Centene (1CNC) Stock Overview

Operates as a healthcare enterprise that provides programs and services to under-insured and uninsured families, and commercial organizations in the United States. More details

1CNC fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	5/6
Future Growth	3/6
Past Performance	2/6
Financial Health	5/6
Dividends	0/6

Rewards

Trading at 86.6% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 17.35% per year

Trading at good value compared to peers and industry

Risk Analysis

Highly volatile share price over the past 3 months compared to the Italian market

Profit margins (1.3%) are lower than last year (2%)

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Centene
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$22.78
52 Week High	US$72.33
52 Week Low	US$19.34
Beta	0.44
1 Month Change	-50.39%
3 Month Change	-56.45%
1 Year Change	-67.65%
3 Year Change	-75.09%
5 Year Change	-57.81%
Change since IPO	-57.85%

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Shareholder Returns

	1CNC	IT Healthcare	IT Market
7D	-4.5%	-0.9%	2.7%
1Y	-67.7%	18.5%	20.3%

Return vs Industry: 1CNC underperformed the Italian Healthcare industry which returned 16.4% over the past year.

Return vs Market: 1CNC underperformed the Italian Market which returned 19.8% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is 1CNC's price volatile compared to industry and market?
1CNC volatility
1CNC Average Weekly Movement	12.1%
Healthcare Industry Average Movement	4.4%
Market Average Movement	4.1%
10% most volatile stocks in IT Market	7.8%
10% least volatile stocks in IT Market	2.6%

Stable Share Price: 1CNC's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the Italian market.

Volatility Over Time: 1CNC's weekly volatility (12%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of Italian stocks.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1984	60,500	Sarah London	www.centene.com

Centene Corporation operates as a healthcare enterprise that provides programs and services to under-insured and uninsured families, and commercial organizations in the United States. The company 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.

Centene Corporation Fundamentals Summary

How do Centene's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
1CNC fundamental statistics
Market cap	€11.42b
Earnings (TTM)	€1.78b
Revenue (TTM)	€138.12b

6.1x

P/E Ratio

0.1x

P/S Ratio

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
1CNC income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$159.56b
Cost of Revenue	US$139.32b
Gross Profit	US$20.24b
Other Expenses	US$18.19b
Earnings	US$2.05b

Last Reported Earnings

Jun 30, 2025

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	4.18
Gross Margin	12.68%
Net Profit Margin	1.29%
Debt/Equity Ratio	63.9%

How did 1CNC perform over the long term?

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/07/29 09:53
End of Day Share Price	2025/07/29 00:00
Earnings	2025/06/30
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

Centene Corporation is covered by 46 analysts. 15 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
null null	Argus Research Company
Hua Ha	Baird
Ishan Majumdar	Baptista Research

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