Centene Corp. (CNC)
Healthcare · end-of-day data as of Oct 16, 2026
The average 12-month analyst price target for CNC is $68.80, 0.5% below the last close of $69.16 on Oct 16, 2026; targets range from $39.16 to $80.96. Rating consensus: Hold.
Snapshot
- P/E—
- P/E vs sector—
- P/E vs own—
- Target upside-0.5%
- ConsensusHold
- Market cap$34.16B
- FCF yield+26.2%
- Insiders-$6.89M
- Earnings in11d
- News
Why it moved
Centene Corp. (CNC) fell 1.9% on Oct 16, 2026.
The market (SPY) fell 1.1%; Healthcare stocks fell 0.7%. Most of the move is specific to CNC.
1 story on the day (30-day average 1.0).
Market = SPY. Sector = equal-weight average of the tracked companies in the same sector, net of the market.
Price and events
Last close $69.16 · +94.1% over 1y · E earnings · D dividend · S split · A analyst rating change
Technicals
- Trendsideways
- Sector▲ +16.0%
- MAs20▲ 50▲ 100▲ 200▲
- Above MAs4 of 4 above
- MA20×50—
- RSI62
- Support-0.8%
- Resistance—
- Off 52w high-1.9%
- Off ATH-28.9%
- 52w range$69.16
- Bollingerupper half
- MACD0.80
- ATR+3.1%
- Volume0.8x
Analyst price targets
17 firms with a target in the last 12 months · last close $69.16 · as of Oct 16, 2026
Strong buy 1 · Buy 7 · Hold 12 · Sell 1 · Strong sell 0
Revenue and free cash flow
Q2 FY2026: Revenue -9.0% year over year, free cash flow 9.5% of revenue, operating margin 3.1%.
| Q2 FY2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $44.38B | 2.19 | $4.2B | 10.4% | 3.1% | 2.5% |
| Q1 FY2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $49.94B | 3.11 | $3.4B | 21.9% | 3.7% | 3.1% |
| Q4 FY2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $49.73B | -2.24 | $224M | 15.2% | -3.5% | -2.2% |
| Q3 FY2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $49.69B | -13.50 | $1.15B | 16.4% | -14.0% | -13.3% |
| Q2 FY2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $48.74B | -0.51 | $1.58B | 6.0% | -0.9% | -0.5% |
| Q1 FY2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $46.62B | 2.63 | $1.38B | 11.2% | 3.3% | 2.8% |
| Q4 FY2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $40.8B | 0.56 | -$741M | 9.1% | 0.4% | 0.7% |
| Q3 FY2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $42.02B | 1.36 | -$1.13B | 9.6% | 1.6% | 1.7% |
Peers
| 20D | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | $401.43 | -1.3% | -7.4% | +14.6% | 22.9 | $360B | |
| 2 |  | $92.36 | -0.2% | -16.0% | +20.9% | 24.4 | $118B | |
| 3 |  | $428.26 | 0.0% | 0.0% | +1.9% | 19.0 | $92.88B | |
| 4 |  | $302.30 | +1.2% | -0.2% | +10.9% | 12.5 | $79.88B | |
| 5 |  | $413.16 | -4.4% | -4.7% | +15.7% | 39.1 | $49.63B | |
| 6 |  | $232.65 | -1.1% | -1.1% | +2.7% | 41.2 | $34.37B | |
| 7 | | $69.16 | -1.9% | -1.9% | -0.5% | — | $34.16B | |
| 8 |  | $238.97 | -1.3% | -12.7% | +3.7% | 23.0 | $33.61B |
Data as of Oct 16, 2026 close.
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