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Centene

NYQ:CNC US15135B1017
19
  • Value
    80
  • Growth
    31
  • Safety
    Safety
    6
  • Combined
    25
  • Sentiment
    51
  • 360° View
    360° View
    19
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Company Description

Centene Corporation is a healthcare company providing integrated services to government-sponsored and commercial healthcare programs. It operates in the healthcare industry, specifically in Medicaid, Medicare, and Commercial segments. The company's focus is on under-insured and uninsured individuals. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $14,928 million, profits of $16,829 million, revenue of $163,071 million, and 60,500 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 19 (better than 19% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Centene are critical, mostly below average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half the metrics below and half above average for Centene. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 80, which means that the share price of Centene is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is lower than for 80% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 51, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 51% of alternative investment opportunities. But the consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 31, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 6, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 94 comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Dividend Yield
Weakest Rank Price vs. Sales (P/S)
Country USA
Industry Health Care Managed
Size XX-Large
Website centene.com
Index
D.J. US Health Care
S&P 500
Centene stock price by TradingView. Not sourced by Obermatt.
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Last update: 7-May-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
80 79 88 70
Growth
31 8 5 31
Safety
Safety
6 65 56 83
Sentiment
51 63 65 81
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19 62 52 73
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
22 41 37 59
Opinions Change
70 52 50 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 45 66 77
Market Pulse
23 78 74 62
Sentiment
51 63 65 81
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
80 79 88 70
Growth
31 8 5 31
Safety Safety
6 65 56 83
Combined
25 55 47 80
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
97 91 87 89
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
56 94 89 57
Price vs. Book (P/B)
83 85 81 87
Dividend Yield
1 1 1 1
Value
80 79 88 70
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
14 30 6 44
Profit Growth
87 20 47 46
Capital Growth
42 23 7 7
Stock Returns
30 19 25 73
Growth
31 8 5 31
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
55 50 32 44
Refinancing
4 72 63 8
Liquidity
10 50 51 50
Safety Safety
6 65 56 83

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With good value and positive sentiment, but low growth and risky financing, this combination is generally dangerous as debt requires growth to sustain it. Only investors with a strong belief in future growth potential and a high-risk tolerance should consider this stock.

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