The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

CNC

Concerning the House

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.

United States · www.centene.com

The Long Run

FY 2010–2025 · 16 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$174.58B+27.7%
Gross profit$17.07B+0.4%
Operating income$3.17B+23.2%
Net income$2.70B+28.2%
Cash from ops$8.05B+27.1%
Quotation

$66.04

-1.03 (-1.5%)

52w hi$68.72
52w lo$26.93
Vol2.72M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.29

Short+0.33
Medium+0.41
Long-0.05

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Centene Corporation

Healthcare · Healthcare Plans

Market cap$32.62B
Enterprise value$22.28B
Trailing P/E
Forward P/E12.46x
EV / EBITDA4.84x
P / S (ttm)0.18x
Profit margin-2.8%
Return on equity-20.4%
Revenue growth+4.6%
Earnings growth
Debt / equity71.08
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.19
Corr SPX0.06
Annual vol52.0%
Annual ret+8.4%
Sharpe0.16
Max DD-68.6%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.03
Sector+0.12
Technical+0.24
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$67.76$67.84$65.72$66.042.72M
Aug 12$64.49$67.43$64.12$67.073.24M
Aug 11$67.72$67.86$64.74$64.882.44M
Aug 10$66.32$67.67$65.92$66.573.72M
Aug 7$64.07$66.52$63.95$65.773.53M