CRVL vs CNC vs CI Stock Comparison

Corvel, Centene and Cigna Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CRVL Corvel Corp
$82.67 +11.2% 1M +11.0% 1Y
Market cap
$4.22B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Managed Care Healthcare
CNC Centene Corp
$68.73 +11.2% 1M +107.3% 1Y
Market cap
$33.34B
P/E
22.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$203.90B
Div. yield
–
Managed Care Healthcare
3 wins
CI Cigna Group
$298.29 +9.6% 1M -3.5% 1Y
Market cap
$77.91B
P/E
12.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$282.38B
Div. yield
0.02%
Managed Care Healthcare
5 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Cigna leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Cigna 5, Centene 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCRVLCNCCILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $4.22B $33.34B $77.91B CI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 22.8x 12.1x CI
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 13.6x 9.2x CI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +9.7% +7.8% CNC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — — 2.3% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 10.9% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 1.9x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +11.0% +107.3% -3.5% CNC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +6.5%/yr -0.8%/yr +6.7%/yr CI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.0% 47.4% 34.0% CI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 68/100 67/100 CNC

Percentile Scorecard

CRVLCNCCI

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCRVLCNCCI
Valuation – 96 #2 of 25 92 #3 of 25
Growth – 61 #10 of 24 57 #11 of 24
Profitability – 70 #8 of 24 74 #7 of 24
Financial Health 96 #2 of 26 44 #15 of 26 28 #19 of 26
Shareholder Returns – – 86 #3 of 15
Overall – 68 67
  • CRVL ranked among 27 companies in Healthcare Payers and Distributors
  • CNC ranked among 27 companies in Healthcare Payers and Distributors
  • CI ranked among 27 companies in Healthcare Payers and Distributors

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCRVLCNCCISPY
1 month +11.2%+11.2%+9.6% -0.2%
3 months +34.1%+7.2%-0.9% +3.9%
6 months +42.6%+38.7%+4.7% +8.2%
Year to date +22.2%+67.0%+8.4% +12.9%
1 year +11.0%+107.3%-3.5% +12.3%
3 years +30.3%+1.9%-1.6% +87.4%
3 years, per year +9.2%+0.6%-0.5% +23.3%
5 years +37.3%-4.0%+38.3% +67.9%
5 years, per year +6.5%-0.8%+6.7% +10.9%
10 years +638.8%+116.7%+142.4% +261.1%
10 years, per year +22.1%+8.0%+9.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCRVLCNCCISPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.0%47.4%34.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 53.8%47.4%38.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.020.310.14 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.252.26-0.10 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -64.2%-74.1%-33.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -2.3%-3.5%-5.6% -1.2%
52-week high $84.59$71.21$315.88 $779.14
52-week low $46.00$31.80$244.41 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCRVLCNCCI
P/E now vs peer median —median 23.9x 23.2xmedian 23.9x 12.2xmedian 23.9x
P/S now vs peer median —median 0.3x 0.2xmedian 0.3x 0.3xmedian 0.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 13.4x —median 13.4x 8.2xmedian 13.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 15.5x 3.4xmedian 15.5x 8.6xmedian 15.5x
P/B now vs peer median 10.7xmedian 2.5x 1.5xmedian 2.5x 1.8xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.34 -1.74median 1.34 4.66median 1.34

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCRVLCNCCI
Revenue – $203.90B $282.38B
Gross profit – – $58.25B
Operating income – $1.01B $9.96B
Net income – $1.46B $6.98B
Free cash flow – – $9.11B
EPS (diluted) – $2.93 $24.31
Cash & equivalents $233.07M $20.70B $6.30B
Total debt – – $31.88B
Shares (diluted) 51.58M 497.64M 263.96M
Enterprise value $3.34B $33.34B $47.16B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCRVLCNCCI
P/E – 23.2x 12.2x
P/FCF – 3.4x 8.6x
P/Operating cash flow – 7.2x 7.7x
P/S – 0.2x 0.3x
P/B 10.7x 1.5x 1.8x
P/Tangible book 10.7x 1.9x 4.9x
EV/EBITDA – – 8.2x
EV/EBIT – – 10.4x
EV/Revenue – 0.2x 0.4x
EV/FCF – – 11.4x
EV/Operating cash flow – 7.2x 10.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -1.74 4.66

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCRVLCNCCI
Revenue growth (1Y) – 9.7% 7.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 10.7% 14.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – -8.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 0.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 117.7% 10.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -29.2% 7.0%
Net income growth (1Y) – 127.6% 29.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -15.8% 0.8%
EPS growth (1Y) – 127.2% 29.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -13.4% 2.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 16.2% 94.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -9.0% -7.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 131.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – -7.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCRVLCNCCI
Gross margin – – 20.6%
EBITDA margin – – 4.5%
Operating margin – – 3.5%
Pretax margin – – 3.1%
Net margin – – 2.3%
FCF margin – – 3.2%
Operating cash flow margin – 2.3% 3.6%
Return on equity – 6.5% 16.4%
Return on assets – 1.8% 4.5%
Return on invested capital – – 10.9%
Return on capital employed – – 10.0%
Asset turnover – 2.5x 1.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 3.2x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.1% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCRVLCNCCI
Debt / assets – – 20.3%
Debt / equity – – 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 1.9x
Debt / FCF – – 3.5x
Liabilities / assets 38.7% 71.9% 72.7%
Equity / assets 61.3% 28.1% 27.3%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 2.0x 1.2x 0.8x
Quick ratio 1.6x – 0.7x
Cash ratio 1.0x – 0.1x
Altman Z-score – – 2.80

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCRVLCNCCI
Dividend yield – – 2.1%
Net buyback yield – – 1.3%
Shareholder yield – – 3.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 23.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 17.8%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 2.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 4.9%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCRVLCNCCI
Forward P/E – 13.6xFY2026 9.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $5.04FY2026 $32.34FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +142.3%FY2026 +8.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +11.5% +9.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $202.57BFY2026 $303.67BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +4.0%FY2026 +10.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -0.4% -6.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCRVLCNCCI
Held by institutions 54.5% 97.9% 89.7%
Institutions holding 288 999 1,702
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.3% +2.1% +0.9%
Institutions buying 172 568 838
Institutions selling 72 334 574
Buyers to sellers 2.39 1.70 1.46

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CRVLCNCCI
CRVL 1.00 0.19 0.10
CNC 0.19 1.00 0.40
CI 0.10 0.40 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CRVL, CNC and CI?

Cigna (CI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Corvel (CRVL) $4.22B, Centene (CNC) $33.34B, Cigna (CI) $77.91B.

Which stock is cheaper, CRVL, CNC and CI?

Cigna (CI) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Centene (CNC) 22.8x, Cigna (CI) 12.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Cigna (CI) is cheapest (Centene (CNC) 13.6x, Cigna (CI) 9.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Centene (CNC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Centene (CNC) +9.7%, Cigna (CI) +7.8%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Centene (CNC) returned the most: Corvel (CRVL) +11.0%, Centene (CNC) +107.3%, Cigna (CI) -3.5%. Over five years, Cigna (CI) compounded fastest (Corvel (CRVL) +6.5%/yr, Centene (CNC) -0.8%/yr, Cigna (CI) +6.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Corvel (CRVL) 0.00%, Centene (CNC) 0.00%, Cigna (CI) 0.02%. Corvel (CRVL) and Centene (CNC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cigna (CI) has been the steadiest (Corvel (CRVL) 44.0%, Centene (CNC) 47.4%, Cigna (CI) 34.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CRVL, CNC and CI?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Cigna (CI) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.