Centene (CNC) Price to Earnings (2010 - 2025)
Centene's (CNC) Price to Earnings was 12.98 for Q2 2025, up 5.1% from 12.35 a year earlier and up 48.4% from the prior quarter.
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Centene (CNC) Price to Earnings (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2024, Price to Earnings at Centene was 9.09, down 38.1% from FY2023.
- By year, Price to Earnings came in at 14.68 in FY2023 (-60.9%), 37.58 in FY2022 (+5.5%), 35.63 in FY2021 (+84.6%) and 19.31 in FY2020 (-2.3%).
- The Q2 2025 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Price to Earnings since Q1 2024.
- Year over year, Price to Earnings gained in 1 of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 28.6%.
- The high point for year-over-year Price to Earnings in five years was Q3 2021 (growth of 196.4%); the low point was Q1 2021 (a decline of 62.8%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2025 came in at 8.75 (Q1 2025), 9.09 (Q4 2024) and 12.52 (Q3 2024).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unitedhealth | 336.54 Bn | 221.18 Bn | 36.67 Bn |
| 2 | Cvs Health | 110.50 Bn | 63.10 Bn | 47.23 Bn |
| 3 | Mckesson | 105.27 Bn | 91.73 Bn | 3.69 Bn |
| 4 | Elevance Health | 83.85 Bn | -57.90 Bn | 13.45 Bn |
| 5 | Cigna | 71.48 Bn | 41.02 Bn | 14.97 Bn |
| 6 | Cencora | 58.97 Bn | 48.06 Bn | 3.61 Bn |
| 7 | Cardinal Health | 53.10 Bn | 37.10 Bn | 2.56 Bn |
| 8 | Humana | 46.62 Bn | -41.18 Bn | 5.50 Bn |
| 9 | Centene | 31.12 Bn | -59.17 Bn | 14.55 Bn |
| 10 | Molina Healthcare | 9.86 Bn | -25.01 Bn | 1.43 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2025 | 12.98 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 8.75 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 9.09 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 12.52 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 12.35 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 15.39 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 14.68 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 15.07 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 13.57 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 23.52 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 37.58 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 22.03 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 26.43 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 32.89 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 35.63 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 49.40 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 59.05 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 15.13 |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 19.31 |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 16.67 |
API Access
Centene Price to Earnings API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-earnings&ticker=CNC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "price-to-earnings", "ticker": "CNC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-earnings&ticker=CNC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();