Growth Metrics

Centene (CNC) EBITDA Margin (2016 - 2025)

Centene has reported EBITDA Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 2.44% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put EBITDA Margin at 2.44% for Q4 2025, down 303.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 3.43% (down 564.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 3.61%, down 589.0%.
  • EBITDA Margin for Q4 2025 was 2.44% at Centene, up from 15.16% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, EBITDA Margin for CNC hit a ceiling of 3.96% in Q1 2021 and a floor of 15.16% in Q3 2025.
  • Median EBITDA Margin over the past 5 years was 2.09% (2021), compared with a mean of 0.87%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBITDA Margin: surged 340bps in 2023 and later plummeted -1708bps in 2025.
  • Centene's EBITDA Margin stood at 2.47% in 2021, then tumbled by -117bps to 0.41% in 2022, then soared by 48bps to 0.22% in 2023, then soared by 373bps to 0.59% in 2024, then tumbled by -516bps to 2.44% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for EBITDA Margin were 2.44% (Q4 2025), 15.16% (Q3 2025), and 0.65% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.