CNC - Centene Corp Stock Price, Fair Value and News

76.21USD+0.37 (+0.49%)Market Closed

Market Summary

USD76.21+0.37

Market Closed

0.49%

CNC Stock Price

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CNC Valuation

Market Cap

40.6B

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

15.01

Price/Sales (Trailing)

0.26

EV/EBITDA

7.54

Price/Free Cashflow

5.59

CNC Price/Sales (Trailing)

CNC Profitability

EBT Margin

2.34%

Return on Equity

10.46%

Return on Assets

3.19%

Free Cashflow Yield

17.89%

CNC Fundamentals

CNC Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

154.0B

Rev. Growth (Yr)

10.96%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

3.73%

CNC Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

2.7B

Earnings Growth (Yr)

121.13%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

-90.41%

Breaking Down CNC Revenue

Last 7 days

4.9%

Last 30 days

-1.4%

Last 90 days

0.5%

Trailing 12 Months

12.1%

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CNC Financial Health

Current Ratio

1.11

Debt/Equity

0.69

Debt/Cashflow

0.45

CNC Investor Care

Buy Backs (1Y)

2.98%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

4.94

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2023	146.3B	147.9B	150.1B	154.0B
2022	133.2B	138.1B	141.6B	144.5B
2021	115.1B	118.4B	121.7B	126.0B
2020	82.2B	91.6B	101.7B	111.1B
2019	65.4B	69.5B	72.3B	74.6B
2018	49.9B	52.1B	56.4B	60.1B
2017	45.4B	46.4B	47.5B	48.4B
2016	24.6B	30.0B	35.0B	40.6B
2015	18.2B	19.7B	21.2B	22.8B
2014	11.8B	13.2B	14.8B	16.6B
2013	9.1B	9.7B	10.2B	10.9B
2012	5.7B	6.3B	7.3B	8.1B
2011	4.6B	4.8B	5.0B	5.3B
2010	4.2B	4.3B	4.4B	4.4B
2009	0	3.6B	3.9B	4.1B
2008	0	0	0	3.4B

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Tracking the Latest Insider Buys and Sells of Centene Corp

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Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
Apr 01, 2024	casso katie	sold (taxes)	-72,358	78.48	-922	corporate controller & cao
Mar 31, 2024	eppinger frederick h	acquired	-	-	323	-
Mar 31, 2024	samuels theodore r. ii	acquired	-	-	323	-
Mar 31, 2024	deveydt wayne s	acquired	-	-	420	-
Mar 31, 2024	coughlin christopher j	acquired	-	-	388	-
Mar 31, 2024	burdick kenneth a	acquired	-	-	388	-
Mar 15, 2024	asher andrew lynn	acquired	-	-	91,305	chief financial officer
Mar 15, 2024	smith susan raye	acquired	-	-	21,039	chief operating officer
Mar 15, 2024	fasola kenneth j	sold (taxes)	-473,944	76.05	-6,232	president
Mar 15, 2024	koster christopher	acquired	-	-	37,147	secretary & general counsel

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
Apr 23, 2024	AMALGAMATED BANK	reduced	-17.2	-1,236,000	8,698,000	0.07%
Apr 23, 2024	Retireful, LLC	sold off	-100	-1,489,770	-	-%
Apr 23, 2024	Gradient Investments LLC	reduced	-30.00	-964	2,747	-%
Apr 23, 2024	CGC Financial Services, LLC	unchanged	-	350	6,435	-%
Apr 23, 2024	NEW MEXICO EDUCATIONAL RETIREMENT BOARD	reduced	-5.61	-3,000	2,114,000	0.08%
Apr 23, 2024	CIGNA INVESTMENTS INC /NEW	unchanged	-	25,000	446,000	0.08%
Apr 23, 2024	Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia, Omsesidigt	unchanged	-	5,410	100,718	0.01%
Apr 23, 2024	Creative Capital Management Investments LLC	unchanged	-	683	12,557	0.01%
Apr 23, 2024	WESBANCO BANK INC	new	-	555,638	555,638	0.02%
Apr 23, 2024	DUNCKER STREETT & CO INC	reduced	-7.65	-45,300	1,895,290	0.37%

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Unveiling Centene Corp's Major ShareHolders

Date Filed	Name of Filer	Percent of Class	No. of Shares	Form Type
Feb 13, 2024	vanguard group inc	11.45%	61,190,588	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2024	capital world investors	5.5%	29,150,898	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2024	fmr llc	-	0	SC 13G/A
Jan 26, 2024	blackrock inc.	7.6%	40,819,347	SC 13G/A
Feb 13, 2023	capital world investors	8.8%	49,809,061	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2023	fmr llc	-	0	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2023	vanguard group inc	11.52%	65,260,984	SC 13G/A
Jan 31, 2023	blackrock inc.	7.2%	40,669,044	SC 13G/A
Feb 14, 2022	price t rowe associates inc /md/	4.9%	28,709,382	SC 13G/A
Feb 11, 2022	capital world investors	8.0%	46,851,859	SC 13G/A

Recent SEC filings of Centene Corp

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
Apr 03, 2024	PX14A6G	PX14A6G
Apr 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 29, 2024	DEFA14A	DEFA14A
Mar 29, 2024	8-K	Current Report
Mar 28, 2024	DEF 14A	DEF 14A

Peers (Alternatives to Centene Corp)

Name	Mkt Capsorted ascending	Revenue	Price %, 1M	Returns, 1Y	P/E	P/S	Rev 1-Yr	Inc 1-Yr
LARGE-CAP
UNH	448.5B	371.6B	-0.74%	-0.51%	20.04	1.21	14.64%	11.24%
CI	103.1B	195.3B	0.26%	37.72%	19.19	0.53	8.17%	-20.79%
CVS	86.2B	357.8B	-12.72%	-6.73%	10.32	0.24	10.95%	93.52%
HCA	84.5B	65.0B	-3.19%	11.59%	16.12	1.3	7.86%	-7.11%
CNC	40.6B	154.0B	-1.43%	12.08%	15.01	0.26	6.54%	124.79%
DVA	11.7B	12.1B	-0.12%	51.97%	16.99	0.97	4.57%	23.40%
UHS	11.4B	14.3B	-8.62%	17.22%	15.93	0.8	6.59%	6.24%
MID-CAP
CHE	9.3B	2.3B	-4.84%	8.83%	34.2	4.12	6.06%	9.17%
ACHC	6.5B	2.9B	-7.52%	-4.24%	-301.31	2.23	12.20%	-107.93%
AMN	2.2B	3.8B	-10.62%	-35.16%	10.28	0.57	-27.73%	-52.50%
AMEH	2.1B	1.4B	-5.65%	-0.29%	34.21	1.5	21.19%	34.42%
SMALL-CAP
ADUS	1.5B	1.1B	-8.44%	-16.43%	24.6	1.45	11.31%	35.83%
BKD	1.3B	3.0B	7.61%	59.68%	-6.94	0.44	6.74%	20.73%
BEAT	53.7M	-	-3.27%	-3.72%	-3.67	-	-	-12.94%
AMS	19.0M	21.3M	13.26%	5.28%	35.63	0.89	8.00%	-62.25%

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Income Statement (Last 12 Months)

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Income Statement (Quarterly)																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Revenue	3.7%	39,460	38,042	37,608	38,889	35,561	35,865	35,936	37,185	32,568	32,406	31,025	29,983	28,288	29,090	27,712	26,025	18,863	18,976	18,356	18,444	16,559
Costs and Expenses	6.3%	39,654	37,307	36,437	37,671	35,843	35,389	36,065	35,932	31,965	31,861	31,443	28,929	28,273	28,229	25,694	25,837	18,586	18,800	17,713	17,759	16,171
S&GA Expenses	14.4%	3,488	3,048	3,016	3,011	3,198	2,846	2,800	2,745	2,691	2,537	2,139	2,234	2,234	2,507	2,255	2,384	1,733	1,617	1,574	1,609	1,556
EBITDA Margin	-3.6%	0.04*	0.04*	0.04*	0.03*	0.03*	0.03*	0.03*	0.03*	0.03*	0.02*	0.02*	0.05*	0.04*	0.05*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Interest Expenses	1.1%	183	181	181	180	174	169	162	160	162	170	163	170	177	184	187	180	113	99.00	101	99.00	98.00
Income Taxes	-105.1%	-15.00	293	360	261	260	269	-65.00	296	101	139	-7.00	244	-55.00	207	742	85.00	58.00	79.00	170	166	116
Earnings Before Taxes	-96.9%	24.00	768	1,415	1,391	41.00	1,009	-236	1,148	694	720	-542	941	-74.00	772	1,944	131	260	175	662	685	357
EBT Margin	-3.0%	0.02*	0.02*	0.03*	0.02*	0.01*	0.02*	0.02*	0.02*	0.01*	0.01*	0.01*	0.03*	0.02*	0.03*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net Income	-90.4%	45.00	469	1,058	1,130	-213	738	-172	849	599	584	-535	699	-12.00	568	1,206	46.00	209	95.00	495	522	241
Net Income Margin	7.8%	0.02*	0.02*	0.02*	0.01*	0.01*	0.01*	0.01*	0.01*	0.01*	0.01*	0.01*	0.02*	0.02*	0.02*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cashflow	-100.7%	-6.00	885	2,331	4,044	-1,809	3,085	3,072	909	427	1,577	1,435	-144	2,775	-1,203	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Balance Sheet

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Balance Sheet																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Assets	0.3%	84,641	84,381	82,853	82,982	76,870	81,172	81,060	82,901	78,375	77,743	71,539	70,285	68,719	68,364	68,347	66,431	40,994	34,252	34,368	33,569	30,901
Current Assets	-1.6%	40,756	41,405	34,866	35,009	30,128	33,275	32,406	31,110	28,497	28,056	25,464	24,440	23,393	27,275	26,822	24,696	20,323	13,457	13,596	13,616	11,998
Cash Equivalents	-5.5%	17,193	18,190	17,170	15,853	12,074	14,987	13,435	11,237	13,118	13,423	11,018	9,627	10,957	12,198	12,798	9,308	12,131	6,215	6,875	6,345	5,350
Net PPE	0.7%	2,019	2,004	2,416	2,478	2,432	2,479	2,557	3,583	3,391	3,302	2,912	2,822	2,774	2,669	2,544	2,439	2,121	1,993	1,878	1,800	1,706
Goodwill	0%	17,558	17,558	18,716	18,836	18,812	20,040	20,310	20,903	19,771	19,699	18,805	18,788	18,652	17,964	17,434	17,417	6,863	6,872	7,126	6,981	7,015
Liabilities	-0.5%	58,685	58,965	57,066	57,796	52,633	55,572	54,497	55,471	51,353	51,069	45,411	43,749	42,757	42,485	43,142	42,739	28,302	21,816	22,098	21,925	19,878
Current Liabilities	-0.4%	36,716	36,851	31,306	32,857	28,464	31,330	29,086	29,685	25,765	25,042	23,642	22,279	21,585	21,795	21,918	21,651	12,932	13,280	12,653	13,143	11,971
Long Term Debt	-1.0%	17,710	17,888	17,896	18,223	17,938	18,084	18,456	18,640	18,571	18,594	16,536	16,695	16,682	16,737	16,708	17,150	13,638	6,975	7,047	6,775	6,648
LT Debt, Current	5.3%	119	113	110	97.00	82.00	249	300	292	267	245	253	62.00	97.00	89.00	106	129	88.00	66.00	87.00	40.00	38.00
LT Debt, Non Current	-1.0%	17,710	17,888	17,896	18,223	17,938	18,084	18,456	18,640	18,571	18,594	16,536	16,695	16,682	16,737	16,708	17,150	13,638	6,975	7,047	6,775	6,648
Shareholder's Equity	2.2%	25,840	25,295	25,768	25,166	24,057	25,534	26,430	27,313	26,940	26,590	26,045	26,458	25,885	25,843	25,172	23,656	12,659	12,405	12,248	11,634	11,013
Retained Earnings	0.4%	12,043	11,998	11,529	10,471	9,341	9,554	8,816	8,988	8,139	7,540	6,956	7,491	6,792	6,804	6,236	5,030	4,984	4,775	4,680	4,185	3,663
Additional Paid-In Capital	0.3%	20,304	20,243	20,183	20,121	20,060	19,774	19,899	19,830	19,672	19,594	19,545	19,500	19,459	19,390	19,333	19,279	7,647	7,571	7,531	7,491	7,449
Shares Outstanding	0.0%	534	535	546	552	551	574	583	583	583	583	582	582	571	568	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minority Interest	-3.0%	97.00	100	97.00	124	124	156	141	144	145	124	134	116	112	118	116	107	108	94.00	94.00	94.00	96.00
Float	-	-	-	36,800	-	-	-	49,200	-	-	-	42,500	-	-	-	36,800	-	-	-	21,700	-	-

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)

(In Millions)

Cashflow (Quarterly)																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Cashflow From Operations	-78.7%	217	1,021	2,546	4,269	-1,576	3,332	3,354	1,151	675	1,802	1,685	43.00	2,981	-952	3,714	-240	-651	-99.00	917	1,316	-634
Share Based Compensation	-2.0%	49.00	50.00	56.00	61.00	54.00	51.00	59.00	70.00	76.00	40.00	36.00	51.00	63.00	54.00	47.00	117	71.00	34.00	34.00	38.00	40.00
Cashflow From Investing	-318.2%	-949	435	-424	-253	221	3.00	-744	-2,401	-857	-1,022	-813	-607	-4,255	332	240	-3,272	-144	-459	-556	-373	-1,022
Cashflow From Financing	61.6%	-201	-524	-750	-183	-1,732	-1,481	-486	-498	-235	1,643	27.00	-73.00	-123	4.00	-460	839	6,704	-108	178	58.00	152
Buy Backs	-96.0%	31.00	774	405	423	1,433	1,243	349	71.00	248	16.00	4.00	29.00	56.00	9.00	3.00	558	34.00	4.00	2.00	35.00	54.00

CNC Income Statement

2023-12-31

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Revenues:
Revenues	$ 140,095	$ 135,479	$ 117,983
Premium tax	13,904	9,068	7,999
Total revenues	153,999	144,547	125,982
Expenses:
Medical costs	118,894	111,529	98,602
Cost of services	3,564	7,032	4,894
Selling, general and administrative expenses	12,563	11,589	9,601
Depreciation expense	575	614	565
Amortization of acquired intangible assets	718	817	770
Premium tax expense	14,226	9,330	8,287
Impairment	529	2,318	229
Legal settlement	0	0	1,250
Total operating expenses	151,069	143,229	124,198
Earnings from operations	2,930	1,318	1,784
Other income (expense):
Investment and other income	1,393	1,279	819
Debt extinguishment	0	30	(125)
Interest expense	(725)	(665)	(665)
Earnings before income tax	3,598	1,962	1,813
Income tax expense	899	760	477
Net earnings	2,699	1,202	1,336
Loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	3	0	11
Net earnings attributable to Centene Corporation	$ 2,702	$ 1,202	$ 1,347
Net earnings per common share attributable to Centene Corporation:
Basic earnings per common share (in usd per share)	$ 4.97	$ 2.09	$ 2.31
Diluted earnings per common share (in usd per share)	$ 4.95	$ 2.07	$ 2.28
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	543,319	575,191	582,832
Diluted (in shares)	545,704	582,040	590,516
Premium
Revenues:
Revenues	$ 135,636	$ 127,131	$ 112,319
Service
Revenues:
Revenues	$ 4,459	$ 8,348	$ 5,664

CNC Balance Sheet

2023-12-31

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 17,193	$ 12,074
Premium and trade receivables	15,532	13,272
Short-term investments	2,459	2,321
Other current assets	5,572	2,461
Total current assets	40,756	30,128
Long-term investments	16,286	14,684
Restricted deposits	1,386	1,217
Property, software and equipment, net	2,019	2,432
Goodwill	17,558	18,812
Intangible assets, net	6,101	6,911
Other long-term assets	535	2,686
Total assets	84,641	76,870
Current liabilities:
Medical claims liability	18,000	16,745
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	16,420	9,525
Return of premium payable	1,462	1,634
Unearned revenue	715	478
Current portion of long-term debt	119	82
Total current liabilities	36,716	28,464
Long-term debt	17,710	17,938
Deferred tax liability	641	615
Other long-term liabilities	3,618	5,616
Total liabilities	58,685	52,633
Commitments and contingencies
Redeemable noncontrolling interests	19	56
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; authorized 10,000 shares; no shares issued or outstanding at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022	0	0
Common stock, $0.001 par value; authorized 800,000 shares; 615,291 issued and 534,484 outstanding at December 31, 2023, and 607,847 issued and 550,754 outstanding at December 31, 2022	1	1
Additional paid-in capital	20,304	20,060
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss)	(652)	(1,132)
Retained earnings	12,043	9,341
Treasury stock, at cost (80,807 and 57,093 shares, respectively)	(5,856)	(4,213)
Total Centene stockholders' equity	25,840	24,057
Nonredeemable noncontrolling interest	97	124
Total stockholders' equity	25,937	24,181
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests and stockholders' equity	$ 84,641	$ 76,870

About Centene Corp

Centene Corporation operates as a healthcare enterprise that provides programs and services to under-insured and uninsured families, commercial organizations, and military families in the United States. It operates in two segments, Managed Care and Specialty Services. The Managed Care segment offers health plan coverage to individuals through government subsidized programs, including Medicaid, the State children's health insurance program, long-term services and support, foster care, and medicare-medicaid plans, which cover dually eligible individuals, as well as aged, blind, or disabled programs. This segment also provides a variety of individual, small group, and large group commercial healthcare products to employers and members. This segment also offers various individual, small group, and large group commercial healthcare products to employers and members. The Specialty Services segment offers behavioral health and employee assistance plans; clinical healthcare, primary care, various specialty services, and a suite of social and other support services; data analytics solutions; administrative services to Military Health System eligible beneficiaries; traditional pharmacy clinical and administrative services as well as specialized pharmacy benefit services through its specialty pharmacy business; and vision and dental health services. This segment provides auxiliary healthcare services and products to state programs, correctional facilities, healthcare organizations, employer groups, and other commercial organizations; and engages in the government contracts business under the TRICARE program and other healthcare related government contracts. The company provides its services through primary and specialty care physicians, hospitals, and ancillary providers. Centene Corporation was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

CEO	Ms. Sarah M. London
WEBSITE	centene.com
INDUSTRY	Healthcare Plans
EMPLOYEES	65535

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Is Centene Corp a good stock to buy?

The fair value guage provides a quick view whether CNC is over valued or under valued. Whether Centene Corp is cheap or expensive depends on the assumptions which impact Centene Corp's fair value. We provide several scenarios of inflation and growth to encompass these range of assumptions for CNC.

What is Centene Corp's Price to Earnings (PE) and Price to sales (PS) ratio?

As of Tue Apr 23 2024, CNC's PE ratio (Price to Earnings) is 15.01 and Price to Sales (PS) ratio is 0.26. The price to earnings and price to sales ratio are two most important valuation metrics for any company. PE ratio tell us the number of years of earnings investors are ready to pay for owning the company. Historically, S&P500 price to earnings ratio has fallen below 12 during periods of gloom and gone past 30 during periods of euphoria. CNC PE ratio will change depending on the future growth rate expectations of investors.

What is 5 year return on Centene Corp's stock?

In the past 10 years, Centene Corp has provided 0.164 (multiply by 100 for percentage) rate of return.