Growth Metrics

Centene (CNC) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Centene (CNC) has 14 years of Return on Capital Employed data on record, last reported at 0.18% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 24.0% year-over-year to 0.18%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.18%, down 24.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.18%, 24.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.18% in Q4 2025 per CNC's latest filing, down from 0.13% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.08% in Q1 2021 and bottomed at 0.18% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 4 years is 0.02%, with a median of 0.06% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: increased 3bps in 2024, then dropped -24bps in 2025.
  • A 4-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.08% in 2021, then fell by -27bps to 0.06% in 2023, then rose by 8bps to 0.07% in 2024, then plummeted by -371bps to 0.18% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Capital Employed were 0.18% in Q4 2025, 0.13% in Q3 2025, and 0.04% in Q2 2025.