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Centene Corp.
1W: -0.8% 1M: +10.1% 3M: +6.5% YTD: +62.9% 1Y: +98.1% 3Y: -5.4% 5Y: +6.3%
$68.67
+0.64 (+0.94%)
After Hours: $68.50 (-0.17, -0.24%)
Weekly Expected Move ±3.7%
$65 $68 $70 $73 $75
NYSE · Healthcare · Medical - Healthcare Plans · Tech Score Buy · Power 70 · $33.6B mcap · 485M float · 0.956% daily turnover · Short 41% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 61% of companies Debt: 32.4% of company value Bonds: $1.05B held by 553 funds, 128 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the middle of the pack, about 1 in 580 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $2.80 (down 96%), Centene Corp. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $16.11B against a stock market value of $33.63B.
Distance to default 4.17 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $8.09B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 47.3%; Altman Z'' 0.98. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.
Smart Money Score
Moderate 50
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Key Statistics
Market Cap$33.6B
52W Range31.63-72.5
Volume6,168,289
Avg Volume4,637,042
Beta1.13
Dividend—
Analyst Ratings
27 Buy 16 Hold 1 Sell
Consensus Buy
Company Info
CEOSarah McGinty London
Employees61,100
SectorHealthcare
IndustryMedical - Healthcare Plans
IPO Date2001-12-13
Centene Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63105
US
314 725 4477
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.

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