Growth Metrics

Centene (CNC) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Historic Operating Margin for Centene (CNC) over the last 17 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 3.51%.

  • Centene's Operating Margin fell 39400.0% to 3.51% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Dec 2025 it was 3.91%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 58600.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 3.91% for FY2025, which is 58600.0% down from last year.
  • Per Centene's latest filing, its Operating Margin stood at 3.51% for Q4 2025, which was down 39400.0% from 13.99% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Centene's Operating Margin ranged from a high of 3.52% in Q1 2021 and a low of 13.99% during Q3 2025
  • Over the past 5 years, Centene's median Operating Margin value was 1.63% (recorded in 2024), while the average stood at 0.48%.
  • Per our database at Business Quant, Centene's Operating Margin skyrocketed by 34700bps in 2023 and then tumbled by -155800bps in 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Centene's Operating Margin (Quarter) stood at 1.85% in 2021, then tumbled by -143bps to 0.79% in 2022, then soared by 38bps to 0.49% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 187bps to 0.43% in 2024, then tumbled by -918bps to 3.51% in 2025.
  • Its last three reported values are 3.51% in Q4 2025, 13.99% for Q3 2025, and 0.94% during Q2 2025.