Centene (CNC) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Centene (CNC) reported Tax Rate of 26.85% for Q2 2026, up 0.17 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Centene (CNC) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2024, Centene posted Tax Rate of 22.62%, down 2.36 percentage points from FY2023.
- Tax Rate has a five-year change of -3.92 percentage points (FY2019 to FY2024).
- By year, Tax Rate came in at 24.99% in FY2023 (-13.75 pp), 38.74% in FY2022 (+12.43 pp), 26.31% in FY2021 (-8.99 pp) and 35.30% in FY2020 (+8.76 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Tax Rate since Q3 2023.
- 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 Q3 2024 (a drop of 15.24 percentage points).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unitedhealth | 356.05 Bn | 236.68 Bn | 35.71 Bn | 22.16% |
| 2 | Mckesson | 123.13 Bn | 104.51 Bn | 3.96 Bn | 17.03% |
| 3 | Cvs Health | 109.04 Bn | 57.80 Bn | 47.21 Bn | 23.80% |
| 4 | Elevance Health | 90.56 Bn | -52.02 Bn | 13.65 Bn | 25.14% |
| 5 | Cigna | 77.41 Bn | 46.27 Bn | 15.09 Bn | 19.10% |
| 6 | Cencora | 66.63 Bn | 55.53 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 22.05% |
| 7 | Cardinal Health | 63.51 Bn | 46.67 Bn | 2.60 Bn | 19.19% |
| 8 | Humana | 50.79 Bn | -37.07 Bn | 5.50 Bn | 25.00% |
| 9 | Centene | 33.94 Bn | -60.76 Bn | 9.52 Bn | - |
| 10 | Molina Healthcare | 10.37 Bn | -24.63 Bn | 1.36 Bn | 28.30% |
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();