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$33.06 -0.25 (-0.75%)
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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

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

In the previous week, Centene had 43 more articles in the media than Elevance Health. MarketBeat recorded 102 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 news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Centene
18 Very Positive mention(s)
12 Positive mention(s)
32 Neutral mention(s)
22 Negative mention(s)
9 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Elevance Health
22 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
29 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
Centene2.04% 14.56% 4.75%
Elevance Health 3.23%18.61%6.80%

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

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

93.6% of Centene shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.2% of Elevance Health shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Centene shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Elevance Health shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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
Centene$169.28B0.10$3.31B$6.714.93
Elevance Health$177.01B0.44$5.98B$25.6313.53

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$16.58B$42.60B$5.52B$20.71B
Dividend YieldN/A111.92%5.24%3.72%
P/E Ratio4.939.2627.2627.80
Price / Sales0.101.35381.2547.18
Price / Cash3.379.2226.2118.22
Price / Book0.632.697.944.59
Net Income$3.31B$2.64B$3.17B$982.91M
7 Day Performance-41.67%-9.63%1.80%0.65%
1 Month Performance-40.07%-13.28%1.28%4.26%
1 Year Performance-50.07%-31.20%33.57%13.93%

Centene Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNC
Centene
4.9692 of 5 stars
$33.06
-0.8%
$68.87
+108.3%
-50.2%$16.58B$169.28B4.9360,500Trending News
High Trading Volume
ELV
Elevance Health
4.9684 of 5 stars
$389.42
+2.1%
$498.87
+28.1%
-34.6%$87.98B$183.12B15.19102,300Trending News
MOH
Molina Healthcare
4.9831 of 5 stars
$297.09
+0.0%
$364.21
+22.6%
-20.5%$16.10B$40.65B14.3518,000Trending News
SEM
Select Medical
5 of 5 stars
$15.19
-0.5%
$26.00
+71.2%
-58.9%$1.95B$5.19B11.3444,100Positive News
CI
Cigna Group
4.9569 of 5 stars
$330.12
+1.2%
$380.39
+15.2%
-1.8%$88.19B$254.47B18.2871,300Positive News
High Trading Volume
HUM
Humana
4.6169 of 5 stars
$244.30
+1.0%
$280.76
+14.9%
-35.7%$29.49B$120.26B17.2867,100
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
4.9985 of 5 stars
$311.89
+0.9%
$415.57
+33.2%
-37.8%$282.93B$400.28B13.06400,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
JYNT
Joint
3.0088 of 5 stars
$11.54
+1.1%
$15.50
+34.3%
-11.1%$176.60M$52.79M-19.90320News Coverage
AEMD
Aethlon Medical
2.4842 of 5 stars
$1.20
-4.0%
$56.00
+4,566.7%
-67.5%$3.11M$570K-0.0910News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
BMY
Bristol Myers Squibb
4.8983 of 5 stars
$46.35
flat
$58.00
+25.1%
+17.2%$94.33B$48.30B17.3634,300Positive News
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.8111 of 5 stars
$383.21
+1.0%
$395.71
+3.3%
+18.2%$92.19B$70.60B17.04294,000Positive News
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