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) Return on assets

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Centene Corporation's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 1.81%, up 10.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−8.38%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.38% (fiscal 2025) to 5.39% (fiscal 2015) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Healthcare Plans industry median of 3.11% and above the Healthcare sector median of −29.5%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 −8.38% (12.34)
FY2024 3.96% 0.61
FY2023 3.35% 1.80
FY2022 1.55% (0.28)
FY2021 1.83% (1.47)
FY2020 3.30% (0.37)
FY2019 3.67% 0.26
FY2018 3.41% (0.53)
FY2017 3.94% (0.14)
FY2016 4.08% (1.31)

Against its own ten years

Low −8.38% High 5.39%
Ten-year median 3.41%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
PGNY Progyny, Inc. compare 12.4%
OSCR Oscar Health, Inc. compare 10.9%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated compare 5.06%
CVS CVS Health Corporation compare 4.30%
ELV Elevance Health, Inc. compare 4.10%
CI Cigna Group compare 3.80%
HUM Humana Inc. compare 2.33%
CNC Centene Corporation 1.81%
MOH Molina Healthcare, Inc compare −0.31%
Healthcare Plans industry median 3.11%
Healthcare sector median −29.5%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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