Growth Metrics

Centene (CNC) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Centene has reported Gross Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 36.1% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Gross Margin at 36.1% for Q4 2025, down 23317.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 23.14% (down 11186.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 19.03%, down 7929.0%.
  • Gross Margin for Q4 2025 was 36.1% at Centene, up from 8.9% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Gross Margin for CNC hit a ceiling of 269.26% in Q4 2024 and a floor of 215.53% in Q4 2022.
  • Median Gross Margin over the past 5 years was 30.2% (2023), compared with a mean of 38.1%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: plummeted -49063bps in 2021 and later surged 28913bps in 2024.
  • Centene's Gross Margin stood at 211.85% in 2021, then dropped by -2bps to 215.53% in 2022, then soared by 91bps to 19.87% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 1455bps to 269.26% in 2024, then tumbled by -87bps to 36.1% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Gross Margin were 36.1% (Q4 2025), 8.9% (Q3 2025), and 20.38% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.