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CNC highlights margin recovery, stronger Marketplace results and raised 2026 EPS outlook as cost discipline supports profitability gains.

Moby summary of Centene Corporation's Q2 2026 earnings call

Sarah London discusses margin expansion and dual-eligible Medicare focus.

Centene Corp (CNC) raises full-year EPS guidance amid robust performance, despite challenges in Medicaid membership and regulatory changes.

Centene (NYSE:CNC) raised its full-year 2026 adjusted earnings outlook after reporting second-quarter results that exceeded its prior expectations, supported by Marketplace risk-adjustment developments, stronger Medicare performance and continued progress on Medicaid rates. The company reported adj

Although the revenue and EPS for Centene (CNC) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended June 2026, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

Centene (CNC) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +182.02% and +12.73%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Centene lifted its guidance for the year after revenue and profit growth in the second quarter were driven by strength in its core government-sponsored and individual healthcare lines.

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Health coverage company Centene (NYSE:CNC) will be reporting results this Tuesday before market open. Here’s what you need to know.

Elevance Health topped Q2 earnings estimates Wednesday, despite falling medical membership, but profit was boosted by one-time "below-the-line" factors and the full-year outlook was underwhelming. ELV stock tumbled, making it among the S&P 500's early laggards. Molina Healthcare, another S&P 500 managed care stock, joined Elevance among the biggest laggards performers in pre-market trading.

After a rocky start to the year, health insurer stocks have roared back. The insurers are trying to end a difficult cycle that began about three years ago, when healthcare use, and the costs to cover it, accelerated postpandemic. The fund’s top 10 holdings encompass six health insurers, three of which— UnitedHealth Group Aetna parent CVS Health and Elevance Health —comprise more than 40% of the fund.

Private-equity firm Warburg Pincus is near a deal to buy specialty-pharmacy company PantheRx Rare for over $7 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter. PantheRx Rare is owned by an investor consortium that includes private-equity firm General Atlantic. A deal could come together soon, the people said, cautioning that nothing is finalized and the timing could still slip.

Insurers want to do the same next year. “It is a stunning jump” when you add both years together, said Cynthia Cox, senior vice president at KFF, a health-research nonprofit. At the request of The Wall Street Journal, KFF analyzed the rate requests for the largest ACA plans by enrollment in 15 states where insurers’ 2027 filings have already become public, as well as the District of Columbia.

Centene is set to announce its second-quarter earnings next month, and Wall Street expects a high triple-digit surge in its profits.

Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading lower after a mixed start to trading on Monday, following the holiday-shortened week due to the Juneteenth Federal holiday. We may start to see some end-of-the-quarter reallocations and selling for Hedge funds, ETFs, and Mutual Funds this week, and today looks like a starting point. With most corporate buybacks ... Here Are Tuesday’s Best Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Centene, Darden Restaurants, Flutter Entertainment, GE Healthcare, IBM, Nike,

For the past few years, U.S. health insurers and their investors were hit from every direction. Patients flooded back to seek treatments after the pandemic, and Washington tightened the rules on Medicare Advantage. Medical costs are rising less than feared, the Trump administration has turned more generous, and the once-shunned sector is bouncing back.

Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading higher on the heels of the third straight day of stock declines, and there is growing apprehension that yields will go even higher and that inflation may as well. All of the major indices finished Tuesday lower, and with Q1 earnings all but over and the incoming economic data ... Here Are Wednesday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: BJ’s Wholesale Club, Centene, Cigna, Crown Castle, ETSY, Franco-Nevada, Humana, Ovintiv, X-Energy, and More

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Tuesday closed down -0.16%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.11%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.87%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) fell -0.16%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Greenlight Capital's David Einhorn pitched two investment ideas Tuesday at the Sohn Investment Conference that he says are undervalued beneficiaries of the artificial-intelligence boom: Centene: The managed-care company can use AI to speed up manually repetitive processes such as claims processing, Einhorn said.