Centene Corporation

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What it reported

Reported 4 days ago, on 2026-10-27.

EPS against forecast+506.1%
Revenue against forecast+7.5%
Share price, two sessions-0.8%

Forecast against the result

ForecastReportedSurprise
Revenue47.1B50.6B+1.9% year on year+7.5%
Net income47.3M-71.0M+98.9% year on year-250.1%
Earnings per share0.100.58+16.0% year on year+506.1%

Year on year compares the same quarter a year earlier (2025-10-29), not the quarter before.

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What the market expects

For the quarter ending 2026-12-30.

EPS forecast9 analysts
-1.13
-1.25-0.92
Revenue forecast8 analysts
46.0B
44.9B47.5B
Net income
-555.9M
-618.8M-454.4M
EBITDA
-104.0M
-166.9M-2.5M

Against the same quarter last year (2026-02-06): EPS +5.5%revenue -7.5%

These are third-party analyst forecasts. CoinUnited.io does not produce them and does not choose which analysts are included.

Where the revenue comes from

  • Medicaid Segment80.6%40.8B
  • Commercial Segment17.2%8.7B
  • Other Operating Segment2.2%1.1B

Most recent reported quarter (2026-09-30).

Track record

Next report expected 2027-02-05. Reports quarterly.

Beat estimates 7 of the last 8 quarters. The typical gap is +0.43 per share.

How much it actually moves

±5.2%

Median move across the two sessions around the report, over its last 8 results. On an ordinary two-day stretch it moves 1.6%.

2026-10-27-0.83%

Beat or miss, then up or down

RoseFell
Beat25
Missed10

Counted across 8 results. This is what happened, not what will.

Where analysts put it in 12 months

A different timescale from the rest of this page: these are 12-month views, not the two-day move around a report.

Lowest69.00
Median78.50
Highest80.00
FirmTargetSet onSource
Jefferies69.002026-10-29StreetInsider
Raymond James79.002026-10-28StreetInsider
Morgan Stanley71.002026-10-28TheFly
Mizuho Securities72.002026-10-28TheFly
Robert W. Baird71.002026-10-28TheFly
UBS79.002026-08-18StreetInsider
Argus Research80.002026-08-11StreetInsider
Bernstein79.002026-08-03TheFly
Stifel Nicolaus79.002026-08-03StreetInsider
Barclays80.002026-07-29TheFly
Truist Financial78.002026-07-14TheFly
Wells Fargo69.002026-07-13TheFly
RBC Capital70.002026-06-23TheFly
Deutsche Bank80.002026-05-20TheFly

From 14 firms that published a target in the last 180 days, latest call per firm. Targets are set by those firms; CoinUnited.io does not produce or endorse them.

Reported results

ReportedEPS forecastEPS actualSurpriseRevenue surprise
2026-10-270.09570.58+506.1%+7.5%
2026-07-281.092.51+130.3%+12.5%
2026-04-282.233.37+51.1%+5.1%
2026-02-06-1.2201-1.19+2.5%+2.7%
2025-10-29-0.14470.5+445.4%+4.1%
2025-07-250.1116-0.16-243.4%+10.4%
2025-04-252.522.9+15.1%+9.0%
2025-02-040.440.8+81.8%+3.7%
2024-10-251.331.62+21.8%+10.8%
2024-07-262.072.42+16.9%+8.2%
2024-04-262.082.26+8.7%+10.9%
2024-02-060.430.45+4.7%+9.2%

Also reporting this fortnight in Healthcare Plans

EPS history for CNC runs from 2002-04-25 to 2026-10-27, 99 reports.Reaction history covers its last 8 results, which is as deep as our daily price baseline reaches.