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Financials Centene Corporation

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CNC

US15135B1017

Managed Healthcare

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 14:45:51 2024-04-29 EDT 		5-day change 1st Jan Change
73.86 USD -0.18% Intraday chart for Centene Corporation -2.23% -0.42%
04-26 Sector Update: Health Care Stocks Mixed Premarket Friday MT
04-26 Sector Update: Health Care MT

Valuation

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Capitalization 1 26,015 34,805 48,081 46,439 39,643 39,491 - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 27,618 40,784 53,801 52,385 40,279 41,588 38,225 33,756
P/E ratio 20 x 19.2 x 36.1 x 39.6 x 15 x 12.7 x 11.3 x 9.73 x
Yield - - - - - - 2.25% -
Capitalization / Revenue 0.35 x 0.31 x 0.38 x 0.32 x 0.26 x 0.27 x 0.27 x 0.24 x
EV / Revenue 0.37 x 0.37 x 0.43 x 0.36 x 0.26 x 0.28 x 0.27 x 0.21 x
EV / EBITDA 9.87 x 8.2 x 9.8 x 11.3 x 7.36 x 9.06 x 7.75 x 6.25 x
EV / FCF 36.7 x 8.8 x 16.3 x 9.96 x 5.55 x 8.61 x 8.79 x 7.76 x
FCF Yield 2.73% 11.4% 6.12% 10% 18% 11.6% 11.4% 12.9%
Price to Book 2.08 x 1.35 x 1.79 x 1.88 x 1.53 x 1.45 x 1.3 x 1.2 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 413,796 579,798 583,503 566,260 534,201 533,656 - -
Reference price 2 62.87 60.03 82.40 82.01 74.21 74.00 74.00 74.00
Announcement Date 20-02-04 21-02-09 22-02-08 23-02-07 24-02-06 - - -
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Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net sales 1 74,639 111,115 125,982 144,547 153,999 147,487 144,173 161,516
EBITDA 1 2,799 4,972 5,490 4,624 5,475 4,590 4,933 5,402
EBIT 1 2,414 4,432 4,014 3,888 4,182 4,024 4,318 4,904
Operating Margin 3.23% 3.99% 3.19% 2.69% 2.72% 2.73% 3% 3.04%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1 1,782 2,773 1,813 1,962 3,598 4,062 4,462 4,907
Net income 1 1,321 1,808 1,347 1,202 2,702 3,037 3,249 3,685
Net margin 1.77% 1.63% 1.07% 0.83% 1.75% 2.06% 2.25% 2.28%
EPS 2 3.140 3.120 2.280 2.070 4.950 5.836 6.541 7.608
Free Cash Flow 1 753 4,634 3,295 5,257 7,254 4,830 4,350 4,348
FCF margin 1.01% 4.17% 2.62% 3.64% 4.71% 3.28% 3.02% 2.69%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA) 26.9% 93.2% 60.02% 113.69% 132.49% 105.23% 88.19% 80.47%
FCF Conversion (Net income) 57% 256.31% 244.62% 437.35% 268.47% 159.05% 133.9% 117.97%
Dividend per Share 2 - - - - - - 1.667 -
Announcement Date 20-02-04 21-02-09 22-02-08 23-02-07 24-02-06 - - -
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Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: December 2021 Q3 2021 Q4 2022 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1 2024 Q2 2024 Q3 2024 Q4 2025 Q1
Net sales 1 32,406 32,568 37,185 35,936 35,865 35,561 38,889 37,608 38,042 39,460 40,407 36,452 36,193 36,677 38,619
EBITDA 1 991 1,062 1,742 1,735 1,156 472 1,534 1,528 1,541 434 1,376 1,385 1,222 529.1 1,588
EBIT 1 808 684 1,551 1,537 976 305 1,371 1,382 1,393 119 1,241 1,197 1,057 428.9 1,473
Operating Margin 2.49% 2.1% 4.17% 4.28% 2.72% 0.86% 3.53% 3.67% 3.66% 0.3% 3.07% 3.28% 2.92% 1.17% 3.81%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1 720 694 1,148 -236 1,009 41 1,391 1,415 768 24 1,473 1,263 1,143 349.5 1,482
Net income 1 584 599 849 -172 738 -213 1,130 1,058 469 45 1,163 900 828.5 227.9 1,128
Net margin 1.8% 1.84% 2.28% -0.48% 2.06% -0.6% 2.91% 2.81% 1.23% 0.11% 2.88% 2.47% 2.29% 0.62% 2.92%
EPS 2 0.9900 1.010 1.440 -0.2900 1.270 -0.3800 2.040 1.920 0.8700 0.0800 2.160 1.727 1.623 0.4907 2.208
Dividend per Share 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Announcement Date 21-10-26 22-02-08 22-04-26 22-07-26 22-10-25 23-02-07 23-04-25 23-07-28 23-10-24 24-02-06 24-04-26 - - - -
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Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net Debt 1 1,603 5,979 5,720 5,946 636 2,097 - -
Net Cash position 1 - - - - - - 1,265 5,735
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) 0.5727 x 1.203 x 1.042 x 1.286 x 0.1162 x 0.4569 x - -
Free Cash Flow 1 753 4,634 3,295 5,257 7,254 4,830 4,350 4,348
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity) 15.8% 15.1% 5.12% 13.2% 14.6% 12.9% 13.5% 13.5%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets) 5.17% 3.3% 1.83% 4.33% 4.51% 3.6% 4.28% 4.27%
Assets 1 25,572 54,857 73,547 27,752 59,846 84,361 75,947 86,267
Book Value Per Share 2 30.20 44.30 46.00 43.70 48.30 51.00 57.10 61.50
Cash Flow per Share 2 3.530 9.500 7.120 10.80 14.80 5.550 11.40 -
Capex 1 730 869 910 1,004 799 646 834 872
Capex / Sales 0.98% 0.78% 0.72% 0.69% 0.52% 0.44% 0.58% 0.54%
Announcement Date 20-02-04 21-02-09 22-02-08 23-02-07 24-02-06 - - -
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Ratings for Centene Corporation

Trading Rating
Investor Rating
ESG Refinitiv
B-
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Analysts' Consensus

Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
19
Last Close Price
74 USD
Average target price
88.72 USD
Spread / Average Target
+19.90%
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