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) Gross margin

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Centene Corporation's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 7.78%, up 0.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (7.12%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 7.12% (fiscal 2025) to 14.0% (fiscal 2018) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Healthcare Plans industry median of 19.4% and below the Healthcare sector median of 54.5%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 7.12% (3.20)
FY2024 10.3% (0.92)
FY2023 11.2% (0.28)
FY2022 11.5% 0.25
FY2021 11.3% (2.42)
FY2020 13.7% 1.84
FY2019 11.9% (2.16)
FY2018 14.0% 2.02
FY2017 12.0% (1.66)
FY2016 13.7% 1.58

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 6.37% (2.22)
Jun 2026 8.59% (2.54)
Mar 2026 11.1% 6.17
Dec 2025 4.96% (1.58)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 7.12% High 14.0%
Ten-year median 11.9%
Current reading's percentile 7

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
CI Cigna Group compare 88.4%
CVS CVS Health Corporation compare 44.2%
PGNY Progyny, Inc. compare 24.9%
OSCR Oscar Health, Inc. compare 20.6%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated compare 19.8%
ELV Elevance Health, Inc. compare 15.5%
HUM Humana Inc. compare 13.0%
MOH Molina Healthcare, Inc compare 12.6%
CNC Centene Corporation 7.78%
Healthcare Plans industry median 19.4%
Healthcare sector median 54.5%
Market median 46.0%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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