Centene Corp (NYSE: CNC) open the trading on Thursday, with a bit cautious approach as it glided -0.50% to $39.46, before settling in for the price of $39.66 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, CNC posted a 52-week range of $25.08-$66.81.
The Healthcare Sector giants’ yearly sales growth during the last 5-year period was 14.96%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 14.96%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is -72.16%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $491.41 million, simultaneously with a float of $479.02 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $19.40 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $35.84, while the 200-day Moving Average is $44.97.
Centene Corp (CNC) Ownership Facts and Figures
Sometimes it helps to make our mind if we keep our tabs on how bigger investors are working with the stock of the Healthcare Plans industry. Centene Corp’s current insider ownership accounts for 2.53%, in contrast to 94.85% institutional ownership.
Centene Corp (CNC) Earnings and Revenue Records
Centene Corp’s EPS decrease for this current 12-month fiscal period is -72.16% and is forecasted to reach 2.93 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will decrease by -16.12% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 14.96% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Centene Corp (NYSE: CNC) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Centene Corp (CNC). Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 0.10. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 5.78.
In the same vein, CNC’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded -10.82, a figure that is expected to reach -1.19 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 2.93 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Centene Corp (CNC)
[Centene Corp, CNC] recent stats showed that its last 5-days Average volume was superior the volume it posted in the year-ago period. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 86.42% While, its Average True Range was 66.01.
Raw Stochastic average of Centene Corp (CNC) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 96.84%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 92.56% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 1.61 that was higher than 1.24 volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
