Centene Corp (CNC US)
CNC US$67.05
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Share price activity
Displays share price activity. Volume = number of shares traded, Turnover = value of shares traded, VWAP = volume-weighted average price for the day, sourced from Morningstar.
- Last (Price)
- 67.05
- Change
- ▼ -1.66 (-2.42)
- Bid / Ask
- 67.04 - 67.07
- Volume
- 1,383,429
- Turnover
- 81,823,513
- Open
- 68.00
- Day Range
- 66.16 - 69.65
- VWAP
- 67.27
- Prev Close
- 68.71
- Last Trade
- 28/10 4:10pm
Key information
Displays key information on the security, sourced from Morningstar.
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Shares Issued
- 493,995,000
- NTA/Share
- 9.54
- Last Dividend
- —
- Dividend Ex Date
- —
- Dividend Pay Date
- —
Current (USD) · FY2025
Displays key financial data for the most recent fiscal year, in millions. Note - Per share data is in local currency terms irrespective of reporting currency, and may be different to the stated currency, sourced from Morningstar.
- Revenue
- 194,777.00
- EBITDA
- -4,775.00
- Profit
- -6,674.00
- Earnings Per Share (EPS)
- -13.53
- Dividend Per Share (DPS)
- —
- Yield %
- 0.00
- Market Cap
- 33,194.31
- Price to Earnings Ratio (P/E)
- 23.04
Estimates (USD) · FY2027
Displays consensus analyst’s estimates for key measures for the next fiscal year, sourced from Morningstar.
- Revenue
- 195,936.41
- EBITDA
- 3,404.00
- Profit
- 2,963.87
- Earnings Per Share (EPS)
- 5.62
- Dividend Per Share (DPS)
- 0.00
Quantitative rating
Displays Morningstar’s Quantitative Equity Research Rating for the security: a star rating from 1 (overvalued) to 5 (undervalued) from the share price against a fair value estimated by a statistical model of Morningstar’s analyst ratings, with the model’s economic moat, financial health and fair value uncertainty, sourced from Morningstar.
Undervalued
- Economic Moat
- None
- Financial Health
- Strong
- Uncertainty
- Medium
Morningstar Quantitative Rating as of 21 OCT 2026.
Quantitative Equity Rating Methodology – view here
Fair value estimate
Displays Morningstar’s quantitative fair value estimate for the security against the current share price, with the band around it: the five-star price below which the model would rate the stock five stars and the one-star price above which it would rate it one star, sourced from Morningstar.
Five-star price 68.42 Fair value 77.76 One-star price 88.38
Morningstar Quantitative Rating as of 21 OCT 2026.
Quantitative valuation
Displays where the share price sits in Morningstar’s quantitative fair value band, from the five-star price (undervalued) to the one-star price (overvalued), with the fair value estimate, the price to fair value ratio, the model’s valuation label and its uncertainty rating, sourced from Morningstar.
Buy
Sell
- Fair Value
- 77.76
- Price / Fair Value
- 0.90
- Valuation
- Undervalued
- Uncertainty
- Medium
Morningstar Quantitative Rating as of 21 OCT 2026. The slider runs from the five-star price (68.42) to the one-star price (88.38).
Displays useful ratios for the security, NB the pricing date used, sourced from Morningstar.
| Ratios |
|---|
| Currency (Price/reporting): USD/USD |
| Exchange Rate: 1.0000 |
Price, volume and trading statistics for the security, sourced from Morningstar.
| Price - closing or last bid | 70.24 |
| Price - 12 month high | 71.70 |
| Price - 12 month low | 31.64 |
| Pricing date | 20 OCT 2026 |
| Volume - avg. trading volume for the last ten days | 4.02 |
| Market capitalization | 34,698.21 |
| 12 Month High price date | 21 OCT 2026 |
| 12 Month Low price date | 30 MAR 2026 |
| Volume - avg. trading volume for the last 3 months | 4.55 |
| Price - 1 Day % Change | -0.81% |
| Price - 13 week price percent change | 3.92% |
| Price - 26 week price percent change | 79.46% |
| Price - 5 Day % Change | 0.11% |
| Price - 52 week price percent change | 94.57% |
| Price - YTD price percent change | 70.44% |
| Price % Change Month To Date | 8.08% |
Earnings, dividends, cash flow and book value per share, sourced from Morningstar.
| EPS excluding extraordinary items - most recent fiscal year | -13.530 |
| EPS excluding extraordinary items - trailing 12 month | -10.440 |
| EPS Normalized - most recent fiscal year | 2.080 |
| Revenue/share - most recent fiscal year | 394.992 |
| Revenue/share - trailing 12 month | 411.427 |
| Book value per share - most recent fiscal year | 40.575 |
| Book value per share - most recent quarter | 45.673 |
| Book value (tangible) per share - most recent fiscal year | 9.539 |
| Book value (tangible) per share - most recent quarter | 15.423 |
| Cash per share - most recent fiscal year | 36.376 |
| Cash per share - most recent quarter | 48.890 |
| Cash Flow per share - most recent fiscal year | 4.157 |
| Cash Flow per share - trailing 12 month | 7.347 |
| Dividend per share - most recent fiscal year | — |
| Dividends per share - trailing 12 month | 0.000 |
| EBITD per share - trailing 12 month | -5.537 |
| EPS Basic excluding extraordinary items - most recent fiscal year | -13.530 |
| EPS Basic excluding extraordinary items - trailing 12 month | -10.400 |
| EPS including extraordinary items - most recent fiscal year | -13.530 |
| EPS including extraordinary items - trailing 12 month | -10.400 |
| Free Cash Flow per share - trailing 12 month | 5.729 |
Valuation multiples such as P/E, price to sales, price to book and enterprise value ratios, sourced from Morningstar.
| P/E excluding extraordinary items, most recent fiscal year | — |
| P/E Normalized, most recent fiscal year | 13.53 |
| Price to sales - most recent fiscal year | 0.17 |
| Price to Tangible Book - most fiscal year | 4.61 |
| Price to Free Cash Flow per Share - most recent fiscal year | 12.26 |
| Price to Cash Flow per share - trailing 12 month | 9.56 |
| Price to Book - most recent fiscal year | 1.54 |
| P/E excluding extraordinary items high, trailing 12 months | 8.76 |
| P/E excluding extraordinary items low, trailing 12 months | 8.07 |
| Net Debt, LFI | -10,952.00 |
| Net Debt, LFY | -2,158.00 |
| Dividend Yield - 5 Year Average | — |
| Dividend Yield - indicated annual dividend divided by closing price | — |
| Current Dividend Yield - Common Stock Primary Issue, LTM | 0.00% |
Cash flow, liquidity and leverage measures, sourced from Morningstar.
| Free Cash Flow - most recent fiscal year | 1,283.00 |
| LT debt/equity - most recent fiscal year | 89.58% |
| Payout ratio - most recent fiscal year | — |
| Total debt/total equity - most recent fiscal year | 90.56% |
| LT debt/equity - most recent quarter | 70.75% |
| Total debt/total equity - most recent quarter | 71.08% |
| Free Cash Flow - trailing 12 month | 2,826.00 |
| Payout ratio - trailing 12 month | — |
Key income statement lines for the most recent fiscal year, in millions, sourced from Morningstar.
| Revenue - most recent fiscal year | 194,777.00 |
| Revenue - trailing 12 month | 202,938.00 |
| EBITD - most recent fiscal year | -4,775.00 |
| EBITD - trailing 12 month | -2,731.00 |
| Earnings before taxes - most recent fiscal year | -6,728.00 |
| Earnings before taxes - trailing 12 month | -4,632.00 |
| Net Income available to common - most recent fiscal year | -6,674.00 |
| Net Income available to common - trailing 12 months | -5,100.00 |
| Earnings before taxes Normalized - most recent fiscal year | 7,527.00 |
| Net Income Available to Common, Normalized - most recent fiscal year | 1,028.00 |
| Earnings per Share, Normalized, Excluding Extraordinary Items, Avg. Diluted Shares Outstanding, TTM | 5.19 |
Profitability margins for the most recent fiscal year, sourced from Morningstar.
| Net Profit Margin % - 1st historical fiscal year | -3.43% |
| Net Profit Margin % - trailing 12 month | -2.52% |
| Operating margin - 1st historical fiscal year | -0.16% |
| Operating margin - trailing 12 month | 0.80% |
| Pretax margin - trailing 12 month | -2.28% |
| Pretax margin - 1st historical fiscal year | -3.45% |
| Operating Margin - 5 year average | 1.83% |
| Pretax Margin - 5 year average | 0.86% |
| Free Operating Cash Flow/Revenue, 5 Year Average | 1.88% |
| Free Operating Cash Flow/Revenue, TTM | 1.39% |
| Net Profit Margin - 5 year average | 0.45% |
Returns on average assets and equity for the fiscal year, the trailing 12 months and as 5 year averages, and net income and revenue per employee in whole currency, sourced from Morningstar.
| Return on average assets - most recent fiscal year | -8.05% |
| Return on average assets - trailing 12 month | -6.24% |
| Return on average equity - most recent fiscal year | -27.22% |
| Return on average equity - trailing 12 month | -22.73% |
| Return on average assets - 5 year average | 0.75% |
| Return on average equity - 5 year average | 1.86% |
| Net Income/employee - most recent fiscal year | -109,279.87 |
| Revenue/employee - most recent fiscal year | 3,187,839.61 |
Growth in revenue, earnings, dividends and book value over recent periods, sourced from Morningstar.
| Revenue growth rate, 5 year | 11.88% |
| EPS growth rate, 5 year | — |
| Growth rate% - dividend, 3 year | — |
| Revenue/share (5 yr growth) | 15.54% |
| Growth rate% - Revenue, 3 year | 10.45% |
| Growth rate% - EPS, 3 year | — |
| Book value per share growth rate, 5 year | -1.75% |
| Capital Spending growth rate, 5 year | -2.47% |
| Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation & Amortization, 5 Year CAGR | — |
Displays analyst’s forecasts for key measures. The estimates can be expanded to see the spread of the calls. Full lines = reported, and dotted lines are forward estimates. Click a measure to add or remove it from the chart, sourced from Morningstar.
Financial forecast (USD, millions except per share)
| Actuals | Estimates | |||||||
| 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | ||||
| Estimate breakdown | ||||||||
Financial metrics can be plotted on the graph to see trends. Multiple metrics from multiple statements can be plotted against each other, sourced from Morningstar.
Financials (USD, millions)
| Period end: | DEC 21 | DEC 22 | DEC 23 | DEC 24 | DEC 25 |
| Fiscal year: | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Period length: | 12 months | 12 months | 12 months | 12 months | 12 months |
Displays all company announcements released by the company to the exchange, sourced from Morningstar.
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Business Summary
Centene is a managed care organization that focuses on government-sponsored healthcare plans, including Medicaid, Medicare, and the individual exchanges. Centene served 20 million medical members as of December 2025, mostly in Medicaid (about 64% of membership), the individual exchanges (about 28%), and Medicare (about 5%). The company also provides Medicare Part D pharmaceutical plans.
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