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The price of Centene Corp (NYSE: CNC) closed at $25.53 in the last session, down -4.95% from day before closing price of $26.86. In other words, the price has decreased by -$4.95 from its previous closing price. On the day, 22.62 million shares were traded. CNC stock price reached its highest trading level at $26.47 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $25.51.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at CNC’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.64 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.64.
On July 23, 2025, Wells Fargo Downgraded its rating to Equal Weight which previously was Overweight but kept the price unchanged to $30.
TD Cowen Downgraded its Buy to Hold on July 21, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $33.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jul 28 ’25 when Samuels Theodore R. II bought 9,000 shares for $27.62 per share. The transaction valued at 248,580 led to the insider holds 32,000 shares of the business.
FASOLA KENNETH J bought 8,500 shares of CNC for $501,970 on Mar 21 ’25. On Dec 18 ’24, another insider, Greco Thomas, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 17,000 shares for $59.75 each. As a result, the insider paid 1,015,750 and bolstered with 19,309 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CNC now has a Market Capitalization of 12538626048 and an Enterprise Value of 12931625984. As of this moment, Centene’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 6.31, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 7.05. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.07 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.46. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.081 whereas that against EBITDA is 2.78.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CNC is 0.37, which has changed by -0.6680967 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.15366066 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CNC has reached a high of $80.59, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $26.25. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -44.70%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -55.39%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, CNC traded on average about 11.68M shares per day over the past 3-months and 27474300 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 491.13M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 485.38M. Insiders hold about 1.17% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 99.36% stake in the company. Shares short for CNC as of 1752537600 were 13443230 with a Short Ratio of 1.15, compared to 1749772800 on 9306435. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 13443230 and a Short% of Float of 3.09.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
