Centene PE ratio CNC

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: n/m; losses over the last year
Last meaningful: 8.4×; Oct 2025
10-year median: 20.7×
10-year range: 4.2× to 68.3×
Peer median: 22.3×

Centene has no meaningful PE ratio today: it lost $10.44 a share over the last twelve months, and a PE needs earnings.

It was last meaningful in Oct 2025, at 8.4×.

On the days it had one over the last ten years, its median was 20.7×, from 4.2× in Jul 2025 to 68.3× in Dec 2021.

PE ratio over time

median 20.7×

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

Year	End of year	Low	High
2025	8.4×	4.2×	11.2×
2024	10.5×	9.9×	17.7×
2023	16.7×	12.6×	34.5×
2022	23.9×	23.4×	67.2×
2021	66.5×	14.7×	68.3×
2020	16.7×	15.6×	34.7×
2019	19.8×	14.2×	27.6×
2018	23.5×	19.0×	29.6×
2017	20.7×	18.0×	27.1×
2016	22.1×	18.8×	33.7×
2015	22.9×	19.8×	32.7×
2014	28.9×	19.1×	29.1×
2013	26.6×	25.9×	112×
2012	96.0×	13.4×	110×
2011	19.3×	14.1×	20.0×

Against its peers

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

Company	PE ratio
CNCCentene	n/m
HUMHumana	39.9×
CICigna	12.7×
ELVElevance Health	19.6×
CVSCVS Health	24.7×
OSCROscar Health	22.3×
Peer median	22.3×

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.