Deferred Revenue
Centene Deferred Revenue increased by 29.5% to $953.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 9.7%, from $869.00M to $953.00M. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Deferred Revenue shows an upward trend with a 7.1% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
Analysis
How to read this metric
An increase suggests strong sales of subscription-based services or bundled offerings, providing a predictable pipeline for future revenue recognition.
Detailed definition
Represents cash payments received from customers in advance of the company fulfilling its performance obligations, speci...
Peer comparison
High-growth software and services companies typically maintain larger deferred revenue balances relative to pure hardware manufacturers.
deferred_revenue_currentHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $446.00M | $371.00M | $434.00M | $526.00M | $523.00M | $2.42B | $478.00M | $2.40B | $2.37B | $2.36B | $715.00M | $681.00M | $597.00M | $658.00M | $661.00M | $869.00M | $682.00M | $656.00M | $736.00M | $953.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -16.8% | +17.0% | +21.2% | -0.6% | +362.0% | -80.2% | +401.7% | -1.0% | -0.7% | -69.7% | -4.8% | -12.3% | +10.2% | +0.5% | +31.5% | -21.5% | -3.8% | +12.2% | +29.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +17.3% | +551.2% | +10.1% | +355.9% | +353.7% | -2.5% | +49.6% | -71.6% | -74.8% | -72.1% | -7.6% | +27.6% | +14.2% | -0.3% | +11.3% | +9.7% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Centene's deferred revenue?
- Centene (CNC) reported deferred revenue of $953.00M in Q1 2026.
- How has Centene's deferred revenue changed year-over-year?
- Centene's deferred revenue increased by 9.7% year-over-year, from $869.00M to $953.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Centene's deferred revenue?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Centene's deferred revenue has grown at a 7.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $523.00M to $736.00M.
- What does deferred revenue mean?
- Money collected from customers for products or services that haven't been delivered yet but will be within a year.