Projected Income Statement: Centene Corporation

Forecast Balance Sheet: Centene Corporation

Fiscal Period: December 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
Net Debt 1 5,720 5,946 636 4,470 -487 -3,413 -4,799 -5,406
Change - 3.95% -89.3% 602.83% -110.89% -600.82% -40.61% -12.65%
Announcement Date 08/02/22 07/02/23 06/02/24 04/02/25 06/02/26 - - -
1USD in Million
Estimates

Cash Flow Forecast: Centene Corporation

Fiscal Period: December 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
CAPEX 1 910 1,004 799 644 767 796.4 926.8 1,157
Change - 10.33% -20.42% -19.4% 19.1% 3.83% 16.37% 24.83%
Free Cash Flow (FCF) 1 3,295 5,257 7,254 -490 4,321 2,747 1,607 2,546
Change - 59.54% 37.99% -106.75% 981.84% -36.42% -41.49% 58.38%
Announcement Date 08/02/22 07/02/23 06/02/24 04/02/25 06/02/26 - - -
1USD in Million
Estimates

Forecast Financial Ratios: Centene Corporation

Fiscal Period: December 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028

Profitability

        
EBITDA Margin (%) 4.36% 3.2% 3.56% 2.77% 0.51% 1.07% 1.42% 1.72%
EBIT Margin (%) 3.19% 2.69% 2.72% 2.44% 0.21% 0.8% 1.12% 1.53%
EBT Margin (%) 1.44% 1.36% 2.34% 2.61% -3.45% 0.86% 1.13% 1.71%
Net margin (%) 1.07% 0.83% 1.75% 2.03% -3.43% 0.64% 0.86% 1.28%
FCF margin (%) 2.62% 3.64% 4.71% -0.3% 2.22% 1.44% 0.84% 1.29%
FCF / Net Income (%) 244.62% 437.35% 268.47% -14.83% -64.74% 224.6% 98.06% 100.94%

Profitability

        
ROA 1.83% 4.33% 4.51% 4.49% 1.29% 1.84% 2.28% 3.53%
ROE 5.12% 13.22% 14.61% 14.37% 4.43% 7.71% 9.02% 10.5%

Financial Health

        
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) 1.04x 1.29x 0.12x 0.99x - - - -
Debt / Free cash flow 1.74x 1.13x 0.09x -9.12x - - - -

Capital Intensity

        
CAPEX / Current Assets (%) 0.72% 0.69% 0.52% 0.39% 0.39% 0.42% 0.48% 0.59%
CAPEX / EBITDA (%) 16.58% 21.71% 14.59% 14.24% 77.4% 39.03% 34.02% 34.05%
CAPEX / FCF (%) 27.62% 19.1% 11.01% -131.43% 17.75% 28.99% 57.66% 45.45%

Items per share

        
Cash flow per share 1 7.121 10.76 14.76 0.294 10.32 9.034 6.984 -
Change - 51.06% 37.19% -98.01% 3,409.56% -12.44% -22.69% -
Dividend per Share 1 - - - - - - - -
Change - - - - - - - -
Book Value Per Share 1 46 43.68 48.35 53.26 40.57 46.06 51.73 61.25
Change - -5.05% 10.68% 10.16% -23.81% 13.53% 12.3% 18.39%
EPS 1 2.28 2.07 4.95 6.31 -13.53 2.467 3.303 5.17
Change - -9.21% 139.13% 27.47% -314.42% 118.24% 33.88% 56.49%
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 5,83,503 5,66,260 5,34,201 5,04,865 4,91,518 4,93,797 4,93,797 4,93,797
Announcement Date 08/02/22 07/02/23 06/02/24 04/02/25 06/02/26 - - -
1USD
Estimates
2026 *2027 *
P/E ratio 23.6x 17.6x
PBR 1.26x 1.13x
EV / Sales 0.13x 0.13x
Yield - -

EPS & Dividend

Y-o-Y evolution of P/E

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AA
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
20
Last Close Price
58.27USD
Average target price
54.94USD
Spread / Average Target
-5.71%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise

  1. Stock Market
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  4. Financials Centene Corporation