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Centene (CNC) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Centene has reported Return on Sales over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.02% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Sales at 0.02% for Q4 2025, down 2.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.03% (down 5.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.03%, down 5.0%.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.02% at Centene, up from 0.15% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Sales for CNC hit a ceiling of 0.03% in Q1 2024 and a floor of 0.15% in Q3 2025.
  • Median Return on Sales over the past 5 years was 0.02% (2024), compared with a mean of 0.0%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: grew 3bps in 2023 and later decreased -16bps in 2025.
  • Centene's Return on Sales stood at 0.02% in 2021, then tumbled by -134bps to 0.01% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 123bps to 0.0% in 2023, then soared by 241bps to 0.01% in 2024, then tumbled by -426bps to 0.02% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Sales were 0.02% (Q4 2025), 0.15% (Q3 2025), and 0.01% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.