How to buy Centene stock (CNC)

Centene is a healthcare plans business based in the US. Centene shares (CNC) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $59.49 – an increase of 2.57% over the previous week. Centene employs 67,700 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $146.2 billion.

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Centene stock price (NYSE: CNC)

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Centene shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-11.

Latest market close	$59.49
52-week range	$55.03 - $81.42
50-day moving average more info button	$63.15
200-day moving average more info button	$71.10
Wall St. target price	$80.77
PE ratio more info button	9.8273
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$5.79

Is it a good time to buy Centene stock?

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Centene price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $57.81 from 2024-12-17

1 week (2024-12-12)	-0.33%
1 month (2024-11-19)	57.81
3 months (2024-09-19)	-23.56%
6 months (2024-06-18)	-12.92%

1 year (2023-12-19)	-22.43%
2 years (2022-12-19)	-29.00%
3 years (2021-12-17)	83.02
5 years (2019-12-19)	61.87

Is Centene stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Centene stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Centene's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Centene's P/E ratio

Centene's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 10x. In other words, Centene shares trade at around 10x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Centene's PEG ratio

Centene's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.5794. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Centene's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Centene's EBITDA

Centene's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $5.9 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Centene's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Centene financials

Revenue TTM	$146.2 billion
Operating margin TTM	2.96%
Gross profit TTM	$24.5 billion
Return on assets TTM	3.51%
Return on equity TTM	11.56%
Profit margin	2.1%
Book value	$53.54
Market Capitalization more info button	$28.7 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Centene share dividends

We're not expecting Centene to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Centene's shares ever split?

Centene's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 6 February 2019 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Centene shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Centene shares which in turn could have impacted Centene's share price.

Centene share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Centene's shares have ranged in value from as little as $55.03 up to $81.415. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Centene's is 0.493. This would suggest that Centene's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Centene overview

Centene Corporation operates as a healthcare enterprise that provides programs and services to under-insured and uninsured families, commercial organizations, and military families in the United States. The company operates through Medicaid, Medicare, Commercial, and Other segments. The Medicaid segment offers health plan coverage, including medicaid expansion, aged, blind, disabled, children's health insurance program, foster care, medicare-medicaid plans, long-term services and support. This segment also provides healthcare products. The Medicare segment offers special needs and medicare supplement, and prescription drug plans. The Commercial segment provides health insurance marketplace product for individual, small, and large group commercials. It also operates clinical healthcare and pharmacies, as well as offers dental and speech therapy services.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Centene is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.274% of Centene shares are held by insiders and 99.732% by institutions. How many people work for Centene?
Latest data suggests 67,700 work at Centene. When does the fiscal year end for Centene?
Centene's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Centene based?
Centene's address is: Centene Plaza, Saint Louis, MO, United States, 63105 What is Centene's ISIN number?
Centene's international securities identification number is: US15135B1017 What is Centene's CUSIP number?
Centene's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 15135B101