Centene (CNC) Competitors

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

Is ELV or CNC more profitable?

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 Health	3.38%	18.28%	6.72%
Centene	2.03%	13.85%	4.54%

Do analysts rate ELV or CNC?

Elevance Health currently has a consensus price target of $521.47, suggesting a potential upside of 18.24%. Centene has a consensus price target of $80.85, suggesting a potential upside of 28.45%. Given Centene's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	15 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94
Centene	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Does the media favor ELV or CNC?

In the previous week, Elevance Health had 8 more articles in the media than Centene. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Elevance Health and 43 mentions for Centene. Elevance Health's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Centene's score of 1.14 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	37 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Centene	22 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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. 0.4% of Elevance Health shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Centene shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, ELV or CNC?

Elevance Health has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centene has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 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	$176.81B	0.56	$5.98B	$25.61	17.22
Centene	$163.07B	0.19	$3.31B	$6.24	10.09

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ELV or CNC?

Centene received 177 more outperform votes than Elevance Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.28% of users gave Centene an outperform vote while only 67.28% of users gave Elevance Health an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Elevance Health	Outperform Votes 876 67.28%	Underperform Votes 426 32.72%
Centene	Outperform Votes 1053 73.28%	Underperform Votes 384 26.72%

Summary

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