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 equity

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Centene Corporation's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 6.74%, up 35.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−28.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −28.7% (fiscal 2025) to 18.2% (fiscal 2015) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Healthcare Plans industry median of 13.6% and above the Healthcare sector median of −26.0%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 −28.7% (41.30)
FY2024 12.6% 1.83
FY2023 10.8% 6.08
FY2022 4.70% (0.40)
FY2021 5.10% (4.28)
FY2020 9.38% (1.78)
FY2019 11.2% 1.09
FY2018 10.1% (2.89)
FY2017 13.0% (0.96)
FY2016 13.9% (4.23)

Against its own ten years

Low −28.7% High 18.2%
Ten-year median 10.8%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
OSCR Oscar Health, Inc. compare 52.6%
PGNY Progyny, Inc. compare 18.7%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated compare 15.4%
CVS CVS Health Corporation compare 14.4%
CI Cigna Group compare 14.0%
ELV Elevance Health, Inc. compare 11.6%
CNC Centene Corporation 6.74%
HUM Humana Inc. compare 6.65%
MOH Molina Healthcare, Inc compare −1.15%
Healthcare Plans industry median 13.6%
Healthcare sector median −26.0%
Market median 1.01%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

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

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