Centene (CNC) Competitors

Elevance Health (NYSE:ELV) and Centene (NYSE:CNC) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Do analysts rate ELV or CNC?

Elevance Health presently has a consensus target price of $536.53, indicating a potential upside of 39.63%. Centene has a consensus target price of $80.92, indicating a potential upside of 30.13%. Given Elevance Health's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Elevance Health is more favorable than Centene.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Elevance Health	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81
Centene	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Does the media refer more to ELV or CNC?

In the previous week, Elevance Health had 30 more articles in the media than Centene. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Elevance Health and 14 mentions for Centene. Elevance Health's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Centene's score of 0.89 indicating that Elevance Health is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Elevance Health	33 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Centene	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ELV or CNC?

Elevance Health has higher revenue and earnings than Centene. Centene is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Elevance Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Elevance Health	$171.34B	0.52	$5.99B	$27.43	14.01
Centene	$154.00B	0.20	$2.70B	$5.76	10.80

Is ELV or CNC more profitable?

Elevance Health has a net margin of 3.68% compared to Centene's net margin of 1.90%. Elevance Health's return on equity of 19.56% beat Centene's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Elevance Health	3.68%	19.56%	7.22%
Centene	1.90%	13.32%	4.32%

Which has more risk & volatility, ELV or CNC?

Elevance Health has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centene has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ELV or CNC?

89.2% of Elevance Health shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Centene shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Elevance Health shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Centene shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ELV or CNC?

Centene received 184 more outperform votes than Elevance Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.41% of users gave Centene an outperform vote while only 67.26% of users gave Elevance Health an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Elevance Health	Outperform Votes 865 67.26%	Underperform Votes 421 32.74%
Centene	Outperform Votes 1049 73.41%	Underperform Votes 380 26.59%

Summary

Elevance Health beats Centene on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.