Centene Corporation

CNC Healthcare Healthcare Plans

Centene Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $194.8 billion, up 19.4% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+1.93%
EPS
+99.0%
Free cash flow
−437.4%
Total debt
−11.6%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

66.49 1.96 −2.86%
Market cap
$32.9B
P/E
22.4×
Fwd P/E
17.4×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
2.64
Beneish M
−3.07
Dividend safety
n/a
Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22 Dec '23 Dec '24 Dec '25
P/E ratio
18.06 21.38 24.32 19.71 19.24 35.67 38.34 15.58 9.66 0.00
Piotroski F-Score
4 4 5 5 5 5 7 8 5 5
Altman Z-Score
2.71 3.23 2.95 2.90 2.41 2.43 2.67 2.60 2.76 2.64
P/S ratio
0.23 0.37 0.37 0.35 0.31 0.38 0.32 0.27 0.19 0.10
P/FCF ratio
6.02 16.58 40.25 34.52 7.39 14.58 8.72 5.75 0.00 4.70
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
1.08 1.07 1.29 2.34 1.43 1.27 1.14 1.47 1.66 0.39
Beneish M-Score
(1.70) (2.47) (2.18) (2.29) (2.16) (2.31) (2.79) (2.70) (1.99) (3.07)
P/Operating CF
5.85 39.31 (35.49) (39.93) 11.49 71.15 (29.10) 192.37 (53.85) 46.43
P/B ratio
1.57 2.58 2.04 2.05 1.32 1.78 1.90 1.61 1.19 1.01
EV/Sales
0.23 0.37 0.38 0.36 0.35 0.41 0.34 0.26 0.21 0.09
EV/EBITDA
6.18 11.40 11.84 11.03 8.91 16.74 18.01 9.45 7.58 0.00
EV/FCF
6.17 16.67 41.36 35.51 8.34 15.84 9.41 5.50 (68.28) 4.02
Current Ratio
0.97 0.93 1.00 1.57 1.08 1.11 1.06 1.11 1.11 1.10
Net Debt/EBITDA
0.14 0.06 0.32 0.31 1.01 1.34 1.32 (0.43) 0.42 0.46
Debt/Equity
0.79 0.68 0.61 1.08 0.65 0.70 0.75 0.69 0.70 0.87
ROE
13.92% 12.96% 10.07% 11.16% 9.38% 5.10% 4.70% 10.78% 12.61% (28.69%)
ROA
4.08% 3.94% 3.41% 3.67% 3.30% 1.83% 1.55% 3.35% 3.96% (8.38%)
ROIC
12.88% 10.77% 7.83% 8.31% 6.36% 3.58% 2.96% 7.59% 7.00% (27.84%)
Return on Tangible Assets
104.27% 174.32% 51.93% 13.89% 39.46% 22.00% 29.35% 44.59% 56.93% (116.86%)
Average Days of Receivables
28.90 25.75 31.27 30.55 31.85 35.46 33.51 36.81 44.12 33.93
Earnings Yield
5.54% 4.68% 4.11% 5.07% 5.20% 2.80% 2.61% 6.42% 10.35% (33.07%)
Free Cash Flow Yield
16.60% 6.03% 2.48% 2.90% 13.53% 6.86% 11.46% 17.38% (1.55%) 21.29%
Free Cash Flow per Share
4.84 3.09 1.43 1.82 8.12 5.65 9.14 13.35 (0.94) 8.76
Book value per Share
18.52 19.90 28.22 30.62 45.35 46.22 42.04 47.74 50.79 40.63
Free Cash Flow
1,545.00 1,067.00 559.00 753.00 4,634.00 3,295.00 5,257.00 7,254.00 (490.00) 4,321.00
EV/EBIT
7.54 14.83 15.86 15.01 12.54 29.26 37.55 13.62 10.54 0.00
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Columns are period end dates · fundamentals updated 2 Nov 2026