Centene (CNC) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2025)
Centene's Return on Assets [ROA] was 1.80% in Q3 2026, up 8.09 percentage points from -6.29% a year earlier and up 8.02 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Centene (CNC) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Return on Assets [ROA] at Centene came in at -8.39%, down 12.33 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Assets [ROA] shows a five-year change of -11.66 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Assets [ROA] was 3.94% in FY2024 (+0.60 pp), 3.34% in FY2023 (+1.79 pp), 1.55% in FY2022 (-0.27 pp) and 1.82% in FY2021 (-1.45 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since Q2 2025.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Assets [ROA] was higher in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -4.32 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Assets [ROA] over five years was Q3 2026 (a gain of 8.09 percentage points); the worst was Q4 2025 (a drop of 12.41 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, CNC's Return on Assets [ROA] in the three quarters before Q3 2026 was -6.22% (Q2 2026), -8.17% (Q1 2026) and -8.41% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unitedhealth | 362.93 Bn | 249.60 Bn | 35.71 Bn | 5.36% |
| 2 | Mckesson | 125.16 Bn | 109.10 Bn | 3.96 Bn | 6.01% |
| 3 | Cvs Health | 113.93 Bn | 62.88 Bn | 47.21 Bn | 4.32% |
| 4 | Elevance Health | 92.83 Bn | -49.64 Bn | 13.65 Bn | 4.01% |
| 5 | Cigna | 79.88 Bn | 49.09 Bn | 15.09 Bn | 4.26% |
| 6 | Cencora | 66.55 Bn | 66.55 Bn | 3.60 Bn | 4.10% |
| 7 | Cardinal Health | 64.00 Bn | 47.32 Bn | 2.60 Bn | 3.09% |
| 8 | Humana | 52.60 Bn | -38.18 Bn | 4.83 Bn | 2.20% |
| 9 | Centene | 34.53 Bn | -39.52 Bn | 8.24 Bn | -8.41% |
| 10 | Molina Healthcare | 10.74 Bn | -24.26 Bn | 1.36 Bn | -0.30% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | -8.41% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -6.29% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.36% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.07% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.00% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.69% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.40% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.26% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.19% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.92% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.26% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.85% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.52% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.48% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.26% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.85% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.71% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.97% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 1.00% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 3.52% |
API Access
Centene Return on Assets [ROA] 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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=CNC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=CNC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();