TTM
-3.3%
YoY change
−5.45pp
Trough year (1999)
-4.7%
Peak year (2002)
5.6%
Latest annual
-3.4%
Net Profit Margin history chart for Centene (CNC) from 1999 to 2025
Latest: -3.4%
Net Profit Margin change chart for Centene (CNC) from 1999 to 2025
Latest: −5.45pp
Net Profit Margin history table for Centene (CNC) from 1999 to 2025
| 2025 | -3.4% | -5.45pp | ||
| 2024 | 2.0% | +0.27pp | ||
| 2023 | 1.8% | +0.92pp | ||
| 2022 | 0.8% | -0.24pp | ||
| 2021 | 1.1% | -0.56pp | ||
| 2020 | 1.6% | -0.14pp | ||
| 2019 | 1.8% | +0.27pp | ||
| 2018 | 1.5% | -0.21pp | ||
| 2017 | 1.7% | +0.33pp | ||
| 2016 | 1.4% | -0.18pp | ||
| 2015 | 1.6% | -0.08pp | ||
| 2014 | 1.6% | +0.12pp | ||
| 2013 | 1.5% | +1.50pp | ||
| 2012 | 0.0% | -2.11pp | ||
| 2011 | 2.1% | +0.00pp | ||
| 2010 | 2.1% | +0.09pp | ||
| 2009 | 2.0% | -0.44pp | ||
| 2008 | 2.5% | -0.17pp | ||
| 2007 | 2.7% | +4.57pp | ||
| 2006 | -1.9% | -5.61pp | ||
| 2005 | 3.7% | -0.73pp | ||
| 2004 | 4.4% | +0.10pp | ||
| 2003 | 4.3% | -1.23pp | ||
| 2002 | 5.6% | +1.60pp | ||
| 2001 | 3.9% | +0.46pp | ||
| 2000 | 3.5% | +8.16pp | ||
| 1999 | -4.7% | — |
- 2025-3.4%-5.45pp
- 20242.0%+0.27pp
- 20231.8%+0.92pp
- 20220.8%-0.24pp
- 20211.1%-0.56pp
- 20201.6%-0.14pp
- 20191.8%+0.27pp
- 20181.5%-0.21pp
- 20171.7%+0.33pp
- 20161.4%-0.18pp
- 20151.6%-0.08pp
- 20141.6%+0.12pp
- 20131.5%+1.50pp
- 20120.0%-2.11pp
- 20112.1%+0.00pp
- 20102.1%+0.09pp
- 20092.0%-0.44pp
- 20082.5%-0.17pp
- 20072.7%+4.57pp
- 2006-1.9%-5.61pp
- 20053.7%-0.73pp
- 20044.4%+0.10pp
- 20034.3%-1.23pp
- 20025.6%+1.60pp
- 20013.9%+0.46pp
- 20003.5%+8.16pp
- 1999-4.7%—
Net Profit Margin values are taken from Centene's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Net Profit Margin at Centene (CNC)
According to Centene's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported net margin is -3.3%. Net profit margin is net income divided by revenue — the bottom-line share of each sales dollar that remains after all costs, including operating expenses, interest, and taxes. It is the most comprehensive profitability ratio, though it can swing on one-off items, so read it alongside the multi-year trend below.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of Centene (CNC) net margin is -3.43% – contracted 5.5 percentage points year-over-year.
The highest annual net margin of 5.55% was reported in 2002. The lowest in the available history was -4.67% in 1999.
Centene Net Profit Margin by Year
Centene Net Profit Margin 2025: -3.4%
2025's net margin for Centene came in at -3.43%, contracted 5.5 percentage points from 2024.
Centene Net Profit Margin 2024: 2.0%
Centene posted net margin of 2.03% in 2024, expanded 0.3 percentage points from 2023.
Centene Net Profit Margin 2023: 1.8%
In 2023, Centene reported net margin of 1.75%, expanded 0.9 percentage points from 2022.
Centene Net Profit Margin 2022: 0.8%
Centene net margin in 2022 was 0.83%, contracted 0.2 percentage points from 2021.
Centene Net Profit Margin 2021: 1.1%
Centene net margin in 2021 was 1.07%.
See more financial history for Centene (CNC).
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| 37.2% | |
| 35.0% | |
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| 17.2% | |
| 13.6% | |
| 5.8% | |
| 2.7% |
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