
Centene Corporation operates as a diversified and multi-national healthcare enterprise that provides programs and services to under-insured and uninsured individuals in the United States. It operates through two segments, Managed Care and Specialty Services. The Managed Care segment offers health plan coverage to individuals through government subsidized programs, including Medicaid, the State children's health insurance program, long-term care, foster care, and dual eligible individual, as well as aged, blind, or disabled programs. Its health plans include primary and specialty physician care, inpatient and outpatient hospital care, emergency and urgent care, prenatal care, laboratory and X-ray services, home-based primary care, transportation assistance, vision care, dental care, immunizations, prescriptions and limited over-the-counter drugs, specialty pharmacy, therapies, social work services, and care coordination. The Specialty Services segment provides pharmacy benefits management services; health, triage, wellness, and disease management services; vision and dental services; correctional healthcare services; home based primary care services; and integrated long-term care services, as well as care management software that automate the clinical, administrative, and technical components of care management programs. This segment offers its services and products to state programs, correctional facilities, healthcare organizations, employer groups, military service members and their families, and other commercial organizations. The company provides its services through primary and specialty care physicians, hospitals, and ancillary providers. Centene Corporation was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.
Industry, Sector and Symbol
Industry Hospital & medical service plans
Sub-IndustryManaged Health Care
SectorMedical
SymbolNYSE:CNC
CUSIP15135B10
Phone314-725-4477
Debt
Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.68%
Current Ratio0.93%
Quick Ratio0.93%
Price-To-Earnings
Trailing P/E Ratio21.99
Forward P/E Ratio15.39
P/E Growth1.05
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$48.38 billion
Price / Sales0.40
Cash Flow$7.2449 per share
Price / Cash15.27
Book Value$39.78 per share
Price / Book2.78
Profitability
EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$5.03
Net Income$828 million
Net Margins1.71%
Return on Equity13.68%
Return on Assets4.08%
Miscellaneous
Employees33,700
Outstanding Shares175,270,000