Centene Corp (NYSE: CNC) is -19.94% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $57.20 and a high of $81.42 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The CNC stock was last observed hovering at around $60.06 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.65%.
Currently trading at $59.41, the stock is -1.05% and -8.32% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.3 million and changing -1.08% at the moment leaves the stock -17.08% off its SMA200. CNC registered -20.66% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -15.30%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $65.1172 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $71.7424.
The stock witnessed a -6.47% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -18.91%, and is -3.29% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.26% over the week and 2.82% over the month.
Centene Corp (CNC) has around 76000 employees, a market worth around $29.99B and $161.73B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 10.30 and Fwd P/E is 8.35. Profit margin for the company is 1.90%. Distance from 52-week low is 3.86% and -27.03% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.85%).
with sales reaching $39.26B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 0.66% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 4.79% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -0.50% in year-over-year returns.
Centene Corp (CNC) Top Institutional Holders
1300.0 institutions hold shares in Centene Corp (CNC), with institutional investors hold 99.91% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 510.08M, and float is at 499.37M with Short Float at 3.04%. Institutions hold 99.63% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 60.72 million shares valued at $4.03 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.3467% of the CNC Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 47.44 million shares valued at $3.15 billion to account for 8.8657 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 35.08 million shares representing 6.5557% and valued at over $2.33 billion, while CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS holds 4.9777 of the shares totaling 26.64 million with a market value of $1.77 billion.
Centene Corp (CNC) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Asher Andrew Lynn, the company’s Chief Financial Officer. SEC filings show that Asher Andrew Lynn bought 17,200 shares of the company’s common stock on Nov 13 ’24 at a price of $58.14 per share for a total of $1.0 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 0.49 million shares.
Centene Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Nov 08 ’24 that LONDON SARAH (Chief Executive Officer) bought a total of 4,117 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Nov 08 ’24 and was made at $60.80 per share for $0.25 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.67 million shares of the CNC stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 14 ’24, COUGHLIN CHRISTOPHER J (Director) disposed off 878 shares at an average price of $76.75 for $67382.0. The insider now directly holds 0 shares of Centene Corp (CNC).
