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Centene CNC Price / sales

Price / sales at other companies

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HumanaHUM
0.2×-0.1×
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CVS HealthCVS
0.2×0.0×
UnitedHealth Group logo
UnitedHealth GroupUNH
0.5×-0.6×
Elevance Health logo
Elevance HealthELV
0.3×-0.2×
Cencora logo
CencoraCOR
0.2×0.0×
Cigna logo
CignaCI
0.3×-0.1×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$49.9B+7.1%
Gross profit$49.2B+7.2%
Operating income$1.9B+21.3%
Net income$1.5B+17.5%
EPS (diluted)$3.11+18.3%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$21.3B+43.5%
Total debt$16.4B-10.6%
Total equity$21.4B-23.2%
Total assets$81.2B-6.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$4.4B+189%
CapEx$200.0M+48.2%
Free cash flow$4.2B+203%

Valuation

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Market cap$29.94B-46.5%
Enterprise value$25.05B-66.7%

Profitability

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Gross margin98.7%+0.3pp
Operating margin-3.7%-5.8pp
Net margin-3.3%-5.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-26.1%-38.7pp
Debt / equity0.8×+0.1×
Current ratio1.1×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Centene’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Centene’s 10-Q, filed April 28, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Centene's price / sales?
Centene (CNC) reported price / sales of 0.1× in Q1 2026.
How has Centene's price / sales changed year-over-year?
Centene's price / sales decreased by 54.3% year-over-year, from 0.2× to 0.1×.
What is the long-term trend for Centene's price / sales?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Centene's price / sales has grown at a -21.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 1.4× to 0.5×.
What does price / sales mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual sales.
How do you interpret price / sales?
Useful when earnings are negative or volatile (e.g. early-stage or cyclical firms). Only comparable across companies with similar margins — a sales dollar is worth more at a high-margin business.
How does price / sales compare across companies?
Best compared within a margin cohort; a software P/S and a retailer P/S are not directly comparable.