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Centene Corporation (CNC), headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri, operates as a healthcare enterprise that provides programs and services to under-insured and uninsured families, and commercial organizations. Valued at $16.1 billion by market cap, the company’s specialty services include medicaid and medicare health plans, treatment compliance, and nurse triage. The largest Medicaid managed care organization is expected to announce its fiscal first-quarter earnings for 2026 before the market opens on Tuesday, Apr. 28.
Ahead of the event, analysts expect CNC to report a profit of $1.88 per share on a diluted basis, down 35.2% from $2.90 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company beat the consensus estimates in three of the last four quarters while missing the forecast on another occasion.
