CNC

Centene Corporation
NYSEUSDEQUITY Healthcare DELAYED
Last price
64.61
▲ 0.31 (0.48%)
MARKET · —

Price

1D — H — L — Range — Vol —
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Open
64.00
Prev close
64.30
Day high
64.76
Day low
63.61
Volume
3.66M
Market cap
$31.92B
P/E (TTM)
—
52W range
31.63 – 69.63

Day trading desk

Current session · delayed
Gap from prior close
-0.47%
Prior close 64.30
VWAP
64.38
+0.36% from price
Relative volume
1.70×
Unusually busy
Session range
1.82%
63.60 – 64.76
Position in range
87%
Near session high
ATR (14D)
1.89
2.93% of price
Prior day high
64.34
PDH
Prior day low
62.93
PDL
Bid / ask spread
—
Quote not published
Session volume
7.72M
Avg 4.55M

VWAP and the session figures are computed from the delayed intraday series on this page, so they lag the live tape and will not match a broker's real-time VWAP exactly. Turn on Prior day H/L/C, Opening range and Volume profile in the chart's Studies menu to see these levels drawn on price.

Trailing performance

Price return · vs SPY
Returnvs SPY
1W
+3.86% +1.9%
1M
-3.62% -4.8%
3M
-3.70% -8.2%
6M
+77.94% +59.8%
YTD
+57.01% +42.8%
1Y
+66.95% +50.5%
3Y
-6.20% -88.5%
5Y
— —

Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.

Unusual options activity

Account required
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Free account required

Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.

Free account

5 more panels on CNC open with an account.

Options chains and analytics, valuation ratios, insider filings, analyst targets and ownership. No card, no trial, nothing to cancel.

Insider net activity

6m · Form 4 rollup
Net shares
-137.96K
Net selling
Buy transactions
20
46.14K shares
Sell transactions
3
184.10K shares
Net transactions
+23
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
4.0 : 1
Mixed
Insider-held shares
1.95M
Total on file
Bought 46.14KSold 184.10K

Insider transactions

Account required
DateInsiderAction SharesValueHeld
Sep 30, 26
SAMUELS THEODORE R II
Director
STOCK 583 $0 Direct
Sep 30, 26
TANJI KENNETH Y.
Director
STOCK 603 $0 Direct
Sep 30, 26
EPPINGER FREDERICK H
Director
STOCK 864 $0 Direct
Sep 30, 26
TYLER LAUREN M.
Director
STOCK 482 $0 Direct
Sep 30, 26
COUGHLIN CHRISTOPHER J
Director
STOCK 583 $0 Direct
Aug 26, 26
KOSTER CHRISTOPHER A.
General Counsel
SELL 56.50K $3.78M Direct
Aug 18, 26
KOSTER CHRISTOPHER A.
General Counsel
SELL 47.60K $3.11M Direct
Jul 28, 26
DIAZ PAUL J
Director
STOCK 2.77K $0 Direct
Jul 17, 26
TYLER LAUREN M.
Director
STOCK 3.15K $0 Direct
Jun 30, 26
SAMUELS THEODORE R II
Director
STOCK 465 $0 Direct
Jun 30, 26
TANJI KENNETH Y.
Director
STOCK 581 $0 Direct
Jun 30, 26
EPPINGER FREDERICK H
Director
STOCK 833 $0 Direct
Jun 30, 26
TYLER LAUREN M.
Director
STOCK 61 $0 Direct
Jun 30, 26
COUGHLIN CHRISTOPHER J
Director
STOCK 562 $0 Direct
What this is, and what it is not

These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.

A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.

This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.

Free account required

Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.

Insider holders

10 reporting
NameRelationShares heldLatest
ASHER ANDREW LYNN
Chief Financial Officer 831.22K Stock Award(Grant)
BURDICK KENNETH A
Director 283.58K Sale
CASSO KATIE
Officer 122.37K Stock Award(Grant)
DALLAS HIRAM JAMES
Director 49.57K Stock Award(Grant)
EPPINGER FREDERICK H
Director 370.40K Stock Award(Grant)
KOSTER CHRISTOPHER A.
General Counsel 248.95K Sale
LONDON SARAH M.
Chief Executive Officer 1.37M Stock Award(Grant)
MCNALLY TANYA M
Officer 133.08K Stock Award(Grant)
SAMUELS THEODORE R II
Director 57.80K Stock Award(Grant)
SMITH SUSAN RAYE
Chief Operating Officer 225.29K Stock Award(Grant)

Fundamentals

TTM · reported
Market cap$31.92B
Enterprise value$21.06B
Revenue (TTM)$180.30B
Gross profit$20.58B
EBITDA$4.61B
Net income$-5.10B
EPS (TTM)$-10.44
Free cash flow$9.64B
Total cash$27.06B
Total debt$16.10B
Book value / share$45.67
Shares outstanding494.00M
Float463.68M
Short % of float3.28%
Dividend yield0.00%
Beta (5Y)1.13

Valuation & profitability ratios

Account required
Trailing P/E—
Forward P/E12.08
PEG ratio0.78
Price / sales—
Price / book1.41
EV / revenue0.12
EV / EBITDA4.57
Gross margin11.42%
Operating margin3.76%
Profit margin-2.83%
Return on equity-20.36%
Return on assets2.48%
Debt / equity71.08
Current ratio1.15
Free account required

Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.

Financial statements

As reported · 4 years · 5 quarters
Blank means not reported, not zero
Line item2025202420232022YoY
Total revenue $194.78B$163.07B$154.00B$144.55B +19.4%
Operating revenue $174.58B$145.50B$140.09B$135.48B +20.0%
Cost of revenue $180.91B$146.24B$136.68B$127.89B +23.7%
Gross profit $13.87B$16.83B$17.32B$16.66B -17.6%
Selling, general & admin $12.90B$12.40B$12.56B$11.59B +4.1%
Total operating expense $14.18B$13.64B$13.86B$13.02B +3.9%
Operating income -$312.00M$3.19B$3.46B$3.64B -109.8%
Net interest income -$678.00M-$702.00M-$725.00M-$665.00M +3.4%
Pre-tax income -$6.73B$4.26B$3.60B$1.96B -258.0%
Tax provision -$51.00M$963.00M$899.00M$760.00M -105.3%
Net income -$6.67B$3.31B$2.70B$1.20B -301.9%
Net income to common -$6.67B$3.31B$2.70B$1.20B -301.9%
Basic EPS -13.536.334.972.09 -313.7%
Diluted EPS -13.536.314.952.07 -314.4%
EBIT -$6.05B$4.96B$4.32B$2.63B -222.0%
EBITDA -$4.78B$6.20B$5.62B$4.06B -177.0%
Basic shares 493.12M521.79M543.32M575.19M -5.5%
Diluted shares 493.12M523.74M545.70M582.04M -5.8%

Options analytics

Account required
Put / call volume
0.72
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
—
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
35.00
-45.8% from spot
ATM implied vol
1.6%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
0.0%
Calls bid over puts
Call volume
1.43K
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
1.03K
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
35.00
0 contracts
Heaviest put OI
35.00
0 contracts

Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.

Free account required

Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.

Earnings

History & consensus estimates
Reported vs expected · EPS
QuarterEst.ActualSurprise
Jun 2026 1.082.51 +132.6%
Mar 2026 2.133.37 +57.9%
Dec 2025 -1.22-1.19 +2.5%
Sep 2025 -0.160.50 +404.3%
Forward consensus
PeriodEPSAnalystsRevenueGrowth
Current quarter 0.10 19 $46.95B -5.5%
Next quarter -1.09 19 $45.43B -8.6%
Current year 4.88 21 $195.92B +0.6%
Next year 5.35 21 $192.75B -1.6%

Analyst targets & ownership

Account required
Mean target$71.78
High target$85.00
Low target$56.00
Implied upside11.09%
Analyst count18
ConsensusBUY
Strong buy / Buy1 / 7
Hold12
Sell / Strong sell1 / 0
Held by insiders0.39%
Held by institutions101.61%
Institutions holding1.41K
Free account required

Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.

Moving averages & technicals

Computed from 2Y daily closes
SMA 10
62.56
+3.28% from price
SMA 20
64.25
+0.56% from price
SMA 50
64.74
-0.20% from price
SMA 100
64.03
+0.90% from price
SMA 200
53.04
+21.80% from price
EMA 12
63.45
+1.83% from price
EMA 26
64.08
+0.83% from price
EMA 50
64.10
+0.79% from price
RSI (14)
51.9
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
-0.63
Hist 0.05
ATR (14)
1.89
2.93% of price
Realised vol 30D
30.9%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
68.67
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
59.83
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Golden
64.74 vs 53.04
Trend bias
Above 200
+21.80%

Options chain

Account required
Expiry
Spot 64.61
Calls
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Puts
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Free account required

Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.

Risk profile

Daily returns · 1Y window
Beta vs SPY
0.38
Less volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.10
Largely independent
Realised vol 30D
30.9%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
13.0%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-32.7%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-74.1%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
1.89
2.93% of price
Beta (reported)
1.13
5Y monthly, from filing

Short interest

Semi-monthly exchange report · lags by ~2 weeks
Shares short
14.13M
Prior 13.27M
Change vs prior
+6.5%
Shorts adding
% of float
3.28%
Normal
% of shares out
2.86%
Against total outstanding
Days to cover
3.6
Liquid
Float
463.68M
Freely tradeable shares

Exchanges publish short interest twice a month with a settlement lag, so this is roughly two weeks behind. Days to cover divides shares short by average daily volume — it estimates how long covering would take, not whether it will happen.

Rating changes

396 on file
DateFirm ActionFromTo
Aug 11, 26 Argus Research UPGRADE Hold Buy
Aug 4, 26 JP Morgan MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
Aug 3, 26 Bernstein MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Jul 29, 26 Barclays MAINTAINED Overweight Overweight
Jul 29, 26 Baird MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
Jul 14, 26 TD Cowen MAINTAINED Hold Hold
Jul 14, 26 Truist Securities MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Jul 13, 26 Wells Fargo MAINTAINED Equal-Weight Equal-Weight
Jul 9, 26 RBC Capital MAINTAINED Sector Perform Sector Perform
Jul 7, 26 Cantor Fitzgerald MAINTAINED Overweight Overweight
Jun 23, 26 RBC Capital INITIATED — Sector Perform
Jun 8, 26 Mizuho MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral

Dividends & splits

Declared · from the issuer
Forward rate—
Forward yield0.00%
5-year avg yield—
Payout ratio0.00%
Ex-dividend date—
Next pay date—
Last split2:1
Split dateFeb 7, 2019

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