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Centene stock: dividend
CNCCentene does not currently pay a dividend. From fiscal 2023 to 2025, Centene bought back its own shares for $5.23B.
Whether Centene Corp. pays a dividend and what the company does with its cash instead: free cash flow, buybacks of its own shares and the share count over recent years.
Daily figure as of 12 Nov 2026
Free cash flow and buybacks
| Fiscal year | Free cash flow | Share buybacks | Shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4.32B | $475M | 491.07M |
| 2024 | −$490M | $3.12B | 521.79M |
| 2023 | $7.25B | $1.63B | 543.32M |
| 2022 | $5.26B | $3.1B | 575.19M |
| 2021 | $3.3B | $297M | 582.83M |
Data status and sources
- Score
- Daily value of 12 Nov 2026, recalculated nightly
- Price
- Closing price of 12 Nov 2026
- Latest annual report
- Fiscal year 2025, period end 31 Dec 2025
- Source
- Financial statements, ratios and prices from Financial Modeling Prep (FMP), based on the company's reports. MEQIRI calculates the score and fair value from them.
Mandatory disclosures for this rating
- ; time horizon around 12 months
- Rated Neutral, published since 7 Nov 2026 (in the score history since 9 Oct 2026)
- Valuation signal Undervalued since 7 Nov 2026
- End-of-day prices, metrics cached for up to 24 hours
- Score and fair value are estimates from a disclosed model. They are not facts and not a price target.
- Produced by SSM Ventures UG (haftungsbeschränkt), responsible person Sven Brostmeyer, Managing Director, automatically according to the disclosed model.
- Not investment advice. Losses up to and including a total loss are possible. Personal circumstances are not considered.