CNC PEER ANALYSIS

Centene Corp — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

CNCCentene Corp

🇺🇸 USA · US · Healthcare · Healthcare Plans

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Healthcare Plans

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

CNCIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	CNC	AZN	CSL	PHIA	FRE	SHL	Ind. Median
P/E	—	29.06	29.96	24.62	16.57●	18.92	40.34
P/B	1.53	6.38	2.24	2.10	1.23●	2.18	2.74
EV/EBITDA	—	16.09	10.35	10.81	9.49●	12.04	17.96
P/S	0.17●	5.00	2.66	1.35	1.06	1.72	0.40

Financial Health
Metric	CNC	AZN	CSL	PHIA	FRE	SHL	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.12	0.91	2.57●	1.32	1.27	1.10	1.19
Debt/Equity	76.4%	71.7%	67.4%	71.1%	60.2%●	84.1%	75.2%
NetDebt/EBITDA	1.66	1.29●	2.22	2.03	2.73	3.04	-1.10

Profitability
Metric	CNC	AZN	CSL	PHIA	FRE	SHL	Ind. Median
Net Margin	-3.3%	17.2%●	9.2%	5.5%	6.4%	9.1%	0.8%
ROE	-26.1%	23.5%●	7.7%	8.4%	7.5%	11.4%	9.2%
ROA	-7.7%	9.4%●	3.8%	3.6%	3.4%	4.6%	2.0%
EBITDA Margin	-2.2%	33.7%●	32.8%	15.4%	15.6%	19.1%	2.4%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	CNC	AZN	CSL	PHIA	FRE	SHL	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	17.0%●	9.9%	4.8%	-1.9%	4.2%	-0.3%	9.6%
NI Growth	—	33.7%	-39.4%	160.1%	248.3%●	0.3%	-33.9%
Div. Yield	—	0.2%	2.5%	3.5%●	2.5%	2.9%	2.1%
Payout	—	47.3%	103.1%	33.8%	46.3%	48.4%	38.0%

Valuation
Metric	CNC	HUM	CI	ELV	MOH	OSCR	Ind. Median
P/E	—	42.13	12.04●	17.61	63.18	—	40.34
P/B	1.53●	2.56	1.79	2.10	2.91	6.17	2.74
EV/EBITDA	—	13.90	8.10●	9.94	10.65	202.43	17.96
P/S	0.17●	0.35	0.27	0.46	0.26	0.77	0.40

Financial Health
Metric	CNC	HUM	CI	ELV	MOH	OSCR	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.12	1.26	0.82	1.48	1.63●	1.09	1.19
Debt/Equity	76.4%	75.3%	73.2%	72.5%	96.7%	25.9%●	75.2%
NetDebt/EBITDA	1.66	-2.80	1.89	-0.42	-8.60	-331.18●	-1.10

Profitability
Metric	CNC	HUM	CI	ELV	MOH	OSCR	Ind. Median
Net Margin	-3.3%	0.8%	2.3%	2.6%●	0.4%	-0.3%	0.8%
ROE	-26.1%	6.2%	15.3%●	12.1%	4.5%	-2.6%	9.2%
ROA	-7.7%	2.1%	4.1%	4.3%●	1.1%	-0.5%	2.0%
EBITDA Margin	-2.2%	2.1%	4.4%	4.4%●	1.4%	0.1%	2.4%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	CNC	HUM	CI	ELV	MOH	OSCR	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	17.0%	14.1%	8.8%	9.4%	7.7%	31.9%●	9.6%
NI Growth	—	-33.9%	24.9%●	-11.4%	-84.0%	—	-33.9%
Div. Yield	—	0.9%	2.2%●	1.7%	—	—	2.1%
Payout	—	38.0%	25.7%	29.0%	—	—	38.0%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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