Centene Corp (CNC) went up 0.73% yesterday: Is this the Most Sought-After Stock Today?

Shaun Noe

As on Wednesday, Centene Corp (NYSE: CNC) got off with the flyer as it spiked 0.73% to $39.89, before settling in for the price of $39.6 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, CNC posted a 52-week range of $25.08-$66.81.

The Healthcare sector firm’s twelve-monthly sales growth has been 14.96% for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 14.96%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is -71.81%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $491.41 million, simultaneously with a float of $479.15 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $19.61 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $37.20, while the 200-day Moving Average is $43.16.

Centene Corp (CNC) Ownership Facts and Figures

Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Healthcare Plans industry. Centene Corp’s current insider ownership accounts for 2.52%, in contrast to 94.77% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Dec 03 ’25, this organization’s Director sold 33,211 shares at the rate of 39.04, making the entire transaction reach 1,296,557 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 305,161. Preceding that transaction, on Dec 04 ’25, Company’s Director sold 32,796 for 39.00, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 1,279,044. This particular insider is now the holder of 272,365 in total.

Centene Corp (CNC) Earnings and Revenue Records

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.1 per share during the current fiscal year.

Centene Corp’s EPS decrease for this current 12-month fiscal period is -71.81% and is forecasted to reach 2.90 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will decrease by -16.42% 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 0.11. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 5.84.

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 -1.20 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 2.90 at the market close of one year from today.

Technical Analysis of Centene Corp (CNC)

Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [Centene Corp, CNC], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 5.35 million was lower the volume of 9.31 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 50.96% While, its Average True Range was 58.27.

Raw Stochastic average of Centene Corp (CNC) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 88.90%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 58.80% 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 1.26 that was higher than 1.22 volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.

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