Wall Street predicts Centene Corp (CNC) stock to surge by 49.89%

Centene Corp [CNC] stock prices are up 1.12% to $60.71 at the moment. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The CNC shares have gain 2.31% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 4.38%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Centene Corp [NYSE: CNC] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on February 06, 2025, when Argus downgraded its rating to a Hold. On December 13, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $80 on the stock. Jefferies downgraded its rating to a Underperform and decreased its price target to $52 on December 10, 2024. Jefferies downgraded its rating to a Hold and reduced its price target to $69 on July 24, 2024. Robert W. Baird started tracking with a Neutral rating for this stock on May 30, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $83. In a note dated March 21, 2024, Stephens downgraded an Equal-Weight rating on this stock and revised its target price from $92 to $85.

The stock price of Centene Corp [CNC] has been fluctuating between $55.03 and $80.59 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $91 within the next 12 months. Centene Corp [NYSE: CNC] shares were valued at $60.71 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 49.89% based on the average CNC price forecast.

Analyzing the CNC fundamentals

The Centene Corp [NYSE:CNC] reported sales of 163.07B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 3.41%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.13% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.02%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.03%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.02%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.12 and Total Capital is 0.07. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.74.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 59.91 points at the first support level, and at 59.11 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 61.30, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 61.90.

Ratios To Look Out For

It’s worth pointing out that Centene Corp [NYSE:CNC]’s Current Ratio is 1.11. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.18, the price to book ratio is 1.14 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 9.72.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved FASOLA KENNETH J, Officer, that happened on Mar 21 ’25 when 8500.0 shares were purchased. Director, Greco Thomas completed a deal on Dec 18 ’24 to buy 17000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Dallas H James bought 1693.0 shares on Dec 16 ’24.

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