CNC faces both risk and reward from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act as Medicaid cuts collide with digital reform gains.
CNC plunges 57% YTD after its first quarterly loss in over a decade, with analysts slashing 2025 earnings outlook by 70%.
CNC has offered FY2025 adj EPS range at between $1.25 (-82.5% YoY) and $1.75 (-75.5% YoY), as medical costs rise drastically and higher morbidity sign-ups replace a healthier base. These have directly triggered the drastically lower consensus forward estimates, with the healthcare providers expected to report impacted, new normal profit margins. Despite so, readers must note that CNC is already engaging on risk mitigation while driving improved profitability through rate adjustments from 2026 onwards.
Centene's Q2 results were ugly but better than feared, with losses largely expected and a visible path to recovery emerging. Management is aggressively addressing ACA and Medicaid margin pressures, with rate adjustments and reratings expected to restore profitability by 2026. Valuation remains highly attractive, trading at under 7x PE, offering potential for the stock to double as earnings rebound and multiples normalize.
Centene (NYSE:CNC) recently reported a surprise loss of $0.16 per share for Q2, significantly missing analyst expectations of $0.23 per share. This downturn is primarily attributed to a continued increase in medical costs for government-backed insurance plans, evidenced by a 540 basis point year-over-year surge in its health benefit ratio to 93% in Q2.
Centene Corporation (NYSE:CNC ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call July 25, 2025 8:30 AM ET Company Participants a - Corporate Participant v - Corporate Participant Andrew Lynn Asher - Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Lynch Gilligan - Senior Vice President of Investor Relations Sarah M. London - CEO & Director Conference Call Participants Albert J.
CNC reports rare Q2 loss amid surging medical costs, lower investment and other income despite strong revenue growth.
Centene Corp (NYSE:CNC) stock is 3.9% higher to trade at $27.75 this morning, even after the managed healthcare company reported an adjusted second-quarter loss of 16 cents per share, steeper than the 11 cents per share projected.
Centene (CNC) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.16 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.68. This compares to earnings of $2.42 per share a year ago.
Health insurer Centene reported a $253 million loss in its second quarter as the provider of government-subsidized benefits struggles to manage costs of its health plan members.
Centene's stock extends its record monthly selloff after the health insurer reported a surprise quarterly loss as benefit payouts exceed expectations.
The company reported a surprise quarterly loss, the latest blow for the embattled health insurance industry.