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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
$25.92
-0.6%
$43.39
$25.11
$80.59
$12.80B0.421.99 million shs17.53 million shs
Elevance Health, Inc. stock logo
ELV
Elevance Health
$274.10
-3.2%
$349.86
$273.84
$567.26
$63.74B0.583.03 million shs3.38 million shs
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
$247.19
-1.1%
$235.09
$206.87
$382.72
$30.05B0.441.85 million shs1.76 million shs
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. stock logo
WCG
WellCare Health Plans
$349.92
$349.92
$228.56
$350.17
$17.61B0.93552,393 shs2.06 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
-0.54%-8.60%-23.31%-56.87%-66.32%
Elevance Health, Inc. stock logo
ELV
Elevance Health
-3.16%-5.19%-21.76%-33.10%-48.48%
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
-0.98%+3.77%+1.52%-4.27%-31.64%
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. stock logo
WCG
WellCare Health Plans
0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
4.9289 of 5 stars
4.13.00.03.72.93.33.1
Elevance Health, Inc. stock logo
ELV
Elevance Health
4.9504 of 5 stars
4.33.04.20.04.13.33.1
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
4.6253 of 5 stars
3.24.02.53.93.11.71.3
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. stock logo
WCG
WellCare Health Plans
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
2.12
Hold$42.5364.09% Upside
Elevance Health, Inc. stock logo
ELV
Elevance Health
2.67
Moderate Buy$418.1952.57% Upside
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
2.30
Hold$281.6213.93% Upside
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. stock logo
WCG
WellCare Health Plans
0.00
N/AN/AN/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest WCG, ELV, HUM, and CNC Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
7/31/2025
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
Barclays
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Set Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$268.00 ➝ $275.00
7/31/2025
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
Morgan Stanley
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Lower Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$290.00 ➝ $277.00
7/31/2025
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
Piper Sandler
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$288.00 ➝ $272.00
7/29/2025
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$48.00 ➝ $30.00
7/28/2025
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
Cantor Fitzgerald
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DowngradeOverweight ➝ Neutral$65.00 ➝ $38.00
7/28/2025
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
UBS Group
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$45.00 ➝ $31.00
7/28/2025
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
Truist Financial
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$42.00 ➝ $35.00
7/28/2025
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
Oppenheimer
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Lower Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$51.00 ➝ $43.00
7/25/2025
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
Robert W. Baird
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$68.00 ➝ $28.00
7/25/2025
Elevance Health, Inc. stock logo
ELV
Elevance Health
Robert W. Baird
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$492.00 ➝ $297.00
7/25/2025
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
Robert W. Baird
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$300.00 ➝ $297.00
(Data available from 8/2/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
$163.07B0.08$9.86 per share2.63$55.98 per share0.46
Elevance Health, Inc. stock logo
ELV
Elevance Health
$177.01B0.35$37.96 per share7.22$194.74 per share1.41
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
$117.76B0.25$23.61 per share10.47$152.11 per share1.63
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. stock logo
WCG
WellCare Health Plans
$20.41B0.86$14.04 per share24.92$84.81 per share4.13
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$4.046.423.521.071.15%9.57%3.10%N/A
Elevance Health, Inc. stock logo
ELV
Elevance Health
$5.98B$23.5011.667.021.042.83%17.59%6.36%10/16/2025 (Estimated)
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
$1.21B$13.0318.9718.831.661.28%13.67%4.85%N/A
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. stock logo
WCG
WellCare Health Plans
$439.80M$11.0328.1520.461.382.34%17.00%5.91%N/A

Latest WCG, ELV, HUM, and CNC Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
7/30/2025Q2 2025
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
$6.32$6.27-$0.05$4.51$31.85 billion$32.39 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
7/17/2025Q2 2025
Elevance Health, Inc. stock logo
ELV
Elevance Health
$9.30$8.84-$0.46$7.72$48.26 billion$49.42 billion
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Elevance Health, Inc. stock logo
ELV
Elevance Health
$6.842.50%N/A29.11%14 Years
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
$3.541.43%N/A27.17%N/A
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. stock logo
WCG
WellCare Health Plans
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Latest WCG, ELV, HUM, and CNC Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
7/18/2025
Elevance Health, Inc. stock logo
ELV
Elevance Health
quarterly$1.712.5%9/10/20259/10/20259/25/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
0.64
1.10
1.11
Elevance Health, Inc. stock logo
ELV
Elevance Health
0.64
1.44
1.44
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
0.69
1.95
1.91
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. stock logo
WCG
WellCare Health Plans
0.42
1.16
1.16

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
93.63%
Elevance Health, Inc. stock logo
ELV
Elevance Health
89.24%
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
92.38%
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. stock logo
WCG
WellCare Health Plans
88.61%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
0.36%
Elevance Health, Inc. stock logo
ELV
Elevance Health
0.29%
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
0.37%
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. stock logo
WCG
WellCare Health Plans
0.72%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Centene Corporation stock logo
CNC
Centene
60,500491.13 million489.37 millionOptionable
Elevance Health, Inc. stock logo
ELV
Elevance Health
104,200225.18 million224.53 millionOptionable
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
65,680120.27 million120.25 millionOptionable
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. stock logo
WCG
WellCare Health Plans
12,00050.33 millionN/AOptionable

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Centene stock logo

Centene NYSE:CNC

$25.92 -0.15 (-0.58%)
Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$25.89 -0.03 (-0.12%)
As of 08/1/2025 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.

Elevance Health stock logo

Elevance Health NYSE:ELV

$274.10 -8.98 (-3.17%)
Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$274.54 +0.44 (+0.16%)
As of 08/1/2025 07:59 PM Eastern
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Elevance Health, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a health benefits company in the United States. The company operates through four segments: Health Benefits, CarelonRx, Carelon Services, and Corporate & Other. It offers a variety of health plans and services to program members; health products; an array of fee-based administrative managed care services; and specialty and other insurance products and services, such as stop loss, dental, vision, life, disability, and supplemental health insurance benefits. The company operates in the pharmacy services business; and markets and offers pharmacy services, including pharmacy benefit management, as well as home delivery and specialty pharmacies, claims adjudication, formulary management, pharmacy networks, rebate administration, a prescription drug database, and member services. In addition, it provides healthcare-related services and capabilities, including utilization management, behavioral health, integrated care delivery, palliative care, payment integrity services, subrogation services, and health and wellness programs, as well as services related to data management, information technology, and business operations. Further, the company is involved in the National Government Services business. The company provides its services under the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Wellpoint, and Carelon brand names. The company was formerly known as Anthem, Inc. and changed its name to Elevance Health, Inc. in June 2022. Elevance Health, Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Humana stock logo

Humana NYSE:HUM

$247.19 -2.68 (-1.07%)
Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$247.28 +0.09 (+0.03%)
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Humana Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides medical and specialty insurance products in the United States. It operates through two segments, Insurance and CenterWell. The company offers medical and supplemental benefit plans to individuals. It has a contract with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to administer the Limited Income Newly Eligible Transition prescription drug plan program; and contracts with various states to provide Medicaid, dual eligible, and long-term support services benefits. In addition, the company provides commercial fully-insured medical and specialty health insurance benefits comprising dental, vision, life insurance, and other supplemental health benefits, as well as administrative services only products to individuals and employer groups; military services, such as TRICARE T2017 East Region contract; and engages in the operations of pharmacy benefit manager business. Further, it operates pharmacies and senior focused primary care centers; and offers home solutions services, such as home health, hospice, and other services to its health plan members, as well as to third parties. The company sells its products through employers and employees, independent brokers and agents, sales representatives, and digital insurance agencies. The company was formerly known as Extendicare Inc. and changed its name to Humana Inc. in April 1974. Humana Inc. was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.

WellCare Health Plans stock logo

WellCare Health Plans NYSE:WCG

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. provides government-sponsored managed care services. The company operates in three segments: Medicaid Health Plans, Medicare Health Plans, and Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs). The Medicaid Health Plans segment offers plans for beneficiaries of temporary assistance for needy families, supplemental security income, and aged blind and disabled residents; and other state-based programs, such as children's health insurance programs and long-term services and supports programs for qualifying families who are not eligible for Medicaid. The Medicare Health Plans segment provides Medicare, a federal program that provides eligible persons aged 65 and over, as well as some disabled persons with a range of hospital, medical, and prescription drug benefits; Medicare Advantage, a Medicare's managed care alternative to the original Medicare program, which offers individuals standard Medicare benefits directly through Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; and coordinated care plans that are administered through health maintenance organizations and require members to seek health care services and select a primary care physician from a network of health care providers. The Medicare PDPs segment provides Medicare part D PDP plans to Medicare-eligible beneficiaries. Its PDP plans offer national in-network prescription drug coverage, including a preferred pharmacy network. As of December 31, 2018, the company served approximately 5.5 million members in the United States. WellCare Health Plans, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.