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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 9.92%, EPS grew 533.3%, free cash flow grew 116.6% and total debt fell 8.37%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; revenue growth for ten consecutive years.

69.16 1.35 −1.91%
Market cap
$34.8B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
24.8×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
2.64
Beneish M
−3.07
Dividend safety
n/a

Centene Corporation (CNC) Price to free cash flow

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As of 16 October 2026, Centene Corporation (CNC) trades at a price to free cash flow of 3.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (March 2025) to 337× (April 2019); the current reading is higher than 10% of that period. That is below the Healthcare Plans industry median of 11.8× and below the Healthcare sector median of 20.2×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 4.7× —
FY2024 0.0× —
FY2023 5.8× (34.04%)
FY2022 8.7× (40.14%)
FY2021 14.6× 97.14%
FY2020 7.4× (78.58%)
FY2019 34.5× (14.22%)
FY2018 40.2× 142.74%
FY2017 16.6× 175.27%
FY2016 6.0× (60.97%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 3.5× 56.33%
Mar 2026 2.3× (51.76%)
Dec 2025 4.7× (10.07%)
Sep 2025 5.2× (78.95%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 337×
Ten-year median 9.3×
Current reading's percentile 10

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
OSCR Oscar Health, Inc. compare 2.2×
CNC Centene Corporation 3.8×
CI Cigna Group compare 8.7×
CVS CVS Health Corporation compare 10.0×
ELV Elevance Health, Inc. compare 14.8×
UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated compare 15.9×
HUM Humana Inc. compare 25.2×
CLOV Clover Health Investments, Corp. compare 31.6×
MOH Molina Healthcare, Inc compare 39.1×
Healthcare Plans industry median 11.8×
Healthcare sector median 20.2×
Market median 14.2×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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