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Centene Analyst Price Targets - Benzinga

Centene Analyst Price Targets

Wall Street analyst price targets and consensus rating for Centene (CNC).

Price Target Range — 9 Quarters

Analyst Consensus — 17 Analysts

8Buy

8Hold

1Sell

Consensus RatingBuy# Analysts17Avg. Consensus PT$66Upside to Avg. PT-7.0%

Rating Trend — Last 9 Months

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Date	Firm	Analyst	Action	Rating Change	Price Target
Aug 11, 2026	Argus Research	John Staszak	Upgrade	Hold→Buy	$80
Aug 4, 2026	JP Morgan	John Stansel	PT Raise	Neutral	$60→$67
Aug 3, 2026	Bernstein	Lance Wilkes	PT Raise	Outperform	$68→$79
Jul 29, 2026	Barclays	Andrew Mok	PT Raise	Overweight	$75→$80
Jul 29, 2026	Baird	Michael Ha	PT Raise	Neutral	$46→$66
Jul 14, 2026	TD Cowen	Ryan Langston	PT Raise	Hold	$47→$65
Jul 14, 2026	Truist Securities	David Macdonald	PT Raise	Buy	$71→$78
Jul 13, 2026	Wells Fargo	Stephen Baxter	PT Raise	Equal-Weight	$56→$69
Jul 9, 2026	RBC Capital	Ben Hendrix	PT Raise	Sector Perform	$70→$71
Jul 7, 2026	Cantor Fitzgerald	Sarah James	PT Raise	Overweight	$60→$75
Jun 23, 2026	RBC Capital	Ben Hendrix	Initiate	Sector Perform	$70
Jun 8, 2026	Mizuho	Ann Hynes	PT Raise	Neutral	$58→$63
Jun 8, 2026	JP Morgan	John Stansel	PT Raise	Neutral	$52→$60
Jun 4, 2026	B of A Securities	Kevin Fischbeck	PT Raise	Buy	$72→$74
Jun 4, 2026	Morgan Stanley	Ricky Goldwasser	PT Raise	Equal-Weight	$50→$57
Jun 1, 2026	Truist Securities	David Macdonald	PT Raise	Buy	$58→$71
May 26, 2026	Barclays	Andrew Mok	PT Raise	Overweight	$63→$75
May 22, 2026	UBS	A.J. Rice	PT Raise	Neutral	$55→$61
May 21, 2026	B of A Securities	Kevin Fischbeck	PT Raise	Buy	$60→$72
May 20, 2026	Mizuho	Ann Hynes	PT Raise	Neutral	$50→$58

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