Centene Corporation operates as a managed care company that provides programs and services to under-insured families, and commercial organizations in the United States. It operates through four segments: Medicaid, Medicare, Commercial, and Other. Wait; insider flow is negative. Wait state: Reclaim $66.21 and VWAP.
Centene Corporation operates as a managed care company that provides programs and services to under-insured families, and commercial organizations in the United States. It operates through four segments: Medicaid, Medicare, Commercial, and Other. The Medicaid segment offers the temporary assistance for needy families; medicaid expansion; aged, blind, or disabled; and children's health insurance programs, as well as long-term services and supports; foster care; and medicare-medicaid plans. This segment also provides healthcare products and services. The Medicare segment offers special needs and medicare supplement, and prescription drug plans. The Commercial segment provides health insurance marketplace product for individual and commercial group. The Other segment operates clinical healthcare and pharmacies, as well as offers vision and dental, behavioral health, and centralized services. It provides services through primary and specialty care physicians, hospitals, behavioral health practitioners, and ancillary providers. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.
| Metric | Value | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue (TTM) | $180.30B | 4.6% YoY |
| EBITDA | $4.61B | 4.7x EV/EBITDA |
| Gross Margin | 11.4% | Reported |
| Operating Margin | 3.8% | Profitable |
| Net Margin | -2.8% | Negative |
| ROE | -20.4% | Capital efficiency |
| Cash | $27.06B | Sector balance sheet; do not net mechanically |
| Debt | $16.10B | Sector balance sheet; do not net mechanically |
| Forward P/E | N/A | No estimate substituted |
| Intrinsic-value model | N/A | Fail-closed: insufficient inputs |
| Value / quality panel | 2 positive / 3 negative / 0 neutral | bearish / confidence 71 |
| Analyst Mean Target | $71.67 | Consensus, not a guarantee |
| Quarter | EPS Actual | EPS Est. | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3Q2025 | $0.50 | $-0.16 | 404.3% | - |
| 4Q2025 | $-1.19 | $-1.22 | 2.5% | - |
| 1Q2026 | $3.37 | $2.13 | 57.9% | - |
| 2Q2026 | $2.51 | $1.08 | 132.6% | - |
4/4 captured quarters beat estimates — Next: 2026-10-27T12:30:00Z
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-10 | Burdick Kenneth A | sell | 80,000 | $5.2M |
bearish aggregate feed — 0 buys and 1 sale
Financing dilution is low, but employee issuance was net dilutive: about 3.1M shares issued versus 0.9M repurchased in the first half; $1.8B of buyback authority remained.
Official filings were reviewed through 2026-08-28; the table lists the decision-relevant documents rather than every routine filing. The C- grade describes the full dossier; the trade state (wait) is a separate timing decision.
| Date | Form | Accession | What the filing changes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-28 | 10-Q | 0001071739-26-000153 | Shows reserve sensitivity, employee issuance and unusual working-capital presentation. |
| 2026-08-17 | 8-K | 0001071739-26-000165 | Updates the CFO transition and reaffirmed guidance. |
Current snapshot only; no acceleration claim without a comparable historical series.
Unusual Activity: No unusual activity confirmed
| RSI (14) | 51.0 |
| EMA 20 | $65.16 |
| EMA 50 | $63.77 |
| EMA 200 | $52.09 |
| MACD | 0.168 |
| Signal | 0.210 |
| ATR (14) | $2.24 |
| Wyckoff | Transitional |
Wait; insider flow is negative. Required confirmation: Reclaim $66.21 and VWAP. Available moving averages are shown with their provider type.
| Indicator | Value | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| Market regime | Risk-on 0.79 | Trend support, not a timing trigger |
| VIX | 14.51 | Low current protection price |
Regime: risk-on
The broad regime supports long setups, but rates and ticker-specific confirmation override the label.
Dilution: moderate; beta: 1.10; insider signal: bearish.
A precise stop does not make a setup valid. Entry location, normal volatility, event risk and reachable resistance decide whether the risk is paid.
No directional flow claim is made when detailed, aligned flow data is unavailable.
Wait; insider flow is negative. Monitor reclaim $66.21 and vwap; no market order and no chase outside the zone.
Wait for confirmation and preserve the invalidation.
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