CNC
Centene CorpNYSE
Healthcare • Healthcare Plans
Factor tilt: Large-Cap Value
$69.74-5.97%
Close Nov 6, 2026
- Market cap
- $34.44B
- 1 month
- +8.1%
- 3 months
- +4.8%
- 1 year
- +89.3%
- 52-week range
- $31.80$76.01
- Dividend
- No dividends on record
- Short interest
- 2.4% of float10.9M shares · settled Oct 15, 2026 · +4.0% since Sep 30, 2026 · FINRA
Fundamentals · trailing 12 months to Sep 30, 2026
- Revenue
- $194.69B
- Net income
- $1.46B
- Free cash flow
- $3.96B
- Book value
- $22.21B
- Total debt
- $15.54B
- P/E
- 23.6×
- Price / sales
- 0.2×
- Price / book
- 1.6×
- FCF yield
- +11.5%
- Net margin
- +0.8%
EODHD (TTM) · as of Nov 6, 2026
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About Centene Corp
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, Medicare, Commercial, and Other.
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The Medicaid segment offers the temporary assistance for needy families; medicaid expansion; aged, blind, or disabled; and children's health insurance programs, as well as long-term services and supports; foster care; and medicare-medicaid plans. This segment also provides healthcare products and services. The Medicare segment offers special needs and medicare supplement, and prescription drug plans. The Commercial segment provides health insurance marketplace product for individual and commercial group. The Other segment operates clinical healthcare and pharmacies, as well as offers vision and dental, behavioral health, and centralized services. It provides services through primary and specialty care physicians, hospitals, behavioral health practitioners, and ancillary providers. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.
- Website
- centene.com
- Headquarters
- Saint Louis, MO, United States
- Employees
- 61,100
- Listed
- Dec 13, 2001
- Fiscal year ends
- December
Company profile from EODHD, stored Oct 29, 2026.
Quarterly results
The last 8 fiscal quarters as reported (EODHD). Year over year compares the same quarter a year earlier.
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY | Gross margin | Op. income | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026filed Oct 27, 2026 | $50.6B | +1.9% | 17.5% | -$307.0M | -$71.0M |
| Jun 2026filed Jul 28, 2026 | $44.4B | -9.0% | 10.4% | $1.4B | $1.1B |
| Mar 2026filed Apr 28, 2026 | $49.9B | +7.1% | 21.9% | $1.9B | $1.5B |
| Dec 2025filed Feb 17, 2026 | $49.7B | +21.9% | 15.2% | -$1.7B | -$1.1B |
| Sep 2025filed Oct 29, 2025 | $49.7B | +18.2% | 16.4% | -$7.0B | -$6.6B |
| Jun 2025filed Jul 25, 2025 | $48.7B | +22.4% | 6.0% | -$458.0M | -$253.0M |
| Mar 2025filed Apr 25, 2025 | $46.6B | +15.4% | 11.2% | $1.5B | $1.3B |
| Dec 2024filed Feb 18, 2025 | $40.8B | +3.4% | 9.1% | $175.0M | $283.0M |
Fiscal years · last 6
| Fiscal year | Revenue | YoY | Gross margin | Op. income | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025filed Feb 17, 2026 | $194.8B | +19.4% | 12.2% | -$7.6B | -$6.7B |
| Dec 2024filed Feb 18, 2025 | $163.1B | +5.9% | 10.3% | $3.2B | $3.3B |
| Dec 2023filed Feb 6, 2024 | $154.0B | +6.5% | 20.5% | $2.9B | $2.7B |
| Dec 2022filed Feb 21, 2023 | $144.5B | +14.7% | 11.5% | $1.3B | $1.2B |
| Dec 2021filed Feb 22, 2022 | $126.0B | +13.4% | 11.3% | $1.8B | $1.3B |
| Dec 2020filed Feb 22, 2021 | $111.1B | +48.9% | 13.7% | $3.1B | $1.8B |
Short-interest history
FINRA reports open short positions for a settlement date. The publication date is later. These are reported positions, with a separate date for each observation.
Compare the reported short exposure around the dates you bought, sold or watched CNC. A long position benefits from price rises; a short position benefits from falls. A change in these counts does not predict either move.
Settlement Oct 15, 2026
10,934,979 shares short
+422,090 shares (+4%) vs Sep 30, 2026
2.4% of the stored float. Published Oct 26, 2026.
Settlement Sep 30, 2026
10,512,889 shares short
-3,621,466 shares (-25.6%) vs Sep 15, 2026
2.3% of the stored float. Published Oct 9, 2026.
Settlement Sep 15, 2026
14,134,355 shares short
+708,153 shares (+5.3%) vs Aug 31, 2026
Share of float unavailable. Published Sep 24, 2026.
Settlement Aug 31, 2026
13,426,202 shares short
+155,640 shares (+1.2%) vs Aug 14, 2026
2.9% of the stored float. Published Sep 10, 2026.
Settlement Aug 14, 2026
13,270,562 shares short
-319,950 shares (-2.4%) vs Jul 31, 2026
2.9% of the stored float. Published Aug 25, 2026.
Settlement Jul 31, 2026
13,590,512 shares short
+155,107 shares (+1.2%) vs Jul 15, 2026
2.9% of the stored float. Published Aug 11, 2026.
Change = this settlement’s shares short − the previous recorded settlement’s shares short; percentage change divides by that earlier count. A zero earlier count has no percentage change. Split-spanning counts are left uncompared. Float percentages use the stored settlement observation, not today’s float.
Source: stored FINRA equity short-interest records, up to six settlements from the last 240 days. FINRA data and reporting dates · How to read short interest
Dividends and stock splits
See the recorded cash amounts and dates behind CNC’s income, and the splits that change its share count. Dates below are stored event records, not confirmation of a payment to your account.
Cash-dividend records
No qualified cash-dividend records are stored. This does not establish that the company pays no dividend.
Up to six Polygon cash-dividend events, including recorded ex-dates within the next 120 days. Amounts retain their recorded currency and decimal precision. Historical amounts are not restated to a common split basis, annualized, or converted to dollars.
For a long holding, compare the ex-date with when you held the shares and check the pay date against your broker’s cash history. Owning the stock today does not establish past entitlement. For a short holding, a dividend can create a payment obligation to the share lender.
Ex-dates and special dividend rules · Short-sale dividend obligations · Dividend data definitions
Split history
2 for 1 · forward split
Effective Feb 7, 2019
Each 1 pre-split share becomes 2 post-split shares.
Source: EODHD
2 for 1 · forward split
Effective Feb 20, 2015
Each 1 pre-split share becomes 2 post-split shares.
Source: EODHD
2 for 1 · forward split
Effective Dec 20, 2004
Each 1 pre-split share becomes 2 post-split shares.
Source: EODHD
3 for 2 · forward split
Effective Jul 14, 2003
Each 2 pre-split shares become 3 post-split shares.
Source: EODHD
Up to six stored split dates through Nov 7, 2026. Equivalent vendor ratios are combined; conflicting ratios are left out. This history may be incomplete.
A split changes the share count and per-share price basis; it does not by itself add investment value. Put your holding’s earlier and later share counts on the same basis before comparing them. This applies to both long shares and shares owed on a short position.
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Smart money context
Holder IQ: MEDIUM
117 smart-money holders: institutions with a high Holder IQ
Q2 2026, filed Nov 3, 2026
Smart-money 13F trend: distributing (light)
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Sentiment: neutral
Last trade: sell 72 days ago
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What happened
Stored recent-activity label: neutral. This context label is separate from the scored insider signal read.
Why it can matter
A count of reported activity describes a sample, not purchase conviction, an insider’s intent or a future price move. Neutral is not an all-clear, and absent direction is not neutral evidence.
How we got this
The current context rule reads at most 50 nonduplicate issuer/share-class records filed in the last 90 days. It counts a bullish direction or purchase code P toward bullish, and a bearish direction or sale code S toward bearish. A side must exceed the opposite count by more than two to set its label; otherwise nonzero directional counts produce neutral. Calculation unavailable for this saved label: its counts, exact records, as-of time and rule version are not supplied here. Do not substitute the separate scored read’s different window or denominator.
Where the data comes from
Stored SEC Forms 3/4/5 insider-signal records, ordered by filing date with amendment duplicates excluded. Filing date is not transaction date. The last-trade line locates recent reported activity; it does not date or reconstruct the complete count.
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What happened
Stored recent-activity label: neutral. This context label is separate from the scored insider signal read.
Why it can matter
A count of reported activity describes a sample, not purchase conviction, an insider’s intent or a future price move. Neutral is not an all-clear, and absent direction is not neutral evidence.
How we got this
The current context rule reads at most 50 nonduplicate issuer/share-class records filed in the last 90 days. It counts a bullish direction or purchase code P toward bullish, and a bearish direction or sale code S toward bearish. A side must exceed the opposite count by more than two to set its label; otherwise nonzero directional counts produce neutral. Calculation unavailable for this saved label: its counts, exact records, as-of time and rule version are not supplied here. Do not substitute the separate scored read’s different window or denominator.
Where the data comes from
Stored SEC Forms 3/4/5 insider-signal records, ordered by filing date with amendment duplicates excluded. Filing date is not transaction date. The last-trade line locates recent reported activity; it does not date or reconstruct the complete count.
Largest 13-F holders · Q2 2026
1,007 filers reported a long position in CNC for Q2 2026. 13-F holdings are filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends.
The top 10 hold
42.8%
of the 484M shares 13-F filers reported
Moves vs Q1 2026
8 added2 trimmed
Net shares held
+4.5%
across the 10 holders with a comparable Q1 2026 book
| Rank | Holder | Value | Shares | Shares vs Q1 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock, Inc. | $2.7B · 41.4M shares | 41.4M | +4.1% |
| 2 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | $2B · 31.5M shares | 31.5M | +0.8% |
| 3 | AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | $1.8B · 28.7M shares | 28.7M | -14.7% |
| 4 | VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | $1.4B · 22.4M shares | 22.4M | +3.3% |
| 5 | STATE STREET CORP | $1.4B · 22M shares | 22M | +1.5% |
| 6 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | $854M · 13.3M shares | 13.3M | +2.5% |
| 7 | WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | $853.8M · 13.3M shares | 13.3M | +423% |
| 8 | AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | $798.2M · 12.4M shares | 12.4M | +22.6% |
| 9 | Invesco Ltd. | $717.6M · 11.2M shares | 11.2M | +5.3% |
| 10 | HARRIS ASSOCIATES L P | $714.1M · 11.1M shares | 11.1M | -21.1% |
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Holders of more than 5% of CNC file with the SEC within days. A 13D holder may seek to influence the company; a 13G holder is passive. Each holder’s latest filing from the last three years.
| Filed | Holder | % of class |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2026 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC13G · passive | 7.3% |
| Mar 26, 2026 | VANGUARD GROUP INC13G · passive · amended | 0%under 5% |
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