- Employees
- 74,300
- Headquarters
- Missouri
- Website
- centene.com
Management & directors
- Smith Susan RayeChief Operating Officer
- Mcnally Tanya MChief People Officer
- Asher Andrew LynnChief Financial Officer
- Casso KatieCorporate Controller & CAO
- Koster ChristopherSecretary & General Counsel
- London SarahChief Executive Officer
Roles derived from SEC Form 4 filings.
Earnings
Next earnings · estimated2026-07-28
CNC Q1 2026 Earnings
Period ends 2026-03-31
MetricActualYoY
Revenue$49.9B↑ +7.1%
Diluted EPS$3.11↑ +18.3%
Actuals from SEC filings; YoY vs the year-ago quarter. Analyst estimates & surprise require a data feed (coming soon).
Financial statements
| Line item | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $111.1B | $126.0B | $144.5B | $154.0B | $163.1B | $194.8B |
| Gross profit | — | $14.5B | $16.9B | $17.6B | $17.1B | $14.2B |
| Operating income | $3.1B | $1.8B | $1.3B | $2.9B | $3.2B | -$7.6B |
| Net income | $1.8B | $1.3B | $1.2B | $2.7B | $3.3B | -$6.7B |
| Diluted EPS | $3.12 | $2.28 | $2.07 | $4.95 | $6.31 | -$13.53 |
| Operating cash flow | $5.5B | $4.2B | $6.3B | $8.1B | $154.0M | $5.1B |
| Free cash flow | $4.6B | $3.3B | $5.3B | $7.3B | -$490.0M | $4.3B |
| Gross margin | — | 11.5% | 11.7% | 11.5% | 10.5% | 7.3% |
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 1.9% | 1.9% | -3.9% |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.8% | 2.0% | -3.4% |
| Line item | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $39.8B | $42.0B | $40.8B | $46.6B | $48.7B | $49.7B | $49.7B | $49.9B |
| Gross profit | $4.5B | $4.0B | $3.8B | $5.3B | $3.0B | $3.3B | $2.6B | $5.7B |
| Operating income | $1.2B | $665.0M | $175.0M | $1.5B | -$458.0M | -$7.0B | -$1.7B | $1.9B |
| Net income | $1.1B | $713.0M | $283.0M | $1.3B | -$253.0M | -$6.6B | -$1.1B | $1.5B |
| Diluted EPS | $2.16 | $1.36 | $0.63 | $2.63 | -$0.51 | -$13.50 | -$2.15 | $3.11 |
| Operating cash flow | $2.2B | -$978.0M | -$587.0M | $1.5B | $1.8B | $1.4B | $437.0M | $4.4B |
| Free cash flow | $2.0B | -$1.1B | -$741.0M | $1.4B | $1.6B | $1.1B | $224.0M | $4.2B |
| Gross margin | 11.4% | 9.5% | 9.3% | 11.3% | 6.2% | 6.7% | 5.1% | 11.3% |
| Operating margin | 3.1% | 1.6% | 0.4% | 3.3% | -0.9% | -14.0% | -3.5% | 3.7% |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 1.7% | 0.7% | 2.8% | -0.5% | -13.3% | -2.2% | 3.1% |
Company news
Jul 17, 2026
Jul 16, 2026
- 4d agoWhy UNH Stock Breakout Faltered After Massive Earnings Beatfinance.yahoo.com
- 4d agoInside the UnitedHealth Earnings Beat That Lifted Healthcare Stocksfinance.yahoo.com
- 4d agoCentene (CNC) Stock Sees Modest Fair Value Lift As Analysts Back Earnings Recoveryfinance.yahoo.com
- 4d agoThe Medicaid Problem That Swallowed an Earnings Beattrefis.com
- 4d agoIs UNH Stock Sacrificing Its Core Growth Engine To Save Margins?trefis.com
- 4d agoThe Medicaid Problem Weighing On Elevance Health Stocktrefis.com
- 4d agoUNH Stock Flashes Buy Signal On Massive Earnings Beatfinance.yahoo.com
- 4d agoUnitedHealth Earnings Crush Estimates and Give These Stocks a Boostfinance.yahoo.com
Jul 15, 2026
Analyst estimates
Coming soonConsensus revenue & EPS estimates and price targets will appear here once a forward-estimates data feed is connected.
Insider transactions
BoughtSoldMonthly insider $ volume · trailing 12 months
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | Tyler Lauren M | Award | 61 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-06-30 | EPPINGER FREDERICK H | Award | 833 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-06-30 | COUGHLIN CHRISTOPHER J | Award | 562 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-06-30 | Samuels Theodore R. II | Award | 465 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-06-30 | TANJI KENNETH | Award | 581 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-06-15 | SMITH SUSAN RAYE· Chief Operating Officer | Tax withholding | 483 | $65.19 | $31,486.77 | filing |
| 2026-06-10 | Burdick Kenneth A | Sale | 80,000 | $64.55 | $5.2M | filing |
| 2026-05-12 | BLUME JESSICA L. | Award | 3,992 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-12 | Burdick Kenneth A | Award | 3,992 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-12 | TANJI KENNETH | Award | 3,992 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-12 | Samuels Theodore R. II | Award | 3,992 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-12 | FORD MONTE E | Award | 3,992 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-12 | EPPINGER FREDERICK H | Award | 6,654 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-12 | Dallas H James | Award | 3,992 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-12 | COUGHLIN CHRISTOPHER J | Award | 3,992 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-04-15 | MCNALLY TANYA M· Chief People Officer | Tax withholding | 964 | $37.26 | $35,918.64 | filing |
| 2026-03-31 | TANJI KENNETH | Award | 1,179 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-03-31 | Samuels Theodore R. II | Award | 943 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-03-31 | EPPINGER FREDERICK H | Award | 1,690 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-03-31 | COUGHLIN CHRISTOPHER J | Award | 1,140 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-03-15 | LONDON SARAH· Chief Executive Officer | Tax withholding | 36,061 | $34.45 | $1.2M | filing |
| 2026-03-15 | Asher Andrew Lynn· Chief Financial Officer | Tax withholding | 15,241 | $34.45 | $525,052.45 | filing |
| 2026-03-15 | KOSTER CHRISTOPHER· Secretary & General Counsel | Tax withholding | 9,087 | $34.45 | $313,047.15 | filing |
| 2026-03-15 | CASSO KATIE· Corporate Controller & CAO | Tax withholding | 3,359 | $34.45 | $115,717.55 | filing |
| 2026-03-15 | SMITH SUSAN RAYE· Chief Operating Officer | Tax withholding | 2,918 | $34.45 | $100,525.10 | filing |
Showing the latest 25 transactions — full history in the linked SEC filings.
Fundamentals & filings from SEC EDGAR. Prices adjusted for splits & dividends. Not investment advice.