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How Centene Corporation stacks up
CNC · against 81 other Healthcare companies of similar size
Profitability
27/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #76 of 82 · scores higher than 7% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score3 peers with a profitability score of 20–29, including CNC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 27?
Weighted metrics compared with all Healthcare companies.Mainly because of its return on invested capital, return on assets and operating margin, which are weaker than most Healthcare peers.
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 83% of peers. Return on invested capital: -30.7% vs peer median 4.7%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 72% of peers. Return on assets: -6.1% vs peer median 1.7%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 70% of peers. Operating margin: -2.8% vs peer median 7.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = CNC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | CNC | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 79 reported | -30.7% | 12.2% | 5% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 80 reported | -2.8% | 19.5% | 6% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 79 reported | -6.1% | 6.8% | 6% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 75 reported | -20.4% | 12.9% | 3% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 82 reported | 11.4% | 59.5% | 4% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CNC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17.9B USD | 99 | 76 | |
| 1 | 52.9B USD | 99 | 57 | |
| 3 | 8.24T JPY (≈$56.0B) | 98 | 75 | |
| 3 | 23.8B USD | 98 | 84 | |
| 5 | 193.6B HKD (≈$24.8B) | 97 | 78 | |
| 72 | 50.2B USD | 50 | 49 | |
| 73 | 45.2B USD | 43 | 46 | |
| 74 | 66.3B USD | 37 | 30 | |
| 75 | 21.7B USD | 31 | 32 | |
| 76 | 33.3B USD | 27 | 24 | |
| 77 | 56.0B USD | 26 | 39 | |
| 78 | 21.8B USD | 24 | 32 | |
| 79 | 23.5B USD | 14 | 27 | |
| 79 | 22.8B USD | 14 | 38 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score