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Centene Corporation
Health Care · Managed Health Care · US
$62.33
Data: 2026-05-15
✓ ETHICAL PASS

WEAK MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 85.7%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$28.6B
Total market value of the company
13.00
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+5.1%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
-3.6%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
-26.0%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$54.94
-12% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
HOLD
Consensus view from 17 analysts covering this stock
About Centene Corporation

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. 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.

https://www.centene.com

Country: United States Employees: 61,000 Industry: Healthcare Plans
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
23.7% PASS
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
22.2% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
46.9% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$53.53
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
-16.4%
Trading above fair value — no margin of safety
Rating
FAIR VALUE
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
88.3th
Ranks in the top 12% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
70.9
Valuation Score
71.5
Quality Score
25.0
Combined
61.1

Trading at $58, 8% above fair value of $54. Passes all ethical screens. Ranks better than 87% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

MARKUP
Price trending up with increasing momentum
0.055
Positive but modest risk-adjusted returns
0.0038
Marginal edge — very small allocation suggested
-0.166
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
-11.4%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-68.6%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
BULL
Statistical model sees bullish momentum
Days in State
18
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

1.06
Moves slightly more than the broader market
52W High
$62.21
-0% below the year high
52W Low
$25.08
149% above the year low
Avg Volume
6,545,791
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
2.3
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
3.5%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
0.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$-13.05
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

0.76
Moderate leverage — manageable
1.12
Adequate but worth monitoring
Quick Ratio
1.08
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
10.6%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
5.1%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$6.8B
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$178.3B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$-6,444,000,256
Loss-making — spending exceeds revenue after all costs
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
17
Target High
$70.00
Target Median
$54.94
Target Low
$40.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-05-12 COUGHLIN CHRISTOPHER J Director 3,992
2026-05-12 SAMUELS THEODORE R II Director 3,992
2026-05-12 TANJI KENNETH Y. Director 3,992
2026-05-12 DALLAS HIRAM JAMES Director 3,992
2026-05-12 BURDICK KENNETH A Director 3,992
2026-05-12 BLUME JESSICA L Director 3,992
2026-05-12 EPPINGER FREDERICK H Director 6,654
2026-05-12 FORD MONTE E. Director 3,992
2026-03-31 COUGHLIN CHRISTOPHER J Director 1,140
2026-03-31 SAMUELS THEODORE R II Director 943
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
Insider Intelligence
Political Trading Activity

Congressional trading disclosures involving this instrument

Date Politician Party Type Amount
14 Apr2026 Thomas Kean Jr Republican sell 1K–15K
Source: Congressional disclosure filings. View all political trades at
Insider Intelligence
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-15

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