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CNC vs. ELV, MOH, SEM, CI, HUM, UNH, JYNT, AEMD, BMY, and HCA

Should you be buying Centene stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centene include Elevance Health (ELV), Molina Healthcare (MOH), Select Medical (SEM), Cigna Group (CI), Humana (HUM), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Joint (JYNT), Aethlon Medical (AEMD), Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY), and HCA Healthcare (HCA). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Centene vs. Its Competitors

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

Elevance Health has a net margin of 3.23% compared to Centene's net margin of 2.04%. Elevance Health's return on equity of 18.61% beat Centene's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Elevance Health3.23% 18.61% 6.80%
Centene 2.04%14.56%4.75%

In the previous week, Centene had 39 more articles in the media than Elevance Health. MarketBeat recorded 98 mentions for Centene and 59 mentions for Elevance Health. Elevance Health's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Centene's score of -0.06 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
23 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
28 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Centene
16 Very Positive mention(s)
12 Positive mention(s)
30 Neutral mention(s)
22 Negative mention(s)
9 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Elevance Health currently has a consensus price target of $498.87, indicating a potential upside of 43.87%. Centene has a consensus price target of $68.87, indicating a potential upside of 108.31%. 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)
4 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Centene
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.41

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Elevance Health$177.01B0.44$5.98B$25.6313.53
Centene$163.07B0.10$3.31B$6.714.93

89.2% of Elevance Health shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Centene shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Elevance Health shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Centene shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Elevance Health has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centene has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Elevance Health beats Centene on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CNC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CNC vs. The Competition

MetricCenteneMED IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$16.45B$41.90B$5.45B$20.45B
Dividend YieldN/A111.92%5.22%3.72%
P/E Ratio4.939.2627.2427.83
Price / Sales0.101.35426.3746.02
Price / Cash3.379.2226.2118.22
Price / Book0.632.697.924.59
Net Income$3.31B$2.64B$3.17B$982.91M
7 Day Performance-39.03%-8.25%4.40%1.73%
1 Month Performance-40.07%-13.28%2.64%4.26%
1 Year Performance-50.19%-31.50%35.04%14.35%

Centene Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNC
Centene
4.9699 of 5 stars
$33.06
-0.8%
$68.87
+108.3%
-49.9%$16.45B$163.07B4.9360,500Trending News
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
ELV
Elevance Health
4.966 of 5 stars
$389.42
+2.1%
$498.87
+28.1%
-34.2%$87.98B$183.12B15.19102,300
MOH
Molina Healthcare
4.9822 of 5 stars
$297.09
+0.0%
$364.21
+22.6%
-18.3%$16.10B$40.65B14.3518,000Trending News
SEM
Select Medical
5 of 5 stars
$15.19
-0.5%
$26.00
+71.2%
-57.7%$1.95B$5.19B11.3444,100Positive News
CI
Cigna Group
4.9529 of 5 stars
$330.12
+1.2%
$380.39
+15.2%
+0.1%$88.19B$254.47B18.2871,300High Trading Volume
HUM
Humana
4.6257 of 5 stars
$244.30
+1.0%
$280.76
+14.9%
-35.3%$29.49B$120.26B17.2867,100Positive News
Analyst Revision
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
4.9977 of 5 stars
$311.89
+0.9%
$415.57
+33.2%
-36.7%$282.93B$400.28B13.06400,000Positive News
JYNT
Joint
3.006 of 5 stars
$11.54
+1.1%
$15.50
+34.3%
-11.5%$176.60M$52.79M-19.90320News Coverage
AEMD
Aethlon Medical
2.2815 of 5 stars
$1.20
-4.0%
$56.00
+4,566.7%
-64.8%$3.11M$570K-0.0910Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
BMY
Bristol Myers Squibb
4.9375 of 5 stars
$46.35
flat
$58.00
+25.1%
+18.5%$94.33B$48.30B17.3634,300Positive News
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.8162 of 5 stars
$383.21
+1.0%
$395.71
+3.3%
+16.4%$92.19B$70.60B17.04294,000Positive News
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This page (NYSE:CNC) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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