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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
$28.50
+5.8%
$37.47
$25.08
$80.59
$13.99B0.421.57 million shs19.60 million shs
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
$304.02
+12.0%
$288.91
$234.60
$630.73
$275.33B0.4319.29 million shs67.93 million shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
0.00%+11.42%-2.14%-53.87%-63.00%
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
0.00%+21.25%+5.55%+4.39%-47.53%
CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
4.8831 of 5 stars
4.12.00.03.72.63.33.1
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
4.9584 of 5 stars
3.33.04.24.03.92.52.5
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
2.12
Hold$42.2048.07% Upside
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
2.50
Moderate Buy$366.5220.56% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest UNH and CNC Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
8/6/2025
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Lower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$418.00 ➝ $310.00
8/4/2025
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
Morgan Stanley
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Lower Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$33.00 ➝ $28.00
8/4/2025
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
Wells Fargo & Company
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Lower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$306.00 ➝ $267.00
7/31/2025
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
Baird R W
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DowngradeHold ➝ Strong Sell
7/31/2025
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
Robert W. Baird
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Reiterated RatingNeutral ➝ Underperform$312.00 ➝ $198.00
7/30/2025
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
Royal Bank Of Canada
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Lower Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$355.00 ➝ $286.00
7/30/2025
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
Piper Sandler
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Lower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$353.00 ➝ $317.00
7/30/2025
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
KeyCorp
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Lower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$400.00 ➝ $350.00
7/30/2025
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
Oppenheimer
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Lower Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$400.00 ➝ $325.00
7/29/2025
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$48.00 ➝ $30.00
7/29/2025
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
Bank of America
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$350.00 ➝ $300.00
(Data available from 8/17/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
$163.07B0.09$9.90 per share2.88$55.98 per share0.51
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
$400.28B0.69$32.38 per share9.39$110.93 per share2.74
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
$3.31B$4.047.053.871.171.15%9.57%3.10%10/24/2025 (Estimated)
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
$14.41B$23.0813.179.151.965.04%23.32%7.66%10/21/2025 (Estimated)

Latest UNH and CNC Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
7/29/2025Q2 2025
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
$4.45$4.08-$0.37$3.74$111.75 billion$111.62 billion
7/25/2025Q2 2025
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
$0.23-$0.16-$0.39-$0.51$44.71 billion$48.74 billion
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
$8.842.91%N/A38.30%15 Years

Latest UNH and CNC Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
8/13/2025
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
quarterly$2.213.38%9/15/20259/15/20259/23/2025
6/5/2025
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
quarterly$2.213%6/16/20256/16/20256/24/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
0.64
1.10
1.10
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
0.73
0.85
0.85

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
93.63%
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
87.86%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
0.36%
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
0.28%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
60,500491.13 million489.37 millionOptionable
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
400,000905.67 million903.14 millionOptionable

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Centene NYSE:CNC

$28.50 +1.57 (+5.83%)
Closing price 08/15/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$28.60 +0.09 (+0.33%)
As of 08/15/2025 07:59 PM Eastern
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Centene Corporation operates as a healthcare enterprise that provides programs and services to under-insured and uninsured families, commercial organizations, and military families in the United States. The company operates through Medicaid, Medicare, Commercial, and Other segments. The Medicaid segment offers health plan coverage, including medicaid expansion, aged, blind, disabled, children's health insurance program, foster care, medicare-medicaid plans, long-term services and support. This segment also provides healthcare products. The Medicare segment offers special needs and medicare supplement, and prescription drug plans. The Commercial segment provides health insurance marketplace product for individual, small, and large group commercials. It also operates clinical healthcare and pharmacies, as well as offers dental and speech therapy services. In addition, the company engages in the government contracts business under the TRICARE program and other healthcare related government contracts. It provides services through primary and specialty care physicians, hospitals, and ancillary providers. Centene Corporation was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.

UnitedHealth Group stock logo

UnitedHealth Group NYSE:UNH

$304.02 +32.53 (+11.98%)
Closing price 08/15/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$305.20 +1.18 (+0.39%)
As of 08/15/2025 08:00 PM Eastern
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UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a diversified health care company in the United States. The company operates through four segments: UnitedHealthcare, Optum Health, Optum Insight, and Optum Rx. The UnitedHealthcare segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services for national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses, and individuals; health care coverage, and health and well-being services to individuals age 50 and older addressing their needs; Medicaid plans, children's health insurance and health care programs; and health and dental benefits, and hospital and clinical services, as well as health care benefits products and services to state programs caring for the economically disadvantaged, medically underserved, and those without the benefit of employer-funded health care coverage. The Optum Health segment provides care delivery, care management, wellness and consumer engagement, and health financial services patients, consumers, care delivery systems, providers, employers, payers, and public-sector entities. The Optum Insight segment offers software and information products, advisory consulting arrangements, and managed services outsourcing contracts to hospital systems, physicians, health plans, governments, life sciences companies, and other organizations. The Optum Rx segment provides pharmacy care services and programs, including retail network contracting, home delivery, specialty and community health pharmacy services, infusion, and purchasing and clinical capabilities, as well as develops programs in the areas of step therapy, formulary management, drug adherence, and disease/drug therapy management. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated was founded in 1974 and is based in Minnetonka, Minnesota.