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Centene forward PE CNC

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 2001.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
15.0×
10-year median
14.4×
Against its 10-year history
56th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
8.6× to 64.5×
Peer median
13.8×

Centene's forward PE is 15.0× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 14.4×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 8.6× in Sep 2019 to 64.5× in May 2025.

The median for 5 health insurers of a similar size is 13.8×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far15.0×13.3×21.3×
202518.5×13.1×64.5×
202420.3×10.2×21.5×
202312.5×10.0×12.6×
202212.8×12.1×16.6×
202115.0×10.9×15.4×
202013.6×10.2×16.3×
201912.6×8.6×15.8×
201813.5×13.5×18.6×
201716.9×13.8×18.3×
201612.8×11.4×18.5×
201518.4×15.9×28.3×
201419.9×14.3×20.1×
201318.6×16.5×24.3×
201218.2×17.7×37.4×
201126.8×14.2×27.0×
201014.1×11.0×15.9×
200912.6×8.6×13.0×
200811.0×7.5×14.5×
200714.1×10.2×20.9×

Against its peers

Companies in Medical - Healthcare Plans nearest Centene's size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
CNCCentene15.0×
HUMHumana33.7×
CICigna9.7×
ELVElevance Health16.1×
CVSCVS Health11.5×
OSCROscar Healthn/m
Peer median13.8×

Where Centene ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.