Company data sheet · Centene
Centene: growth far beyond its economy.
- Industry
- Hospital & Medical Service Plans
- Headquarters
- United States
- Ticker
- CNC (NYSE)
- Sources
- SEC filings (2001–2026), Stratrix's verified Decision Cases, market data and official economic statistics for the United States
- Data as of
- October 18, 2026
- It outgrew its own economy many times over. Revenue rose from $40.6 billion in 2016 to $195 billion in 2025: 4.8 times as much. The US economy, counted the same way in money terms, grew about 60%. Whatever drove it, the economy around it does not account for growth of that size.
- Ahead of almost everyone like it. From 2016 to 2025, its revenue grew 380% in US dollars; the median among 86 large financial companies grew 83%. It outgrew 93% of them.
- Leaders came and went. Centene filed 47 leadership changes since 2016, more than 97% of large financial companies (the median is 14). The day after each, its shares moved a median 0.2 points against its sector. The news was rarely news.
Financial results
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $40.6 billion | $0.6 billion | |
| 2017 | $48.4 billion | $0.8 billion | |
| 2018 | $60.1 billion | $0.9 billion | |
| 2019 | $74.6 billion | $1.3 billion | |
| 2020 | $111 billion | $1.8 billion | |
| 2021 | $126 billion | $1.3 billion | |
| 2022 | $145 billion | $1.2 billion | |
| 2023 | $154 billion | $2.7 billion | |
| 2024 | $163 billion | $3.3 billion | |
| 2025 | $195 billion | −$6.7 billion |
As reported in its annual filings. Losses in red.
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- Market reaction to disclosed decisions: 79 decision filings since 2016, each linked to the SEC, with the share return against its sector and the S&P 500 the next day and the next year (52 with market data).
- Economic context: 7 measures for the United States, every year since 2016, from the official sources.
- Peer comparison: against 125 companies of its size in its sector.
- Financial results: ten years of revenue, operating and net income, and every annual report, linked.
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