Skip to main content
Smart Investors Daily
Centene Corporation logo

NYSE · CNC

Centene Corporation

Healthcare · Medical - Healthcare Plans

$65.36

Up+$0.82 (+1.27%)

Updated Oct 10, 2026, 7:14 PM

SID Score

6.4/10

Composite research score

Smart Money

58/100

Neutral

Market cap
19.89B
P/E ratio
-3.76
Dividend yield
0.00%
52-week range
$31.63 – $69.63
Volume
2.85M
Avg. volume
10.62M

Price performance · CNC

CNC price history

1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

Prices through Oct 9, 2026

CNC closed at $65.36 after 21 trading sessions, down 1.60% for the selected period.

Last close
$65.36
Period change
-1.60%
Period low
$60.99
Period high
$69.41
Daily close
View OHLC price history
CNC OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Oct 9, 2026$64.67$67.39$64.45$65.362.85M
Oct 8, 2026$64.84$65.32$63.35$64.543.95M
Oct 7, 2026$64.52$66.18$63.953$64.995.22M
Oct 6, 2026$64.24$64.76$63.605$64.613.66M
Oct 5, 2026$63.01$64.34$62.93$64.304.54M
Oct 2, 2026$61.00$63.36$60.75$62.993.58M
Oct 1, 2026$61.82$62.29$59.46$60.995.3M
Sep 30, 2026$62.23$62.69$60.94$62.123.64M
Sep 29, 2026$61.85$62.42$61.38$62.214.27M
Sep 28, 2026$62.49$63.40$61.72$62.535.17M
Sep 25, 2026$62.09$63.67$61.73$61.823.63M
Sep 24, 2026$62.16$62.84$61.25$61.924.57M
Sep 23, 2026$63.29$63.67$61.87$62.083.42M
Sep 22, 2026$64.88$65.30$62.48$63.306.1M
Sep 21, 2026$65.19$65.58$64.56$64.994.42M
Sep 18, 2026$66.89$67.73$65.03$65.1113.45M
Sep 17, 2026$66.63$67.79$65.76$67.105.13M
Sep 16, 2026$68.40$69.41$66.01$66.014.28M
Sep 15, 2026$68.50$68.62$67.05$67.663.58M
Sep 14, 2026$67.31$69.63$67.15$69.414.1M
Sep 11, 2026$65.70$66.85$64.52$66.423.63M

Latest CNC news

The latest Smart Investors Daily articles mentioning CNC.

CNC research

Overview

Company profile and research snapshot.

Company profile

Centene is a managed care organization that focuses on government-sponsored healthcare plans, including Medicaid, Medicare, and the individual exchanges. Centene served 22 million medical members as of December 2024, mostly in Medicaid (about 60% of membership), the individual exchanges (about 20%), and Medicare (about 5%). The company also has a military contract and provides Medicare Part D pharmaceutical plans.

Visit company website

Analyst outlook

Consensus and target data currently published for this company.

Consensus
Hold
Average target
$42.00
Implied upside
—
Analysts
26
CNC recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Aug 11, 2026Argus ResearchBuy—
Aug 4, 2026JP MorganNeutral—
Aug 3, 2026BernsteinOutperform—
Jul 29, 2026BarclaysOverweight—
Jul 29, 2026BairdNeutral—
Open full forecast

News briefing

No generated briefing is available yet.

Yahoo · Oct 1, 2026

Centene (CNC): Pricing Actions and Profit Stabilization Drive Earnings Recovery

Cambiar Opportunity Fund, managed by Cambiar Investors, published its Q2 2026 investor letter. The letter can be downloaded here. U.S. equity markets experienced a significant rebound in Q2, with the S&P 500 rising 15.2% and the Russell 2000 up 21.5%. Growth stocks outperformed value, although value retained a year-to-date lead. The market’s rise was fueled […]

Yahoo · Oct 1, 2026

Centene Corporation (CNC) Jumped on Beat-and-Raise Earnings Quarter

TCW Funds, an investment management firm, published its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for the “TCW Relative Value Mid Cap Fund”. The letter can be downloaded here. Equities advanced in Q2 2026, with the S&P 500 reaching record highs despite volatility from a Federal Reserve leadership transition and Middle East tensions. Markets rebounded from Q1 lows, […]

Yahoo · Sep 29, 2026

What Are UNH Stock Investors Betting On?

UnitedHealth (UNH) stock trades at 22.5 times its past year's adjusted earnings, which are normalized net income with stock-based pay added back. That multiple leaves little room for error after three years of shrinking operating margins, sitting near the stock's 10-year median despite fundamentally weaker profitability. But the price looks different against the profit expected for fiscal 2026 and fiscal 2027. So what are UnitedHealth investors betting on.

AI research layers

Interpretive context generated from the platform’s current data sources.

No results

AI research layers have not been published yet.