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CNC CENTENE CORP

2026Q2 · CUSIP 15135B101 · Sector: Financials

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
983
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+121
Last quarter 862 → now 983
How unusual is that
Top 5%
Stronger buying than 99% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

983 funds held CNC at the end of 2026Q2, up 121 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 98.6% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. On the business itself, revenue over the last 12 months was $202.9B(YoY +13.9%), return on equity is -22.6%. CNC has had 29 buying rushes in its history, and the price moved +0.6% on average over the six months after (that is the raw price move, not how much it beat the market by). It sits in the Financials sector.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2013Q3: holders=220 2013Q4: holders=252 2014Q1: holders=270 2014Q2: holders=276 2014Q3: holders=293 2014Q4: holders=346 2015Q1: holders=377 2015Q2: holders=409 2015Q3: holders=446 2015Q4: holders=442 2016Q1: holders=530 2016Q2: holders=514 2016Q3: holders=474 2016Q4: holders=500 2017Q1: holders=520 2017Q2: holders=560 2017Q3: holders=564 2017Q4: holders=633 2018Q1: holders=644 2018Q2: holders=666 2018Q3: holders=691 2018Q4: holders=723 2019Q1: holders=725 2019Q2: holders=700 2019Q3: holders=673 2019Q4: holders=702 2020Q1: holders=724 2020Q2: holders=755 2020Q3: holders=728 2020Q4: holders=738 2021Q1: holders=761 2021Q2: holders=747 2021Q3: holders=730 2021Q4: holders=806 2022Q1: holders=818 2022Q2: holders=829 2022Q3: holders=838 2022Q4: holders=872 2023Q1: holders=842 2023Q2: holders=827 2023Q3: holders=817 2023Q4: holders=892 2024Q1: holders=926 2024Q2: holders=893 2024Q3: holders=876 2024Q4: holders=874 2025Q1: holders=896 2025Q2: holders=868 2025Q3: holders=848 2025Q4: holders=912 2026Q1: holders=862 2026Q2: holders=983 -121 -60.5 +0 +60.5 +121 1986161033 13Q315Q116Q318Q119Q321Q122Q324Q125Q326Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 29 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 5%
2025Q4 Top 10% +33.4%
2025Q1 Top 10% -52.3% -39.8%
2024Q1 Top 10% +0.3% -26.4%
2023Q4 Top 10% -0.9% -0.6%
2022Q4 Top 20% -9.9% -12.8%
2022Q3 Top 20% -7.7% -17.7%
2022Q2 Top 20% -16.0% -23.0%

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
332
Change in large funds
+38
Total value they hold
$31.8B
Funds buying for the first time
222
Funds that sold out entirely
101
Price change that quarter
+12.0%
Funds holding puts (bearish)
25
Funds holding calls (bullish)
31

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

8,697 institutions have filed for this quarter. 13F permits late filing and a small number arrive in the weeks after the deadline, so the holder counts and changes below may tick up.

Fundamentals

PE (TTM)
EPS (TTM)
$-10.35
EPS YoY
-351.8%
Revenue (TTM)
$202.9B
Revenue YoY
+13.9%
Net margin
-2.5%
ROE
-22.6%
Debt ratio
72.7%
FCF (TTM)
$9.0B
Dividend (TTM)
No dividend
Quarterly Revenue & EPS
2022-09-30: EPS 1.27 2022-12-31: EPS -0.35 2023-03-31: EPS 2.04 2023-06-30: EPS 1.92 2023-09-30: EPS 0.87 2023-12-31: EPS 0.12 2024-03-31: EPS 2.16 2024-06-30: EPS 2.16 2024-09-30: EPS 1.36 2024-12-31: EPS 0.63 2025-03-31: EPS 2.63 2025-06-30: EPS -0.51 2025-09-30: EPS -13.50 2025-12-31: EPS -2.15 2026-03-31: EPS 3.11 2026-06-30: EPS 2.19 0B 26.8B 53.6B $B -14.85 -5.71 3.42 2022202320242025202606/26 Revenue EPS

Quarterly figures, revenue up to 10 years back; EPS split-adjusted, early quarters hidden when not calibrable

P/E (TTM) over time
4Y median 13 6 12 17 2023202420252026

P/E = close around day 47 after quarter-end ÷ TTM EPS then; this is a consistent valuation date, not the company’s actual filing date; loss quarters hidden

Quarterly free cash flow
-1.8B1.2B4.2B 20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Latest quarter $4.2B (2026-03-31)

FCF = operating cash flow − capex, computed from SEC XBRL; banks/insurers have no standard cash-flow structure and are hidden

As of 2026-06-30 · SEC filings (XBRL)

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