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CNC Financials Centene Corporation

15 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 11.0% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Operating margin has contracted, at -4.4% in the latest year.
  • Free cash flow has declined 1.4% per year over the past 5 years.

Financial health

  • The company holds more cash ($17.9B) than total debt ($17.5B).
  • Total debt has grown slower than revenue (0.7% vs 11.0% per year).
  • Operating income covered interest expense -11.2× in the latest year.
Revenue & net income
-$7B $84B $175B $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
-4% 46% 97% 0% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
-$490M $3B $7B $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $10B $19B 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$7B $549M $8B $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $174.6B -$6.7B 8.1% -4.4% $4.3B $17.5B $17.9B
2024 $145.5B $3.3B 11.7% 2.2% -$490M $18.6B $14.1B
2023 $140.1B $2.7B 12.6% 2.1% $7.3B $18.0B $17.2B
2022 $135.5B $1.2B 12.5% 1.0% $5.3B $18.2B $12.1B
2021 $118.0B $1.3B 12.3% 1.5% $3.3B $19.0B $13.1B
2020 $103.8B $1.8B 96.8% 3.0% $4.6B $16.9B $10.8B
2019 $70.4B $1.3B 96.5% 2.5% $753M $13.9B $12.1B
2018 $56.4B $900M 95.8% 2.6% $559M $6.9B $5.3B
2017 $45.6B $828M 96.0% 2.6% $1.1B $4.8B $4.1B
2016 $37.6B $562M 95.0% 3.4% $1.5B $4.8B $3.9B
2015 $355M $508M $1.2B $1.8B
2014 $271M $1.1B $878M $1.6B
2013 $165M $314M $653M $974M
2012 $2M $197M $515M $746M
2011 $111M $188M $343M $574M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced CNC against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 15.2 30.5 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 0.1 0.3 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S

Frequently asked questions

Is CNC growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, Centene Corporation's revenue has grown 11.0% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does CNC have?

As of FY2025, Centene Corporation reported $17.5B of total debt against $17.9B of cash; operating income covered interest expense -11.2×.

What is CNC's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was 8.1%, operating margin -4.4%, and net margin -3.8%.

What is CNC's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, Centene Corporation traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 5.9× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.