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Centene

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Analyst Ratings

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Consensus Rating1
Neutral
Highest Price Target1
$110.00
Lowest Price Target1
$70.00
Consensus Price Target1
$89.84

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Centene (NYSE:CNC) Stock, Analyst Ratings, Price Targets, Forecasts

Centene Corp has a consensus price target of $89.84 based on the ratings of 32 analysts. The high is $110 issued by Oppenheimer on June 21, 2024. The low is $70 issued by Credit Suisse on September 14, 2021. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by Wells Fargo, Truist Securities, and Jefferies on July 22, 2024, July 15, 2024, and July 11, 2024, respectively. With an average price target of $84.33 between Wells Fargo, Truist Securities, and Jefferies, there's an implied 25.87% upside for Centene Corp from these most-recent analyst ratings.

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Analyst Firms Making Recommendations1

Wells Fargo
Truist Securities
Jefferies
JP Morgan
Oppenheimer

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Analyst Ratings for Centene

Buy NowGet Alert
07/22/2024Buy Now20.9%Wells Fargo
Stephen Baxter
$93 → $81MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
07/15/2024Buy Now32.84%Truist Securities
Ryan MacDonald
$92 → $89MaintainsBuyGet Alert
07/11/2024Buy Now23.88%Jefferies
David Windley
$90 → $83MaintainsBuyGet Alert
07/10/2024Buy Now19.4%JP Morgan
Calvin Sternick
$85 → $80MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
06/21/2024Buy Now64.18%Oppenheimer
Michael Wiederhorn
$110 → $110ReiteratesOutperform → OutperformGet Alert
06/12/2024Buy Now34.33%Cantor Fitzgerald
Sarah James
$90 → $90ReiteratesOverweight → OverweightGet Alert
05/30/2024Buy Now23.88%Stephens & Co.
Scott Fidel
$83 → $83ReiteratesEqual-Weight → Equal-WeightGet Alert
05/30/2024Buy Now23.88%Baird
Michael Ha
 → $83Initiates → NeutralGet Alert
05/02/2024Buy Now55.22%Barclays
Andrew Mok
$101 → $104MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
04/30/2024Buy Now22.39%Deutsche Bank
George Hill
$81 → $82MaintainsHoldGet Alert
04/29/2024Buy Now64.18%Oppenheimer
Michael Wiederhorn
$110 → $110MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
04/15/2024Buy Now38.81%Wells Fargo
Stephen Baxter
$89 → $93MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
04/08/2024Buy Now32.84%Wells Fargo
Stephen Baxter
$94 → $89MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
04/04/2024Buy Now34.33%Cantor Fitzgerald
Sarah James
 → $90ReiteratesOverweight → OverweightGet Alert
03/25/2024Buy Now26.87%Stephens & Co.
Scott Fidel
$92 → $85DowngradeOverweight → Equal-WeightGet Alert
03/21/2024Buy Now26.87%Stephens & Co.
Scott Fidel
$92 → $85DowngradeOverweight → Equal-WeightGet Alert
03/20/2024Buy Now40.3%Wells Fargo
Stephen Baxter
$90 → $94MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
03/06/2024Buy Now50.75%Barclays
Andrew Mok
 → $101Initiates → OverweightGet Alert
01/02/2024Buy Now34.33%Wells Fargo
Stephen Baxter
$82 → $90UpgradeEqual-Weight → OverweightGet Alert
12/21/2023Buy Now28.36%Truist Securities
Ryan MacDonald
$83 → $86MaintainsBuyGet Alert
12/21/2023Buy Now17.91%UBS
Kevin Caliendo
$72 → $79MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
12/15/2023Buy Now34.33%Cantor Fitzgerald
Sarah James
$82 → $90MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
12/13/2023Buy Now22.39%Wells Fargo
Stephen Baxter
$74 → $82MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
11/21/2023Buy Now22.39%Cantor Fitzgerald
Sarah James
 → $82ReiteratesOverweight → OverweightGet Alert
10/26/2023Buy Now10.45%Wells Fargo
Stephen Baxter
$71 → $74MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
10/09/2023Buy Now20.9%Jefferies
David Windley
$82 → $81MaintainsBuyGet Alert
09/14/2023Buy Now22.39%Cantor Fitzgerald
Sarah James
 → $82ReiteratesOverweight → OverweightGet Alert
09/05/2023Buy Now7.46%B of A Securities
Kevin Fischbeck
$79 → $72UpgradeUnderperform → NeutralGet Alert
08/30/2023Buy Now8.96%Morgan Stanley
Ricky Goldwasser
$94 → $73DowngradeOverweight → Equal-WeightGet Alert
07/31/2023Buy Now64.18%Oppenheimer
Michael Wiederhorn
 → $110ReiteratesOutperform → OutperformGet Alert
07/31/2023Buy Now26.87%Barclays
Steve Valiquette
$86 → $85MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
07/14/2023Buy Now40.3%Morgan Stanley
Ricky Goldwasser
$94 → $94ReiteratesOverweight → OverweightGet Alert
07/12/2023Buy Now—Wolfe Research
Justin Lake
—DowngradeOutperform → Peer PerformGet Alert
07/11/2023Buy Now13.43%Mizuho
Ann Hynes
$80 → $76MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
07/07/2023Buy Now14.93%JP Morgan
Calvin Sternick
$81 → $77MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
06/20/2023Buy Now23.88%Truist Securities
Ryan MacDonald
$88 → $83MaintainsBuyGet Alert
06/20/2023Buy Now7.46%UBS
Kevin Caliendo
 → $72Initiates → NeutralGet Alert
05/26/2023Buy Now64.18%Oppenheimer
Michael Wiederhorn
 → $110ReiteratesOutperform → OutperformGet Alert
05/26/2023Buy Now29.85%Stephens & Co.
Scott Fidel
 → $87ReiteratesOverweight → OverweightGet Alert
04/26/2023Buy Now31.34%Truist Securities
Ryan MacDonald
$95 → $88MaintainsBuyGet Alert
04/26/2023Buy Now29.85%Stephens & Co.
Scott Fidel
$95 → $87MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
04/26/2023Buy Now29.85%Credit Suisse
A.J. Rice
$94 → $87MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
04/26/2023Buy Now28.36%Barclays
Steve Valiquette
$90 → $86MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
04/21/2023Buy Now19.4%Cantor Fitzgerald
Sarah James
 → $80Initiates → OverweightGet Alert
04/11/2023Buy Now34.33%Barclays
Steve Valiquette
$93 → $90MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
03/21/2023Buy Now5.97%Wells Fargo
Stephen Baxter
$79 → $71MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
03/09/2023Buy Now40.3%Morgan Stanley
Ricky Goldwasser
$103 → $94MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
03/08/2023Buy Now17.91%Deutsche Bank
George Hill
$94 → $79DowngradeBuy → HoldGet Alert
02/28/2023Buy Now19.4%Mizuho
Ann Hynes
$92 → $80MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
02/23/2023Buy Now34.33%JP Morgan
Calvin Sternick
$94 → $90DowngradeOverweight → NeutralGet Alert
02/14/2023Buy Now44.78%Cowen & Co.
Gary Taylor
$101 → $97MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
02/09/2023Buy Now25.37%Goldman Sachs
Jonathan Atkin
$97 → $84MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
02/08/2023Buy Now10.45%Goldman Sachs
Jonathan Atkin
$97 → $74MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
02/08/2023Buy Now40.3%JP Morgan
Calvin Sternick
$98 → $94MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
02/08/2023Buy Now37.31%Mizuho
Ann Hynes
 → $92MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
02/08/2023Buy Now38.81%Barclays
Steve Valiquette
$100 → $93MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
01/06/2023Buy Now46.27%JP Morgan
Lisa Gill
$103 → $98MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
12/19/2022Buy Now58.21%Credit Suisse
Jonathan Yong
$104 → $106MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
12/13/2022Buy Now26.87%B of A Securities
Kevin Fischbeck
$100 → $85DowngradeNeutral → UnderperformGet Alert
10/03/2022Buy Now49.25%Barclays
Steve Valiquette
$107 → $100MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
09/30/2022Buy Now34.33%Argus Research
John Staszak
 → $90Initiates → BuyGet Alert
08/26/2022Buy Now47.76%Wells Fargo
Stephen Baxter
 → $99DowngradeOverweight → Equal-WeightGet Alert
07/28/2022Buy Now59.7%Barclays
Steven Valiquette
 → $107Reinstates → OverweightGet Alert
07/27/2022Buy Now37.31%Mizuho
Ann Hynes
$84 → $92MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
07/27/2022Buy Now55.22%Credit Suisse
A.J. Rice
$97 → $104MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
07/14/2022Buy Now52.24%Truist Securities
David Macdonald
$100 → $102MaintainsBuyGet Alert
07/14/2022Buy Now71.64%Jefferies
David Windley
$82 → $115UpgradeHold → BuyGet Alert
06/23/2022Buy Now53.73%Morgan Stanley
Ricky Goldwasser
$112 → $103MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
06/22/2022Buy Now35.82%Deutsche Bank
George Hill
$88 → $91MaintainsBuyGet Alert
06/21/2022Buy Now31.34%Credit Suisse
A.J. Rice
$86 → $88UpgradeNeutral → OutperformGet Alert
06/17/2022Buy Now49.25%Loop Capital
Joseph France
 → $100Initiates → BuyGet Alert
05/27/2022Buy Now61.19%Bernstein
Lance Wilkes
 → $108Reinstates → OutperformGet Alert
05/26/2022Buy Now34.33%B of A Securities
Kevin Fischbeck
$95 → $90DowngradeBuy → NeutralGet Alert
05/25/2022Buy Now41.79%Wells Fargo
Stephen Baxter
$96 → $95MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
04/27/2022Buy Now67.16%Morgan Stanley
Ricky Goldwasser
$109 → $112MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
02/09/2022Buy Now31.34%Deutsche Bank
George Hill
$84 → $88MaintainsBuyGet Alert
02/09/2022Buy Now25.37%Mizuho
Ann Hynes
$78 → $84MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
01/07/2022Buy Now41.79%Barclays
Steve Valiquette
 → $95Reinstates → OverweightGet Alert
12/17/2021Buy Now62.69%Morgan Stanley——MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
12/14/2021Buy Now23.88%Goldman Sachs
Nathan Rice
—Initiates → NeutralGet Alert
12/13/2021Buy Now49.25%BMO Capital
Matt Borsch
—MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
12/13/2021Buy Now41.79%Oppenheimer
Michael Wiederhorn
—MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
12/13/2021Buy Now34.33%Wells Fargo
Stephen Baxter
—MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
12/13/2021Buy Now28.36%Credit Suisse——MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
10/27/2021Buy Now28.36%Morgan Stanley
Ricky Goldwasser
—MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
10/27/2021Buy Now11.94%Credit Suisse
Jonathan Yong
—MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
09/14/2021Buy Now17.91%Morgan Stanley
Ricky Goldwasser
—MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
09/14/2021Buy Now4.48%Credit Suisse
Jonathan Yon
—MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
08/31/2021Buy Now31.34%Morgan Stanley
Craig Hettenbach
—MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
08/03/2021Buy Now31.34%Wells Fargo
Stephen Baxter
—MaintainsOverweightGet Alert

FAQ

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What is the target price for Centene (CNC) stock?

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The latest price target for Centene (NYSE:CNC) was reported by Wells Fargo on July 22, 2024. The analyst firm set a price target for $81.00 expecting CNC to rise to within 12 months (a possible 20.90% upside). 31 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.

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What is the most recent analyst rating for Centene (CNC)?

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The latest analyst rating for Centene (NYSE:CNC) was provided by Wells Fargo, and Centene maintained their overweight rating.

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When was the last upgrade for Centene (CNC)?

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The last upgrade for Centene Corp happened on January 2, 2024 when Wells Fargo raised their price target to $90. Wells Fargo previously had an equal-weight for Centene Corp.

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When was the last downgrade for Centene (CNC)?

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The last downgrade for Centene Corp happened on March 25, 2024 when Stephens & Co. changed their price target from $92 to $85 for Centene Corp.

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When is the next analyst rating going to be posted or updated for Centene (CNC)?

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Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of Centene, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for Centene was filed on July 22, 2024 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around July 22, 2025.

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Is the Analyst Rating Centene (CNC) correct?

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While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Centene (CNC) rating was a maintained with a price target of $93.00 to $81.00. The current price Centene (CNC) is trading at is $67.00, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.

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