Centene (CNC) Price to Earnings (2009 - 2025)
Centene's (CNC) Price to Earnings was 21.02 for Q3 2026.
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Centene (CNC) Price to Earnings (2009 - 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 Q3 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Price to Earnings since Q1 2023.
- The high point for year-over-year Price to Earnings in five years was Q1 2022 (growth of 117.4%); the low point was Q4 2023 (a decline of 60.9%).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unitedhealth | 360.06 Bn | 240.69 Bn | 35.71 Bn |
| 2 | Mckesson | 127.13 Bn | 108.51 Bn | 3.96 Bn |
| 3 | Cvs Health | 112.93 Bn | 61.69 Bn | 47.21 Bn |
| 4 | Elevance Health | 92.11 Bn | -50.47 Bn | 13.65 Bn |
| 5 | Cigna | 76.91 Bn | 45.77 Bn | 15.09 Bn |
| 6 | Cencora | 68.64 Bn | 68.64 Bn | 3.60 Bn |
| 7 | Cardinal Health | 65.08 Bn | 48.24 Bn | 2.60 Bn |
| 8 | Humana | 53.29 Bn | -37.50 Bn | 4.83 Bn |
| 9 | Centene | 33.98 Bn | -40.15 Bn | 8.24 Bn |
| 10 | Molina Healthcare | 10.56 Bn | -24.45 Bn | 1.36 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();