Is Centene Corporation (CNC) overvalued or fairly valued?

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What is the share price of Centene Corporation (CNC)?

Centene Corporation last traded at $66.32 (-1.9% on the day), as of 7/22/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Centene Corporation

CNC · NYSE · Healthcare · United States

$66.32-1.9%

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance · as of Jul 22, 2026, 5:38 PM

Snapshot

TickerCNC

ExchangeNYSE

SectorHealthcare

IndustryHealthcare Plans

CountryUnited States

Employees61,000

HeadquartersSaint Louis, United States

Market cap$32.7B

P/B1.5

Volume1.48M

Websitewww.centene.com

Filings tracked0

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.

Profile as reported by Yahoo Finance.

Who owns it

Insiders0.4%
Institutions99.6%
Public & other0.0%

1,280 institutional holders

As reported by Yahoo Finance.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.8.06%
AQR Capital Management, LLC6.81%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC6.33%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC4.38%
State Street Corporation4.38%
Harris Associates L.P.2.85%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.63%
Invesco Ltd.2.15%

Largest institutional holders, as reported by Yahoo Finance (as of 3/31/2026).

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $47.1B · EPS 0.05

Est. earnings growth -89.5%

Next fiscal year

Rev $191.1B · EPS 4.48

Est. earnings growth +27.1%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance. As reported by Yahoo Finance.

$25.0852-wk range$69.36

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance

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