Centene price to free cash flow CNC

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 3.9×
10-year median: 11.9×
Against its 10-year history: 3rd; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 3.4× to 336×
Peer median: 12.7×

Centene's price to free cash flow is 3.9× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 11.9×, lower than on 97% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 3.4× in Sep 2026 to 336× in May 2019.

The median for 5 health insurers of a similar size is 12.7×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 11.9×

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
2026 so far	3.9×	3.4×	6.8×
2025	5.9×	5.2×	133×
2024	125×	5.2×	132×
2023	7.3×	4.1×	7.4×
2022	6.2×	6.2×	15.7×
2021	8.5×	7.3×	39.2×
2020	34.5×	16.7×	55.6×
2019	33.6×	11.9×	336×
2018	13.6×	7.7×	23.8×
2017	7.8×	5.0×	60.5×
2016	49.3×	9.3×	55.1×
2015	11.4×	6.1×	11.4×
2014	6.7×	5.8×	27.0×
2013	25.1×	5.5×	26.3×
2012	5.2×	5.0×	30.6×
2011	7.7×	4.8×	7.9×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
CNCCentene	3.9×
HUMHumana	26.0×
CICigna	n/m
ELVElevance Health	15.2×
CVSCVS Health	10.2×
OSCROscar Health	2.2×
Peer median	12.7×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

More on Centene

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