Centene Corporation (CNC)

NYSE: CNC · Real-Time Price · USD
31.44
-1.08 (-3.32%)
At close: Jul 11, 2025, 4:00 PM
31.40
-0.04 (-0.13%)
After-hours: Jul 11, 2025, 7:59 PM EDT
-3.32%
Market Cap 15.64B
Revenue (ttm) 153.27B
Net Income (ttm) 3.45B
Shares Out 497.60M
EPS (ttm) 6.72
PE Ratio 4.68
Forward PE 9.68
Dividend n/a
Ex-Dividend Date n/a
Volume 15,546,320
Open 32.25
Previous Close 32.52
Day's Range 31.40 - 32.50
52-Week Range 31.40 - 80.59
Beta 0.44
Analysts Buy
Price Target 64.75 (+105.95%)
Earnings Date Jul 25, 2025

About CNC

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. This segment also provides healt... [Read more]

Sector Healthcare
IPO Date Dec 13, 2001
Employees 60,500
Stock Exchange NYSE
Ticker Symbol CNC
Full Company Profile

Financial Performance

In 2024, Centene's revenue was $147.17 billion, an increase of 4.09% compared to the previous year's $141.39 billion. Earnings were $3.31 billion, an increase of 22.32%.

Financial Statements

Analyst Summary

According to 17 analysts, the average rating for CNC stock is "Buy." The 12-month stock price target is $64.75, which is an increase of 105.95% from the latest price.

Price Target
$64.75
(105.95% upside)
Analyst Consensus: Buy
Stock Forecasts

News

SHAREHOLDER REMINDER: Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Investigates Claims on Behalf of Investors of Centene

Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Securities Litigation Partner James (Josh) Wilson Encourages Investors Who Suffered Losses In Centene To Contact Him Directly To Discuss Their Options

21 hours ago - GlobeNewsWire

Centene: Buy Signals Emerge After Capitulation-Like Sell-Off

Centene's stock plunged after withdrawing 2025 guidance due to higher medical costs, but the selloff appears to be a capitulation event. The stock is deeply oversold, trading at just 10x reduced 2025 ...

2 days ago - Seeking Alpha

Centene Stock Down 40% — May Slide On $1 Trillion Medicaid Cuts

The Big Beautiful Bill Act cuts $1 trillion from Medicaid from which Centene gets 58% of its revenue. After plunging 40% will the stock drop more?

2 days ago - Forbes

Centene's Punishment Overly Done - Contrarian Buy At A Deep Discount

CNC has been deeply punished for the suspended FY2025 adj EPS guidance, after supposedly reiterating the prior numbers in the FQ1'25 earnings call. It is apparent that the higher medical care activiti...

3 days ago - Seeking Alpha

Centene Corporation (CNC) Investors See Over $11 Billion Of Shareholder Value Wiped Out In 1 Day Amid Independent Actuary Data, Withdrawn 2025 Guidance- Hagens Berman

SAN FRANCISCO , July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On July 2, 2025, investors in Centene Corp. (NYSE: CNC) saw the price of their shares of this normally low-volatility stock crash 40%, after the company wi...

4 days ago - PRNewsWire

Molina Healthcare Trims Fiscal-Year Guidance Days After Centene Withdraws Its Outlook

The insurer says earnings pressure is expected to continue into the second half of the year.

Other symbols: MOH
4 days ago - Barrons

Centene Corporation (CNC) Investors See Over $11 Billion Of Shareholder Value Wiped Out In 1 Day Amid Independent Actuary Data, Withdrawn 2025 Guidance – Hagens Berman

SAN FRANCISCO, July 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On July 2, 2025, investors in Centene Corp. (NYSE: CNC) saw the price of their shares of this normally low-volatility stock crash 40%, after the compan...

8 days ago - GlobeNewsWire

Centene's 40% Crash: Generational Buy Or Value Trap?

Centene's 40% drop after pulling 2025 guidance is driven by rising medical costs and margin pressure, but the sell-off appears overdone. Historical patterns show that similar sell-offs in 2016 and 202...

8 days ago - Seeking Alpha

Centene's expected hit to EPS this year 'horrifying', says Jim Cramer

'Mad Money' host Jim Cramer dissects Centene's massive plummet following earnings.

9 days ago - CNBC Television

Jim Cramer on what is behind Centene's 40% drop

'Mad Money' host Jim Cramer dissects Centene's massive plummet following earnings.

9 days ago - CNBC Television

Jim Cramer gives his take on Centene's decline and the managed care sector

CNBC's Jim Cramer offered his take on Centene and the broader health insurance space as its stock plummeted when management unexpectedly withdrew full-year guidance. "Given this news from Centene, I t...

9 days ago - CNBC

S&P 500 Gains and Losses Today: Centene Pulls Guidance, Health Insurance Stocks Fall

Major U.S. equities indexes finished Wednesday mixed as President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. has reached a trade deal with Vietnam.

9 days ago - Investopedia

Centene Faces Earnings Crunch as More Healthy Americans Exit Insurance Plans

The health-insurance provider is reckoning with multiple threats to its business, potentially leaving it with fewer and less-healthy enrollees signed up to its health-insurance plans.

9 days ago - WSJ

Centene Tells United Healthcare To Hold Its Beer

Centene's stock plunged  after slashing 2025 EPS guidance due to higher-than-expected morbidity and lower market growth in key states. The company's previous bullish guidance failed to materialize. De...

9 days ago - Seeking Alpha

CNC Investors Have Opportunity to Join Centene Corporation Fraud Investigation with the Schall Law Firm

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $CNC--CNC Investors Have Opportunity to Join Centene Corporation Fraud Investigation with the Schall Law Firm.

9 days ago - Business Wire

CNC Hits 8-Year Low, Big Banks Boost Dividends, STZ Earnings Rally

Centene (CNC) sold off more than 30% at the opening bell after withdrawing full-year guidance. Diane King Hall talks about how the "big, beautiful bill" plays a pivotal role in that downside price act...

Other symbols: STZXLF
9 days ago - Schwab Network

Centene Corporation Investigated for Securities Fraud Violations - Contact the DJS Law Group to Discuss Your Rights – CNC

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $CNC--Centene Corporation Investigated for Securities Fraud Violations - Contact the DJS Law Group to Discuss Your Rights – CNC.

9 days ago - Business Wire

Centene's Medicaid business and healthcare costs are a problem, and its stock plunges

Centene's stock suffers a historic plunge as underestimation of healthcare costs leads the insurer to withdraw its full-year earnings outlook.

9 days ago - Market Watch

Centene: Is The 25% Fall In CNC Stock Justified?

Centene Corporation (NYSE:CNC) experienced a challenging Tuesday evening, witnessing a 25% drop in shares during after-hours trading on July 1st. The significant decline in the healthcare giant's stoc...

9 days ago - Forbes

Centene, BrightView Holdings, ArriVent BioPharma And Other Big Stocks Moving Lower In Wednesday's Pre-Market Session

U.S. stock futures were higher this morning, with the Dow futures gaining around 0.2% on Wednesday.

Other symbols: AVBPBV
9 days ago - Benzinga

Centene plunges after pulling forecast on revenue pressure from Obamacare plans

Centene shares tumbled more than 25% in premarket trading on Wednesday after the health insurer withdrew its 2025 earnings forecast, citing a sharp decline in expected revenue from its marketplace pla...

10 days ago - Reuters

Centene Stock Plummets 27%. What Sparked the Brutal Selloff.

It's been a tough year for health insurance stocks, with UnitedHealth also tumbling after the company pulled its guidance.

10 days ago - Barrons

Centene Latest Insurer Facing Higher Costs As GOP Preps Bigger Hit

News government-subsidized health insurance provider Centene is withdrawing its 2025 financial guidance comes as the Republican-controlled Congress is poised to slash hundreds of billions of dollars i...

10 days ago - Forbes

Facing Slower Growth, Health Insurer Centene Pulls 2025 Profit Outlook

Health insurer Centene, one of the nation's biggest providers of individual coverage under the Affordable Care Act known as Obamacare, on Tuesday withdrew its 2025 guidance, saying market growth in mo...

10 days ago - Forbes

Centene withdraws 2025 forecast after review of marketplace risk adjustment

U.S. health insurer Centene said on Tuesday it has withdrawn its 2025 earnings forecast, sending its shares down nearly 22% in extended trading.

10 days ago - Reuters