Centene Corp (NYSE: CNC) kicked off on Friday, down -1.04% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $35.64. Over the past 52 weeks, CNC has traded in a range of $25.08-$70.11.
During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Healthcare Sector giant was 14.96%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -76.56%. With a float of $484.80 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $491.13 million.
Centene Corp (CNC) Insider Activity
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Healthcare Plans Industry. The insider ownership of Centene Corp is 1.29%, while institutional ownership is 98.26%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 15 ’25, was worth 196,737. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 09 ’25, when Company’s Director proposed sale 10,775 for $29.19, making the entire transaction worth $314,545.
Centene Corp (CNC) Earnings and Forecasts
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 9/30/2024, the organization reported 1.62 earnings per share (EPS), higher than consensus estimate (set at 1.41) by 0.21. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of -0.94 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -76.56% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will plunge by -13.89% during the next five years compared to 14.96% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Centene Corp (NYSE: CNC) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Centene Corp’s (CNC) current performance indicators. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.10. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 16.04.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 4.04, a number that is poised to hit -0.14 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 3.04 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Centene Corp (CNC)
Looking closely at Centene Corp (NYSE: CNC), its last 5-days average volume was 7.29 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 9.41 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 9.13%.
During the past 100 days, Centene Corp’s (CNC) raw stochastic average was set at 31.48%, which indicates a significant increase from 7.18% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 1.23 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 1.17 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $32.10, while its 200-day Moving Average is $48.67. However, in the short run, Centene Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $35.89. Second resistance stands at $36.52. The third major resistance level sits at $36.95. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $34.84, it is likely to go to the next support level at $34.41. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $33.78.
Centene Corp (NYSE: CNC) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 17.32 billion has total of 491,133K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 163,071 M in contrast with the sum of 3,305 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 48,742 M and last quarter income was -253,000 K.
