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Centene

NYQ:CNC US15135B1017
41
  • Value
    78
  • Growth
    41
  • Safety
    Safety
    6
  • Combined
    28
  • Sentiment
    75
  • 360° View
    360° View
    41
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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 30 (better than 30% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Centene are below the industry 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 78, 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 78% 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 43, 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 8, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 92 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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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 26-May-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
78 79 88 70
Growth
41 8 5 31
Safety
Safety
6 65 56 83
Sentiment
75 63 65 81
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360° View
41 62 52 73
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
26 41 37 59
Opinions Change
80 52 50 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 45 66 77
Market Pulse
53 78 74 62
Sentiment
75 63 65 81
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
78 79 88 70
Growth
41 8 5 31
Safety Safety
6 65 56 83
Combined
28 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)
52 94 89 57
Price vs. Book (P/B)
74 85 81 87
Dividend Yield
1 1 1 1
Value
78 79 88 70
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
12 30 6 44
Profit Growth
86 20 47 46
Capital Growth
40 23 7 7
Stock Returns
42 19 25 73
Growth
41 8 5 31
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
56 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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