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CNC (Centene) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share : $39.48 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Centene Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Book Value per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

Centene's adjusted book value per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $56.111. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $39.48 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

During the past 12 months, Centene's average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 15.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 19.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 24.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 27.20% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate of Centene was 30.60% per year. The lowest was 15.10% per year. And the median was 25.10% per year.

As of today (2025-05-15), Centene's current stock price is $59.47. Centene's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $39.48. Centene's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is 1.51.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of Centene was 9.90. The lowest was 1.46. And the median was 4.24.


Centene Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Centene's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Centene Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Chart

Centene Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.93 22.21 27.58 32.55 37.84

Centene Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 34.19 35.49 36.72 37.84 39.48

Competitive Comparison of Centene's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share

For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, Centene's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Centene's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Healthcare Plans Industry

For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, Centene's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Centene's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Centene Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Book Value per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

What is Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share?

Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Book Value per Share of a company over the past 10 years. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the book value per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 book value per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent book value in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's book value is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent book value in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's book value is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 book value in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent book value per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

For example, Centene's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_Book= Book Value per Share /CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=56.111/134.9266*134.9266
=56.111

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Centene Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 8.145 100.684 10.915
201509 8.603 100.392 11.562
201512 8.962 99.792 12.117
201603 15.538 100.470 20.867
201606 16.199 101.688 21.494
201609 16.709 101.861 22.133
201612 17.145 101.863 22.710
201703 17.618 102.862 23.110
201706 18.490 103.349 24.139
201709 19.239 104.136 24.928
201712 19.748 104.011 25.618
201803 21.219 105.290 27.192
201806 25.847 106.317 32.802
201809 25.938 106.507 32.859
201812 26.467 105.998 33.690
201903 27.921 107.251 35.126
201906 29.391 108.070 36.695
201909 29.752 108.329 37.057
201912 30.240 108.420 37.633
202003 40.663 108.902 50.381
202006 43.249 108.767 53.651
202009 44.374 109.815 54.521
202012 44.323 109.897 54.418
202103 45.208 111.754 54.582
202106 44.444 114.631 52.313
202109 45.357 115.734 52.879
202112 46.002 117.630 52.766
202203 46.454 121.301 51.672
202206 45.238 125.017 48.824
202209 44.516 125.227 47.964
202212 43.680 125.222 47.065
202303 45.389 127.348 48.090
202306 47.016 128.729 49.280
202309 47.316 129.860 49.162
202312 48.346 129.419 50.403
202403 50.259 131.776 51.461
202406 51.998 132.554 52.929
202409 53.535 133.029 54.299
202412 53.256 133.157 53.964
202503 56.111 134.927 56.111

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.


Centene  (NYSE:CNC) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share may underestimate the company's equity. Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can seem to be too high even the actual PB Ratio is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, the book value of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/B calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is also called CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Centene's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=59.47/39.48
=1.51

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of Centene was 9.90. The lowest was 1.46. And the median was 4.24.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real book value.


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Centene Business Description

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Address
7700 Forsyth Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, USA, 63105
Centene is a managed care organization that focuses on government-sponsored healthcare plans, including Medicaid, Medicare, and the individual exchanges. Centene served 22 million medical members as of December 2024, mostly in Medicaid (about 60% of membership), the individual exchanges (about 20%), and Medicare (about 5%). The company also has a military contract and provides Medicare Part D pharmaceutical plans.
Executives
Christopher J Coughlin director
Jessica L. Blume director P.O. BOX 407, LAKELAND FL 33802
H James Dallas director 127 PUBLIC SQUARE, CLEVELAND OH 44114
Samuels Theodore R. Ii director 1990 E. GRAND AVE., EL SEGUNDO CA 90245
Andrew Lynn Asher officer: EVP, CFO 8735 HENDERSON ROAD, TAMPA FL 33634
Sarah London officer: SVP, Technology & Innovation 7700 FORSYTH BOULEVARD, ST. LOUIS MO 63105
Kenneth J Fasola officer: EVP, Health Care Enterprises 500 WEST MAIN STREET, LOUISVILLE KY 40202
Lori Jean Robinson director 5875 LANDERBROOK DRIVE, SUITE 220, CLEVELAND OH 44124
James E Murray officer: EVP, Chief Transform. Officer 500 WEST MAIN STREET, LOUISVILLE KY 40202
Monte E Ford director C/O AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 8 CAMBRIDGE CENTER, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Shannon Bagley officer: EVP, Chief Admin. Officer 7700 FORSYTH BOULEVARD, CLAYTON MO 63105
Richard A Gephardt director 822 CAPITOL SQUARE PLACE, SW, WASHINGTON DC 20024
Mark J Brooks officer: SVP, Chief Information Officer 7700 FORSYTH BOULEVARD, ST. LOUIS MO 63105
Leslie V Norwalk director C/O 3661 VALLEY CENTRE DRIVE SUITE 200, SAN DIEGO CA 92130
David P Thomas officer: EVP, MARKETS 7700 FORSYTH BOULEVARD, ST. LOUIS MO 63105