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) Shares outstanding

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Centene Corporation's shares outstanding at the end of fiscal 2025 was $493.1M, down 5.85% from $523.7M in fiscal 2024. At the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 it was $494.1M. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $246.1M (fiscal 2015) to $590.5M (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. Centene Corporation ranks 4th of 12 Healthcare Plans companies by shares outstanding.

Shares outstanding, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Shares outstanding Change
FY2025 $493.1M (5.85%)
FY2024 $523.7M (4.02%)
FY2023 $545.7M (6.24%)
FY2022 $582.0M (1.44%)
FY2021 $590.5M 1.97%
FY2020 $579.1M 37.76%
FY2019 $420.4M 5.50%
FY2018 $398.5M 12.76%
FY2017 $353.4M 7.76%
FY2016 $328.0M 33.24%

Quarterly newest first

Period Shares outstanding Change
Sep 2026 $494.1M (0.70%)
Jun 2026 $497.6M 0.41%
Mar 2026 $495.6M 0.50%
Dec 2025 $493.1M 0.40%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low $246.1M High $590.5M
Ten-year median $493.1M
Current reading's percentile 55

Shares outstanding against peers

What Shares outstanding is

Shares (Diluted, Weighted) tells an investor how many shares a company’s earnings are spread across once potential new shares are counted.

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