Centene (CNC) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2026)

Centene's (CNC) quarterly Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.49% in Q1 2026, down 56.0% year-on-year from 1.12% in Q1 2025, and down 0.52% quarter-over-quarter from 0.49% in Q4 2025.

Centene (CNC) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Centene's Return on Invested Capital history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.49% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital fell 56.0% year-over-year to 0.49% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.49%, a 56.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.95%, down 116.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital eased to 0.49% in Q1 2026 per CNC's latest filing, from 0.49% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.07% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 0.49% in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.03% (2023), against an average of 0.04%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Invested Capital gained 4 bps in 2023 and slumped 56 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.01% in 2022, then soared by 557 bps to 0.05% in 2023, then grew by 4 bps to 0.05% in 2024, then plunged by 995 bps to 0.49% in 2025, then decreased by 1 bps to 0.49% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CNC Return on Invested Capital figures stand at 0.49% (Q1 2026), 0.49% (Q4 2025), and 0.28% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Unitedhealth 384.70 Bn 354.90 Bn 38.23 Bn 0.01%
2 Cvs Health 136.05 Bn 124.42 Bn 22.85 Bn 0.00%
3 Elevance Health 82.25 Bn 46.44 Bn 35.79 Bn 0.02%
4 Cigna 75.16 Bn 67.54 Bn -44.29 Bn 0.01%
5 Humana 47.47 Bn 25.57 Bn 5.94 Bn 0.02%
6 Centene 31.35 Bn 7.64 Bn 43.95 Bn -0.49%
7 Molina Healthcare 10.44 Bn 1.19 Bn 1.43 Bn 0.01%
8 Oscar Health 8.62 Bn 1.83 Bn 1.42 Bn -
9 Alignment Healthcare 4.13 Bn 3.41 Bn 144.48 Mn -
10 Progyny 2.48 Bn 2.26 Bn 83.07 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -0.49%
Dec 31, 2025 -0.49%
Sep 30, 2025 -0.28%
Jun 30, 2025 0.05%
Mar 31, 2025 0.07%
Dec 31, 2024 0.05%
Sep 30, 2024 0.05%
Jun 30, 2024 0.05%
Mar 31, 2024 0.05%
Dec 31, 2023 0.05%
Sep 30, 2023 0.04%
Jun 30, 2023 0.03%
Mar 31, 2023 0.01%
Dec 31, 2022 0.01%
Sep 30, 2022 0.02%
Jun 30, 2022 0.02%
Mar 31, 2022 0.02%
Dec 31, 2021 0.02%
Sep 30, 2021 0.01%
Jun 30, 2021 0.02%