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Centene Corp has a consensus price target of $55.1 based on the ratings of 21 analysts. The high is $89 issued by TD Cowen on July 31, 2024. The low is $28 issued by Baird on July 25, 2025. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by TD Cowen, Wells Fargo, and UBS on May 4, 2026, May 1, 2026, and April 29, 2026, respectively. With an average price target of $52.67 between TD Cowen, Wells Fargo, and UBS, there's an implied -11.11% downside for Centene Corp from these most-recent analyst ratings.
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The latest price target for Centene (NYSE:CNC) was reported by TD Cowen on May 4, 2026. The analyst firm set a price target for $47.00 expecting CNC to fall to within 12 months (a possible -20.68% downside). 55 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
The latest analyst rating for Centene (NYSE:CNC) was provided by TD Cowen, and Centene maintained their hold rating.
The last upgrade for Centene Corp happened on April 29, 2026 when Cantor Fitzgerald raised their price target to $60. Cantor Fitzgerald previously had a neutral for Centene Corp.
The last downgrade for Centene Corp happened on July 28, 2025 when Cantor Fitzgerald changed their price target from $65 to $38 for Centene Corp.
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 May 4, 2026 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around May 4, 2027.
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Centene (CNC) rating was a maintained with a price target of $38.00 to $47.00. The current price Centene (CNC) is trading at is $59.25, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.
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| 05/04/2026 | Buy Now | -20.68% | TD Cowen | $38 → $47 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
| 05/01/2026 | Buy Now | -5.49% | Wells Fargo | $44 → $56 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 04/29/2026 | Buy Now | -7.17% | UBS | $42 → $55 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 04/29/2026 | Buy Now | -2.11% | Oppenheimer | $45 → $58 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/29/2026 | Buy Now | 1.27% | Cantor Fitzgerald | $41 → $60 | Upgrade | Neutral → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/29/2026 | Buy Now | 6.33% | Barclays | $54 → $63 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/29/2026 | Buy Now | -2.11% | Truist Securities | $49 → $58 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 04/29/2026 | Buy Now | 1.27% | B of A Securities | $34 → $60 | Upgrade | Underperform → Buy | Get Alert |
| 04/20/2026 | Buy Now | -34.18% | Jefferies | $37 → $39 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
| 03/19/2026 | Buy Now | -30.8% | JP Morgan | $45 → $41 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 03/11/2026 | Buy Now | -30.8% | Mizuho | $47 → $41 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 03/04/2026 | Buy Now | -24.05% | Morgan Stanley | $38 → $45 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 02/18/2026 | Buy Now | -25.74% | Wells Fargo | $43 → $44 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 02/09/2026 | Buy Now | -30.8% | Cantor Fitzgerald | $41 → $41 | Reiterates | Neutral → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 01/07/2026 | Buy Now | -27.43% | Wells Fargo | $35 → $43 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 01/05/2026 | Buy Now | -8.86% | Barclays | $44 → $54 | Upgrade | Equal-Weight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 11/21/2025 | Buy Now | -24.05% | Bernstein | $36 → $45 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 11/12/2025 | Buy Now | -40.93% | Wells Fargo | $41 → $35 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 11/04/2025 | Buy Now | -35.86% | JP Morgan | $30 → $38 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 11/04/2025 | Buy Now | -25.74% | Barclays | $35 → $44 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 10/31/2025 | Buy Now | -42.62% | TD Cowen | $30 → $34 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
| 10/31/2025 | Buy Now | -35.86% | Goldman Sachs | $33 → $38 | Maintains | Sell | Get Alert |
| 10/30/2025 | Buy Now | -29.11% | UBS | $31 → $42 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 10/30/2025 | Buy Now | -30.8% | Cantor Fitzgerald | $38 → $41 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 10/30/2025 | Buy Now | -24.05% | Truist Securities | $42 → $45 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
| 10/14/2025 | Buy Now | -35.86% | Morgan Stanley | $28 → $38 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 10/14/2025 | Buy Now | -44.3% | Goldman Sachs | → $33 | Initiates | → Sell | Get Alert |
| 10/09/2025 | Buy Now | -32.49% | Mizuho | $28 → $40 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 10/07/2025 | Buy Now | -30.8% | Wells Fargo | $30 → $41 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 09/12/2025 | Buy Now | -34.18% | Truist Securities | $35 → $39 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 09/12/2025 | Buy Now | -40.93% | Barclays | $33 → $35 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 09/05/2025 | Buy Now | -39.24% | Bernstein | $40 → $36 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 09/04/2025 | Buy Now | -44.3% | Barclays | $45 → $33 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 08/26/2025 | Buy Now | -35.86% | Cantor Fitzgerald | $38 → $38 | Reiterates | Neutral → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 08/04/2025 | Buy Now | -52.74% | Morgan Stanley | $33 → $28 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 07/29/2025 | Buy Now | -49.37% | JP Morgan | $48 → $30 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/28/2025 | Buy Now | -47.68% | UBS | $45 → $31 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/28/2025 | Buy Now | -40.93% | Truist Securities | $42 → $35 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 07/28/2025 | Buy Now | -27.43% | Oppenheimer | $51 → $43 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 07/28/2025 | Buy Now | -35.86% | Cantor Fitzgerald | $65 → $38 | Downgrade | Overweight → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/25/2025 | Buy Now | -52.74% | Baird | $68 → $28 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/23/2025 | Buy Now | -49.37% | Wells Fargo | $72 → $30 | Downgrade | Overweight → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 07/21/2025 | Buy Now | -44.3% | TD Cowen | $73 → $33 | Downgrade | Buy → Hold | Get Alert |
| 07/16/2025 | Buy Now | -29.11% | Truist Securities | $84 → $42 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 07/16/2025 | Buy Now | -49.37% | B of A Securities | $52 → $30 | Downgrade | Neutral → Underperform | Get Alert |
| 07/15/2025 | Buy Now | -13.92% | Oppenheimer | $85 → $51 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 07/11/2025 | Buy Now | -32.49% | Mizuho | $71 → $40 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/10/2025 | Buy Now | -44.3% | Morgan Stanley | $70 → $33 | Downgrade | Overweight → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 07/02/2025 | Buy Now | -24.05% | Barclays | $65 → $45 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 07/02/2025 | Buy Now | -12.24% | B of A Securities | $65 → $52 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/02/2025 | Buy Now | 9.7% | Cantor Fitzgerald | $90 → $65 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 07/02/2025 | Buy Now | -24.05% | UBS | $80 → $45 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/02/2025 | Buy Now | -18.99% | JP Morgan | $75 → $48 | Downgrade | Overweight → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 06/09/2025 | Buy Now | 18.14% | Morgan Stanley | → $70 | Initiates | → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 06/02/2025 | Buy Now | 9.7% | Barclays | $84 → $65 | Downgrade | Overweight → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 04/29/2025 | Buy Now | 2.95% | Jefferies | $64 → $61 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
| 04/29/2025 | Buy Now | — | Guggenheim | — | Reiterates | Neutral → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 04/28/2025 | Buy Now | 41.77% | Barclays | $93 → $84 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/15/2025 | Buy Now | 16.46% | Baird | $71 → $69 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 04/09/2025 | Buy Now | — | Guggenheim | — | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 04/08/2025 | Buy Now | 8.02% | Jefferies | $53 → $64 | Upgrade | Underperform → Hold | Get Alert |
| 02/14/2025 | Buy Now | 21.52% | Wells Fargo | $76 → $72 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 12/17/2024 | Buy Now | 26.58% | JP Morgan | $80 → $75 | Assumes | Neutral → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 12/13/2024 | Buy Now | 23.21% | Stephens & Co. | $75 → $73 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 12/13/2024 | Buy Now | 41.77% | Truist Securities | $89 → $84 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 12/13/2024 | Buy Now | 56.96% | Barclays | $91 → $93 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 12/13/2024 | Buy Now | 43.46% | Oppenheimer | $95 → $85 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 12/13/2024 | Buy Now | 35.02% | UBS | $79 → $80 | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert |
| 12/11/2024 | Buy Now | 51.9% | Cantor Fitzgerald | $90 → $90 | Reiterates | Overweight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 12/10/2024 | Buy Now | -12.24% | Jefferies | $68 → $52 | Downgrade | Hold → Underperform | Get Alert |
| 11/04/2024 | Buy Now | 51.9% | Wells Fargo | $91 → $90 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 10/30/2024 | Buy Now | 48.52% | Bernstein | $96 → $88 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 10/29/2024 | Buy Now | 53.59% | Barclays | $97 → $91 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 10/25/2024 | Buy Now | 26.58% | Stephens & Co. | $78 → $75 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 10/25/2024 | Buy Now | 11.39% | Baird | $83 → $66 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 10/01/2024 | Buy Now | 51.9% | Cantor Fitzgerald | $90 → $90 | Reiterates | Overweight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 09/20/2024 | Buy Now | 51.9% | Cantor Fitzgerald | $90 → $90 | Reiterates | Overweight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 09/13/2024 | Buy Now | 53.59% | Wells Fargo | $93 → $91 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 09/10/2024 | Buy Now | 51.9% | Cantor Fitzgerald | $90 → $90 | Reiterates | Overweight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 09/05/2024 | Buy Now | 63.71% | Barclays | $98 → $97 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 08/22/2024 | Buy Now | 65.4% | Barclays | $90 → $98 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 08/19/2024 | Buy Now | 51.9% | Cantor Fitzgerald | $90 → $90 | Reiterates | Overweight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 08/05/2024 | Buy Now | 31.65% | Stephens & Co. | $78 → $78 | Reiterates | Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 08/05/2024 | Buy Now | 56.96% | Wells Fargo | $81 → $93 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 08/02/2024 | Buy Now | 46.84% | Deutsche Bank | $82 → $87 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
| 07/31/2024 | Buy Now | 50.21% | TD Cowen | $80 → $89 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 07/29/2024 | Buy Now | 60.34% | Oppenheimer | $110 → $95 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 07/24/2024 | Buy Now | 35.02% | TD Cowen | $91 → $80 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 07/24/2024 | Buy Now | 16.46% | Jefferies | $83 → $69 | Downgrade | Buy → Hold | Get Alert |
| 07/23/2024 | Buy Now | 51.9% | Cantor Fitzgerald | $90 → $90 | Reiterates | Overweight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 07/22/2024 | Buy Now | 36.71% | Wells Fargo | $93 → $81 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 07/15/2024 | Buy Now | 50.21% | Truist Securities | $92 → $89 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 07/11/2024 | Buy Now | 40.08% | Jefferies | $90 → $83 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 07/10/2024 | Buy Now | 35.02% | JP Morgan | $85 → $80 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 06/21/2024 | Buy Now | 85.65% | Oppenheimer | $110 → $110 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 06/12/2024 | Buy Now | 51.9% | Cantor Fitzgerald | $90 → $90 | Reiterates | Overweight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 05/30/2024 | Buy Now | 40.08% | Stephens & Co. | $83 → $83 | Reiterates | Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 05/30/2024 | Buy Now | 40.08% | Baird | → $83 | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 05/02/2024 | Buy Now | 75.53% | Barclays | $101 → $104 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/30/2024 | Buy Now | 38.4% | Deutsche Bank | $81 → $82 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |