Centene Valuation

Is 0HVB undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of 0HVB when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 0HVB ($60.74) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($283.44)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 0HVB is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 0HVB?

Key metric: As 0HVB is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 0HVB. This is calculated by dividing 0HVB's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 0HVB's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio9.9x
EarningsUS$3.07b
Market CapUS$31.01b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 0HVB's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 0HVB vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average30.8x
SN. Smith & Nephew
35.3x22.5%UK£8.6b
MDC Mediclinic International
21.9x10.7%UK£3.7b
CTEC ConvaTec Group
39.7x20.5%UK£4.9b
HUM Humana
26.2x11.6%US$36.6b
0HVB Centene
9.9x4.9%US$31.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 0HVB is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.9x) compared to the peer average (33.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 0HVB's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Healthcare Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
0HVB 9.9xIndustry Avg. 18.8xNo. of Companies10PE01020304050+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 0HVB is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.9x) compared to the European Healthcare industry average (18.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 0HVB's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

0HVB PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio9.9x
Fair PE Ratio35.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 0HVB is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (35.1x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst 0HVB forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$60.74
US$81.72
+34.5%
10.4%US$95.00US$66.00n/a17
Nov ’25US$63.74
US$83.42
+30.9%
9.7%US$95.00US$66.00n/a17
Oct ’25US$74.89
US$86.19
+15.1%
8.1%US$97.00US$72.00n/a17
Sep ’25US$78.42
US$85.95
+9.6%
8.5%US$98.00US$74.00n/a17
Aug ’25US$76.75
US$84.96
+10.7%
7.9%US$95.00US$74.00n/a17
Jul ’25US$65.13
US$87.52
+34.4%
9.3%US$110.00US$76.00n/a18
Jun ’25US$70.75
US$88.57
+25.2%
9.7%US$110.00US$76.00n/a18
May ’25US$72.96
US$88.02
+20.6%
10.1%US$110.00US$73.30n/a17
Apr ’25US$78.61
US$89.02
+13.2%
10.3%US$110.00US$73.30n/a17
Mar ’25US$77.41
US$88.46
+14.3%
10.0%US$110.00US$73.30n/a16
Feb ’25US$75.57
US$87.22
+15.4%
10.0%US$110.00US$73.30n/a17
Jan ’25US$74.00
US$85.96
+16.2%
9.7%US$110.00US$73.30n/a16
Dec ’24US$74.75
US$83.08
+11.1%
10.8%US$110.00US$72.00n/a16
Nov ’24US$69.91
US$83.12
+18.9%
10.8%US$110.00US$72.00US$63.7416
Oct ’24US$69.23
US$81.55
+17.8%
10.9%US$110.00US$71.00US$74.8918
Sep ’24US$60.95
US$82.21
+34.9%
10.3%US$110.00US$71.00US$78.4219
Aug ’24US$68.11
US$83.48
+22.6%
10.1%US$110.00US$71.00US$76.7519
Jul ’24US$67.85
US$83.86
+23.6%
10.0%US$110.00US$71.00US$65.1320
Jun ’24US$64.86
US$85.01
+31.1%
9.2%US$110.00US$71.00US$70.7519
May ’24US$69.22
US$85.60
+23.7%
10.0%US$110.00US$71.00US$72.9619
Apr ’24US$63.56
US$89.49
+40.8%
11.0%US$110.00US$71.00US$78.6119
Mar ’24US$68.67
US$92.11
+34.1%
9.2%US$110.00US$79.00US$77.4118
Feb ’24US$75.80
US$98.72
+30.2%
7.6%US$110.00US$85.00US$75.5718
Jan ’24US$81.42
US$100.00
+22.8%
8.1%US$115.00US$85.00US$74.0018
Dec ’23US$85.45
US$101.28
+18.5%
6.6%US$115.00US$87.00US$74.7518
Nov ’23US$85.94
US$101.28
+17.8%
6.6%US$115.00US$87.00US$69.9118

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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