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CNC NYSE

Centene Corp.
1W: -3.0% 1M: +9.8% 3M: +11.1% YTD: +64.4% 1Y: +101.6% 3Y: -4.5% 5Y: +6.1%
$68.67
+0.64 (+0.94%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±3.7%
$65 $68 $70 $73 $75
NYSE · Healthcare · Medical - Healthcare Plans · Tech Score Buy · Power 70 · $33.9B mcap · 485M float · 0.958% daily turnover · Short 41% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 60% of companies Debt: 31.4% 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 $2.72 (down 96%), Centene Corp. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $15.54B against a stock market value of $33.92B.
Distance to default 4.22 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-09-30, debt counted $7.82B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 47.3%; Altman Z'' 1.62. 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.
#7 of 19
Medical - Healthcare Plans
Healthcare · Large Cap · 6 peers
Market Share
3.9%
Top 4 Concentration: 81.8%

Technical Signal Map

6 Bullish
0 Neutral
1 Bearish

Peer Comparison

Symbol Mkt Cap P/E ROE % ROIC % Net Mgn % Rev Grw % Piotroski Signal 1Y Ret %
CNC Centene Corp. $35B 23.2 6.8 6.4 -0.1 4.8 7 BULLISH 101.6
CI Cigna Corporation $81B 12.3 15.5 11.8 2.3 7.7 8 BULLISH -0.6
CVS CVS Health Corp. $120B 23.8 6.2 4.9 2.8 7.4 8 BULLISH 11.2
ELV Elevance Health Inc. $95B 18.0 11.6 16.2 2.7 3.6 7 BULLISH 23.7
UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated $375B 23.4 15.9 13.5 3.6 3.3 7 BULLISH 14.0
HUM Humana Inc. $51B 39.0 6.8 17.2 1.7 18.3 4 BULLISH 42.7
MOH Molina Healthcare, Inc. $11B -327.0 -1.2 -44.2 0.4 -2.1 5 LEAN BEAR 22.1

Profile Radar

Valuation vs Profitability

Performance Comparison

Industry Market Share

CNC vs Benchmarks

ROIC
CNC
6.4
Industry
11.8
Gross Margin
CNC
-0.6
Industry
22.4
Op Margin
CNC
-0.6
Industry
3.8
Net Margin
CNC
-0.1
Industry
2.5
Sector
9.8
Revenue Growth
CNC
4.8
Sector
9.4
P/E Ratio
CNC
23.2
Sector
29.7
ROE
CNC
6.8
Sector
11.5
Piotroski F
CNC
7.0
Sector
6.0

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