Centene Corporation (CNC)
NYSE · Common stock · Hospital & Medical Service Plans
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CNC at a glance
Key statistics
$34.98B
Market capitalization
- Previous close
- $70.81
- Open
- $70.91
- Day range
- $69.68 – $71.54
- Volume
- 1.28M
- Average volume (30 sessions)
- 4.54M
- Shares outstanding
- 494.00M
- Earnings per share
- $(10.32)
- Price / book
- 1.6
- Price / sales
- 0.2
- Beta (1 year, vs SPY)
- 0.30
Where the price sits in its year
52-week range
97% of the range
- Below the 52-week high
- -1.5%
- Above the 52-week low
- +122.7%
Completed sessions through Oct 20, 2026
Technical snapshot
Above its 50-day and 200-day averages
- 20-day average
- $65.28+8.5%
- 50-day average
- $65.54+8.0%
- 200-day average
- $54.43+30.1%
Between the conventional 30 and 70 bands.
+2.8%
1 week
+9.0%
1 month
+7.5%
3 months
+72.1%
Year to date
+100.8%
1 year
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From the public news wire
CNC headlines
- Membership Slump Forces Health Giant Centene Into Staff Buyouts: Report
Benzinga · Jun 16, 2026
- Centene, Paramount Skydance, And Ulta Beauty Are Among Top 10 Large Cap Losers Last Week (March 9-March 13): Are the Others in Your Portfolio?
Benzinga · Mar 15, 2026
- Healthcare Transportation Service Report 2026-2035: A $155.25+ Billion Market by 2030 with Centene, Molina Healthcare, DHL, ARAMARK, Lyft Healthcare, and ModivCare Leading
GlobeNewswire Inc. · Feb 23, 2026
- Centene Takes A Hit As Medicaid Membership Shrinks
Benzinga · Feb 6, 2026
- Centene Rebounds With Strong Q3 Results, Optimistic 2025 Forecast
Benzinga · Oct 29, 2025
SEC Form 4, most recent first
Insider filings
Carson Michael A
−7.1K
Group President, Medicare&Spec · Shares withheld for tax
$500.24K · Oct 15, 2026
EPPINGER FREDERICK H
+864
Director · Grant or award
· Sep 30, 2026
Tyler Lauren M
+482
Director · Grant or award
· Sep 30, 2026
COUGHLIN CHRISTOPHER J
+583
Director · Grant or award
· Sep 30, 2026
Samuels Theodore R. II
+583
Director · Grant or award
· Sep 30, 2026
TANJI KENNETH
+603
Director · Grant or award
· Sep 30, 2026
PIENKOS THEODORE J
−1.1K
Corporate Controller & CAO · Shares withheld for tax
$75.80K · Sep 15, 2026
KOSTER CHRISTOPHER
−56.5K
Secretary & General Counsel · Open-market sale
$3.78M · Aug 26, 2026
About Centene Corporation
Centene is a managed care organization that focuses on government-sponsored healthcare plans, including Medicaid, Medicare, and the individual exchanges. Centene served 20 million medical members as of December 2025, mostly in Medicaid (about 64% of membership), the individual exchanges (about 28%), and Medicare (about 5%). The company also provides Medicare Part D pharmaceutical plans.
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Security
- Common stock
- Industry
- Hospital & Medical Service Plans
- Headquarters
- St Louis, MO
- Employees
- 61,100
- Listed since
- Dec 13, 2001
- Website
- centene.com
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