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

69.74 4.43 −5.97%
Market cap
$36.7B
P/E
23.5×
Fwd P/E
17.4×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
2.64
Beneish M
−3.07
Dividend safety
n/a

Centene Corporation (CNC) Current ratio

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Centene Corporation's current ratio at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 1.2×, up 0.1× from fiscal 2025 (1.1×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.9× (fiscal 2017) to 1.6× (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is below the Healthcare Plans industry median of 1.3× and below the Healthcare sector median of 3.1×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2025 1.1× (0.81%)
FY2024 1.1× (0.08%)
FY2023 1.1× 4.87%
FY2022 1.1× (4.29%)
FY2021 1.1× 2.05%
FY2020 1.1× (31.03%)
FY2019 1.6× 56.79%
FY2018 1.0× 7.47%
FY2017 0.9× (3.87%)
FY2016 1.0× (2.35%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Sep 2026 1.2× 1.59%
Jun 2026 1.1× 1.95%
Mar 2026 1.1× 2.18%
Dec 2025 1.1× 1.38%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.9× High 1.6×
Ten-year median 1.1×
Current reading's percentile 64

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
PGNY Progyny, Inc. compare 1.9×
MOH Molina Healthcare, Inc compare 1.7×
HUM Humana Inc. compare 1.6×
ELV Elevance Health, Inc. compare 1.5×
CNC Centene Corporation 1.2×
CVS CVS Health Corporation compare 0.9×
CI Cigna Group compare 0.7×
UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated compare 0.7×
OSCR Oscar Health, Inc. compare 0.0×
Healthcare Plans industry median 1.3×
Healthcare sector median 3.1×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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