Centene (CNC) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, CNC or ELV?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Centene	$154.00B	0.20	$2.70B	$5.76	10.43
Elevance Health	$171.34B	0.56	$5.99B	$27.43	14.96

Do analysts rate CNC or ELV?

Centene currently has a consensus price target of $83.92, indicating a potential upside of 39.73%. Elevance Health has a consensus price target of $539.20, indicating a potential upside of 31.39%. Given Centene's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Centene is more favorable than Elevance Health.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Centene	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Elevance Health	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81

Is CNC or ELV more profitable?

Elevance Health has a net margin of 3.68% compared to Centene's net margin of 1.90%. Elevance Health's return on equity of 19.56% beat Centene's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Centene	1.90%	13.32%	4.32%
Elevance Health	3.68%	19.56%	7.22%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CNC or ELV?

Centene received 180 more outperform votes than Elevance Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.40% of users gave Centene an outperform vote while only 67.26% of users gave Elevance Health an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Centene	Outperform Votes 1043 73.40%	Underperform Votes 378 26.60%
Elevance Health	Outperform Votes 863 67.26%	Underperform Votes 420 32.74%

Does the media prefer CNC or ELV?

In the previous week, Elevance Health had 10 more articles in the media than Centene. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Elevance Health and 19 mentions for Centene. Elevance Health's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Centene's score of 1.23 indicating that Elevance Health is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Centene	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Elevance Health	24 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, CNC or ELV?

Centene has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elevance Health has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CNC or ELV?

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

Summary

Elevance Health beats Centene on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.