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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
$63.88
+0.2%		$64.09
$25.08
▼
$69.36
$31.50B1.084.99 million shs6.02 million shs
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
$408.16
-1.7%		$412.54
$239.50
▼
$461.62
$377.21B0.625.49 million shs5.26 million shs
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Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
+0.25%-0.39%-5.78%+15.51%+143.72%
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
-1.70%-4.85%-3.88%+11.18%+69.40%
CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
$63.88
+0.2%		$64.09
$25.08
▼
$69.36
$31.50B1.084.99 million shs6.02 million shs
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
$408.16
-1.7%		$412.54
$239.50
▼
$461.62
$377.21B0.625.49 million shs5.26 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
+0.25%-0.39%-5.78%+15.51%+143.72%
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
-1.70%-4.85%-3.88%+11.18%+69.40%
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
2.35
Hold$68.587.36% Upside
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
2.89
Moderate Buy$455.9211.70% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest UNH and CNC Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
8/4/2026
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
JPMorgan Chase & Co. logo
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Boost Price TargetNeutral$60.00 ➝ $67.00
8/3/2026
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
Stifel Nicolaus logo
Stifel Nicolaus
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Set Price Target$79.00
8/3/2026
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
Sanford C. Bernstein logo
Sanford C. Bernstein
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Reiterated RatingOutperform$68.00 ➝ $79.00
7/29/2026
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
Morgan Stanley logo
Morgan Stanley
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Set Price Target$66.00
7/29/2026
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
Barclays PLC logo
Barclays
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Reiterated RatingOverweight$75.00 ➝ $80.00
7/29/2026
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
Zacks Research logo
Zacks Research
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UpgradeHold ➝ Strong-Buy
7/29/2026
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
Robert W. Baird logo
Robert W. Baird
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Boost Price TargetNeutral$46.00 ➝ $66.00
7/28/2026
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
Weiss Ratings logo
Weiss Ratings
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DowngradeHold (C) ➝ Hold (C-)
7/21/2026
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
BMO Capital Markets logo
BMO Capital Markets
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Set Price Target$512.00
7/21/2026
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
DA Davidson logo
DA Davidson
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Set Price Target$512.00
7/21/2026
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
Sanford C. Bernstein logo
Sanford C. Bernstein
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Reiterated RatingOutperform
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CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
$194.78B0.16$4.69 per share13.61$45.82 per share1.39
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
$447.57B0.83$20.89 per share19.54$115.08 per share3.55
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
-$6.67B-$10.44N/A12.140.34-2.51%12.12%3.20%N/A
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
$12.06B$15.5426.2618.201.443.14%16.53%5.43%N/A

Latest UNH and CNC Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
7/28/2026Q2 2026
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
$1.09$2.51+$1.42$2.19$47.64 billion$53.58 billion
7/16/2026Q2 2026
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
$4.94$6.38+$1.44$6.04$110.81 billion$112.03 billion
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield5-Year Annualized 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
$9.282.27%+12.57%59.72%15 Years

Latest UNH and CNC Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
6/3/2026
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
quarterly$2.322.26%6/15/20266/15/20266/23/2026
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
0.71
1.15
1.15
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
0.66
0.78
0.80

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
0.37%
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
0.19%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
61,100493.99 million492.17 millionOptionable
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
390,000908.14 million906.42 millionOptionable

Recent News About These Companies

GAMMA Investing LLC Buys 8,315 Shares of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated $UNH
 |  marketbeat.comhttps://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/filing-gamma-investing-llc-buys-8315-shares-of-unitedhealth-group-incorporated-unh-2026-08-05/
Central Pacific Bank Trust Division Raises Stock Holdings in UnitedHealth Group Incorporated $UNH
 |  marketbeat.comhttps://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/filing-central-pacific-bank-trust-division-raises-stock-holdings-in-unitedhealth-group-incorporated-unh-2026-08-05/
Trilogy Capital Inc. Increases Stake in UnitedHealth Group Incorporated $UNH
August 4 at 6:07 AM  |  marketbeat.comhttps://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/filing-trilogy-capital-inc-increases-stake-in-unitedhealth-group-incorporated-unh-2026-08-04/
Redwood Investment Management LLC Buys Shares of 2,824 UnitedHealth Group Incorporated $UNH
August 4 at 5:35 AM  |  marketbeat.comhttps://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/filing-redwood-investment-management-llc-buys-shares-of-2824-unitedhealth-group-incorporated-unh-2026-08-04/
Pacer Advisors Inc. Sells 14,546 Shares of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated $UNH
August 4 at 5:35 AM  |  marketbeat.comhttps://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/filing-pacer-advisors-inc-sells-14546-shares-of-unitedhealth-group-incorporated-unh-2026-08-04/
Rathbones Group PLC Sells 4,731 Shares of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated $UNH
August 4 at 5:27 AM  |  marketbeat.comhttps://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/filing-rathbones-group-plc-sells-4731-shares-of-unitedhealth-group-incorporated-unh-2026-08-04/
UnitedHealth Group (UNH) Expands Tennessee Health Hubs With $4 Million Commitment
August 3 at 7:39 PM  |  finance.yahoo.comhttps://finance.yahoo.com/healthcare/articles/unitedhealth-group-unh-expands-tennessee-220917084.html
Why Is UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) in Focus as Healthcare Draws Jobs-Week Attention?
August 3 at 2:31 PM  |  kalkinemedia.comK
Why UnitedHealth Group (UNH) Is Back on Investors’ Radar
August 3 at 2:31 PM  |  finance.yahoo.comhttps://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/why-unitedhealth-group-unh-back-153314421.html
Why UnitedHealth Group (UNH) Is Back on Investors’ Radar
August 3 at 1:31 PM  |  insidermonkey.comhttps://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/why-unitedhealth-group-unh-is-back-on-investors-radar-1806056/
Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC Invests $9.96 Million in UnitedHealth Group Incorporated $UNH
August 3 at 5:27 AM  |  marketbeat.comhttps://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/filing-segall-bryant-hamill-llc-invests-996-million-in-unitedhealth-group-incorporated-unh-2026-08-03/
FAS Wealth Partners Inc. Acquires 8,239 Shares of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated $UNH
August 3 at 4:16 AM  |  marketbeat.comhttps://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/filing-fas-wealth-partners-inc-acquires-8239-shares-of-unitedhealth-group-incorporated-unh-2026-08-03/
Research Analysts Set Expectations for UNH FY2026 Earnings
August 3 at 1:13 AM  |  americanbankingnews.comhttps://www.americanbankingnews.com/?p=30937176
FY2026 Earnings Estimate for UNH Issued By Zacks Research
August 3 at 1:11 AM  |  marketbeat.comhttps://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/fy2026-earnings-estimate-for-unh-issued-by-zacks-research-2026-08-03/
Glenmede Trust Co. NA Sells 31,260 Shares of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated $UNH
August 2 at 5:59 AM  |  marketbeat.comhttps://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/filing-glenmede-trust-co-na-sells-31260-shares-of-unitedhealth-group-incorporated-unh-2026-08-02/
CoreFirst Bank & Trust Has $1.65 Million Position in UnitedHealth Group Incorporated $UNH
August 2 at 4:23 AM  |  marketbeat.comhttps://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/filing-corefirst-bank-trust-has-165-million-position-in-unitedhealth-group-incorporated-unh-2026-08-02/
First Nebraska Trust Co Takes Position in UnitedHealth Group Incorporated $UNH
August 2 at 4:16 AM  |  marketbeat.comhttps://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/filing-first-nebraska-trust-co-takes-position-in-unitedhealth-group-incorporated-unh-2026-08-02/
2,499 Shares in UnitedHealth Group Incorporated $UNH Acquired by Financial Solutions Advisory Group Inc.
August 2 at 4:07 AM  |  marketbeat.comhttps://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/filing-2499-shares-in-unitedhealth-group-incorporated-unh-acquired-by-financial-solutions-advisory-group-inc-2026-08-02/
Dala Group LLC Takes $1.10 Million Position in UnitedHealth Group Incorporated $UNH
August 2 at 4:00 AM  |  marketbeat.comhttps://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/filing-dala-group-llc-takes-110-million-position-in-unitedhealth-group-incorporated-unh-2026-08-02/
Allen Capital Group LLC Sells 19,679 Shares of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated $UNH
August 2 at 3:03 AM  |  marketbeat.comhttps://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/filing-allen-capital-group-llc-sells-19679-shares-of-unitedhealth-group-incorporated-unh-2026-08-02/
Zacks Research Issues Optimistic Estimate for UNH Earnings
August 2 at 1:44 AM  |  americanbankingnews.comhttps://www.americanbankingnews.com/?p=30935373

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Centene NYSE:CNC

$63.88 +0.12 (+0.19%)
Closing price 08/4/2026 03:59 PM Eastern
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$64.97 +1.10 (+1.72%)
As of 04:04 AM 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

$408.16 -7.21 (-1.73%)
Closing price 08/4/2026 03:59 PM Eastern
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$408.40 +0.25 (+0.06%)
As of 04:07 AM 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.

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