CNC
Centene Corporation
Data as of 2026-09-05
Company attributes
Price
Interactive 5-year price history chart for CNC. Latest close $68.02.
Pillar breakdown
0–100 percentile rank against the current universe (sector-relative for Quality / Value / Growth / Profitability)
- QualityProfit margins & asset efficiency12PoorHealth Care median (n=163) 51
- ValuePrice vs fundamentals79ExceptionalHealth Care median (n=163) 51
- GrowthRevenue & earnings trajectory43AverageHealth Care median (n=163) 50
- MomentumRecent price strength79ExceptionalHealth Care median (n=163) 62
- HealthBalance sheet & solvency23PoorHealth Care median (n=163) 56
- ProfitabilityROE, ROA, ROIC26WeakHealth Care median (n=163) 49
- TechnicalTrend & volatility signals55StrongHealth Care median (n=163) 62
- RiskVolatility & drawdown profile54AverageHealth Care median (n=163) 47
Pillars not shown: Sentiment, ML (Phase 5+).
Risk Summary
1 active- Altman financial distress[altman_distress]Altman Z″ below 1.10 — financial-distress zone (Altman 1968).
These flags keep the raw composite rank (project Rule 16) but forfeit the entered_top5 badge. Two of them — altman_distress and data_quality_input_corruption — additionally force a cautious recommendation; the others act as Top-5 disqualifiers without dictating the buy/hold/sell label on their own.
Fair price check
2 different valuation methods each estimate what CNC should be worth, then we compare to today's price.
- P/B multiplesUndervaluedthinks it's a bargain — estimates $160.57, about 136% above today
- DCF (2-stage)Undervaluedthinks it's a bargain — estimates $138.65, about 104% above today
How to read this: “Cheap” = method's fair price is at least 20% above today. “Fair” = within ±10–20%. “Pricey” = at least 10% below today. Outliers (values more than 5× or less than 0.2× today's price) are excluded.
Fair price ensemble
- Median fair
- $149.61
- Margin of safety(vs fair value)
- +54.5%
- Max (ex-outliers)
- $160.57
- Tangible BVPS
- $15.23
- Goodwill-heavy balance sheet
Median of all applicable methods (current price $68.02). Per-method estimates + each method’s cheap/fair/pricey read are in the Fair price check above. Outliers above 5× or below 0.2× current price are excluded from the max but kept in the median. See methodology for the 6-method ensemble + 7 defenses.
Defense layer. Flags mark elevated risk, never confirmed fraud. This model cannot catch every manipulation and decays after publication — weigh it against its stated error rates.
Supporting dataRaw fundamentals & data-quality provenance behind the scores above
Raw fundamentals (SEC EDGAR)
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Market cap | $33.60B |
| Revenue (TTM) | $202.94B |
| Net income (TTM) | $-5.10B |
| Operating cash flow (TTM) | $9.75B |
| CapEx (TTM) | $798.00M |
| Free cash flow (TTM)CFO − CapEx | $8.95B |
| Total assets | $83.01B |
| Total liabilities | $60.35B |
| Stockholders' equity | $22.56B |
| Cash & equivalents | $24.15B |
| Shares outstanding | 494.00M |
| EPS (basic) | $-10.32 |
| EPS (diluted) | $-10.32 |
| P/E ratio (TTM) | N/A |
TTM = trailing twelve months. Balance sheet items are point-in-time (latest filing).
Data quality
- Latest filed date
- 2026-07-28
- Latest period end
- 2026-07-24
- Filing lag
- 39 days
- Missing metrics
- 5(research_and_development, dividends_paid, inventory, accounts_receivable, accounts_payable)
Composite is the 8-pillar weighted score over quality, value, growth, momentum, health, profitability, technical, and risk. Sentiment + ML pillars are reserved for a later phase; until then their weight redistributes pro-rata. Fair price is the median of 6 valuation methods (Graham, P/E / P/B / EV-EBITDA multiples, RIM, DCF) with outliers above 5× current price excluded from the max. Risk-overlay flags annotate only — they suppress the entered-top-5 badge but do not modify the composite.