Centene Corporation

CNC · Healthcare

$65.80
+1.27% today

What a holder would want to know before buying CNC: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.

Where the price sits
Low $31.80 · Mar 2026High $69.41 · Sep 2026

Today’s price is 106% above the lowest point of the past year and 6% below the highest.

Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 87% of days and more expensive on 13%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 62% of days.

22% above its average price of the last 200 trading days.

How bad does it get

Fell 20% or more 4 times in 10 years. The deepest fall was 74%; the longest took 2.7 years to get back to its peak. 3 of 4 have recovered so far.

It is in one now: 33% below the Aug 2022 peak.

Aug 2022
−74%not back yet
Jul 2021
−20%back in 4 months
Aug 2018
−42%back in 2.7 years
Jul 2016
−33%back in 9 months
What you own

Centene Corporation · Healthcare · Healthcare Plans · a large company worth $32.29B

Centene Corporation operates as a managed care company that provides programs and services to under-insured families, and commercial organizations in the United States. It operates through four segments: Medicaid,…

Is it making money?
2022
2023
2024
2025

revenue profit

Sales of $194.78B in 2025, and a loss of $6.67B. Sales grew in 3 of the last 3 years.

Loses money on its sales at the moment.

Is it healthy?
Cash
$27.06B
Debt
$16.10B
Free cash flow / yr
$9.64B

Would need about 1.7 years of free cash flow to repay all its debt.

Is it expensive?

Not profitable over the last year. You pay $12 for every $1 of profit expected next year.

A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.

Pays no dividend.

What others are doing

21 analysts: 8 say buy, 12 hold, 1 sell. Their average 12-month target is $71.78 (range $56.00–$85.00).

Insiders made 0 purchases and 3 sales in the last 6 months. Executives routinely sell shares they were paid in; buying with their own money is the rarer signal.

Free data from Yahoo Finance, refreshed daily. This is evidence about the business and its price history, not a recommendation.

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