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Sep 30, 2024

Centene Q3 2024 Earnings Report

Centene reported third quarter earnings with adjusted diluted EPS of $1.62 and reaffirmed its full year adjusted diluted EPS guidance.

Key Takeaways

Centene Corporation announced its third quarter 2024 financial results, featuring adjusted diluted EPS of $1.62 and premium and service revenues of $36.9 billion. The company reaffirmed its 2024 adjusted diluted EPS guidance floor of greater than $6.80. Membership increased in Marketplace and Medicare Prescription Drug Plans. Centene executed capital deployment with $1.2 billion of share repurchases during the quarter.

Adjusted diluted EPS was $1.62 in the third quarter of 2024.

Premium and service revenues reached $36.9 billion in the third quarter of 2024.

Marketplace membership increased by 22% and Medicare Prescription Drug Plans membership increased by 49% compared to the third quarter of 2023.

The company repurchased $1.2 billion of shares during the third quarter of 2024, bringing full-year repurchases to $2.4 billion through October 2024.

Total Revenue
$42B
Previous year: $38B
+10.5%
EPS
$1.62
Previous year: $2
-19.0%
SG&A Expense Ratio
8.3%
Previous year: 8.7%
-4.6%
Adjusted SG&A Expense Ratio
8.3%
Previous year: 8.6%
-3.5%
Gross Profit
$4.04B
Previous year: $7.71B
-47.6%
Cash and Equivalents
$14.6B
Previous year: $18.2B
-19.9%
Free Cash Flow
-$1.13B
Previous year: $885M
-227.8%
Total Assets
$82.4B
Previous year: $84.4B
-2.4%

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Forward Guidance

Centene is updating its 2024 GAAP diluted EPS guidance floor to greater than $5.92 and reaffirming its 2024 adjusted diluted EPS guidance floor of greater than $6.80.

Revenue & Expenses

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