Centene (CNC) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Centene (CNC) reported Tax Rate of 26.85% for Q2 2026, up 27.63 percentage points from -0.78% a year earlier and up 0.17 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Centene (CNC) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Centene's Tax Rate came in at -10.23%, down 36.06 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 0.76%, down 21.86 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate has declined for three consecutive years, with a five-year change of -34.55 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Tax Rate came in at 22.62% in FY2024 (-2.36 pp), 24.99% in FY2023 (-13.75 pp), 38.74% in FY2022 (+12.43 pp) and 26.31% in FY2021 (-8.99 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Tax Rate spans a low of -62.50% in Q4 2023 and a high of 634.15% in Q4 2022.
- Year over year, Tax Rate has now increased in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +7.68 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Tax Rate in five years was Q4 2022 (a gain of 619.59 percentage points); the low point was Q4 2023 (a drop of 696.65 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 26.68% (Q1 2026), 28.71% (Q4 2025) and 0.63% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unitedhealth | 341.92 Bn | 226.55 Bn | 36.67 Bn | 18.63% |
| 2 | Cvs Health | 112.26 Bn | 64.87 Bn | 47.23 Bn | 24.69% |
| 3 | Mckesson | 99.84 Bn | 86.30 Bn | 3.69 Bn | 21.10% |
| 4 | Elevance Health | 85.53 Bn | -56.21 Bn | 13.45 Bn | 24.94% |
| 5 | Cigna | 71.85 Bn | 41.39 Bn | 14.97 Bn | 16.93% |
| 6 | Cencora | 57.95 Bn | 47.04 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 22.05% |
| 7 | Cardinal Health | 51.09 Bn | 35.09 Bn | 2.56 Bn | 27.80% |
| 8 | Humana | 46.78 Bn | -41.02 Bn | 5.50 Bn | 25.00% |
| 9 | Centene | 30.87 Bn | -59.41 Bn | 14.55 Bn | 26.85% |
| 10 | Molina Healthcare | 9.86 Bn | -25.01 Bn | 1.43 Bn | 34.07% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 26.85% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 26.68% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 24.74% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 19.31% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 22.91% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 24.41% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 21.38% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 38.15% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 25.44% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 18.76% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 634.15% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 26.66% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 25.78% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 14.55% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 19.31% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 25.93% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 26.81% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 38.17% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 64.89% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 22.31% |
API Access
Centene Tax Rate 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=tax-rate&ticker=CNC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "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=tax-rate&ticker=CNC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();