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CNC vs. ELV, CI, HUM, MOH, UNH, OSCR, ALHC, CLOV, TRUP, and NEUE

Should you be buying Centene stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centene include Elevance Health (ELV), The Cigna Group (CI), Humana (HUM), Molina Healthcare (MOH), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Oscar Health (OSCR), Alignment Healthcare (ALHC), Clover Health Investments (CLOV), Trupanion (TRUP), and NeueHealth (NEUE). These companies are all part of the "hospital & medical service plans" industry.

Centene vs.

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

Centene received 180 more outperform votes than Elevance Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.36% of users gave Centene an outperform vote while only 67.18% of users gave Elevance Health an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Elevance HealthOutperform Votes
872
67.18%
Underperform Votes
426
32.82%
CenteneOutperform Votes
1052
73.36%
Underperform Votes
382
26.64%

In the previous week, Elevance Health had 16 more articles in the media than Centene. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Elevance Health and 31 mentions for Centene. Elevance Health's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Centene's score of 1.16 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
43 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Centene
25 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Elevance Health$176.81B0.55$5.98B$25.6116.80
Centene$163.07B0.18$3.31B$6.249.71

Elevance Health currently has a consensus target price of $519.81, indicating a potential upside of 20.80%. Centene has a consensus target price of $79.92, indicating a potential upside of 31.93%. Given Centene's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Centene is more favorable than Elevance Health.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Elevance Health
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.94
Centene
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

89.2% of Elevance Health shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Centene shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Elevance Health shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Centene shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Elevance Health has a net margin of 3.38% compared to Centene's net margin of 2.03%. Elevance Health's return on equity of 18.28% beat Centene's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Elevance Health3.38% 18.28% 6.72%
Centene 2.03%13.85%4.54%

Elevance Health has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centene has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Elevance Health beats Centene on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CNC vs. The Competition

MetricCenteneHospital & medical service plans IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$30.05B$62.54B$5.63B$19.67B
Dividend YieldN/A1.61%4.55%3.75%
P/E Ratio9.7121.5324.5033.83
Price / Sales0.180.61385.2928.00
Price / Cash5.9123.1938.1617.54
Price / Book1.135.276.954.60
Net Income$3.31B$2.21B$3.20B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.22%5.59%-2.42%-0.38%
1 Month Performance6.60%3.55%2.18%-2.84%
1 Year Performance-21.90%49.64%12.85%6.61%

Centene Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNC
Centene
4.8125 of 5 stars
$60.58
+2.8%
$79.92
+31.9%
-21.9%$30.05B$163.07B9.7174,300Short Interest ↑
Positive News
ELV
Elevance Health
4.6146 of 5 stars
$427.68
+0.1%
$519.81
+21.5%
-16.8%$97.33B$176.81B16.72102,300Positive News
CI
The Cigna Group
4.9369 of 5 stars
$320.53
+1.2%
$373.25
+16.4%
-10.2%$87.70B$244.38B26.1872,500Positive News
HUM
Humana
4.2493 of 5 stars
$271.54
+2.0%
$285.68
+5.2%
-22.4%$32.88B$117.76B27.3867,100Positive News
MOH
Molina Healthcare
4.3943 of 5 stars
$312.33
+0.8%
$355.69
+13.9%
-22.6%$17.10B$40.65B15.3015,000Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
4.9285 of 5 stars
$516.21
-0.1%
$629.32
+21.9%
+5.2%$472.60B$400.28B33.33400,000Positive News
OSCR
Oscar Health
2.8979 of 5 stars
$13.91
+6.7%
$20.21
+45.3%
-1.3%$3.50B$9.18B-697.402,710Gap Up
ALHC
Alignment Healthcare
1.766 of 5 stars
$17.33
-1.6%
$14.83
-14.4%
+274.5%$3.34B$2.70B-22.60850
CLOV
Clover Health Investments
2.8061 of 5 stars
$3.81
+2.3%
$4.83
+27.0%
+377.8%$1.94B$1.37B-18.97680Options Volume
Positive News
TRUP
Trupanion
3.1821 of 5 stars
$38.59
+4.3%
$46.60
+20.7%
+39.9%$1.64B$1.29B-168.311,142Insider Trade
NEUE
NeueHealth
1.0115 of 5 stars
$6.29
+12.1%
$7.00
+11.3%
+4.5%$51.78M$936.66M-0.121,252Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
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This page (NYSE:CNC) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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