Centene Corporation (CNC) Stock Analysis
Healthcare · Healthcare Plans
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $57.84: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.9/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality.
Centene is the largest U.S. managed care company focused on underserved populations, with $194.8 billion in 2025 revenues and 27.6 million members. It is the largest Medicaid insurer (12.5M members in 30 states), largest ACA Marketplace carrier (5.5M members), and largest... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $57.84: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.9/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Score 4.9/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 70d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
Recent Developments — Centene Corporation
Latest news
- Mizuho Maintains Neutral on Centene, Raises Price Target to $58 — benzinga May 20, 2026 positive
- This CH Robinson Analyst Turns Bullish; Here Are Top 5 Upgrades For Wednesday — benzinga May 20, 2026 positive
- Deutsche Bank Upgrades Centene to Buy, Raises Price Target to $80 — benzinga May 20, 2026 positive
- 10 Health Care Stocks Whale Activity In Today's Session — benzinga May 12, 2026 neutral
- TD Cowen Maintains Hold on Centene, Raises Price Target to $47 — benzinga May 4, 2026 neutral
Generated 2026-05-20T21:06:21Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHProductMedicaid57%10-K Item 1: 'our Medicaid, Commercial, Medicare and Other segments accounted for 57%, 21%, 19% and 3%, respectively, of our total external revenues'
- MEDIUMGeographicFlorida and New York Medicaid contracts10-K Item 1: 'Our Medicaid contracts with the states of Florida and New York accounted for approximately 10% or more of our consolidated Medicaid premium revenues individually'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-03-24Item 5.02LOWTheodore Pienkos appointed Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer effective March 18, 2026. Previously Deputy Corporate Controller since August 2024. Base salary $440K, 60% target bonus. No predecessor departure cited.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers
Unprofitable operations — net margin -3.6%. Quality floor flags this regardless of sector context.static
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $57.84: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.9/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Prior stop was $54.15. Score 4.9/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $58.55 (+0.5% upside). Prior stop was $54.15. Stop-loss: $54.15.
Concentration risk — Product: Medicaid (57.0%); Target reached (-15.1% upside); Quality below floor (2.3 < 4.0).
Centene Corporation trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 13.1). TrendMatrix value score: 7.1/10. Verdict: Sell.
26 analysts cover CNC with a consensus score of 3.5/5. Average price target: $55.
What does Centene Corporation do?Centene is the largest U.S. managed care company focused on underserved populations, with $194.8 billion in 2025...
Centene is the largest U.S. managed care company focused on underserved populations, with $194.8 billion in 2025 revenues and 27.6 million members. It is the largest Medicaid insurer (12.5M members in 30 states), largest ACA Marketplace carrier (5.5M members), and largest stand-alone PDP provider (8.1M members).