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Why Are People Selling Their CNC Shares?

This afternoon we watched Centene drop -2.5% to a price of $73.61 per share. The large-cap Medical Specialities company is now trading -14.01% below its average target price of $85.6. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $72.0 to $110.0 per share for Centene, and have given the stock an average rating of buy.

The stock has a very low short interest at 1.5%, and a short ratio of 2.38. The company's insiders own 0.45% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that a significant number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 96.4% of Centene's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Centene

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-09-30 Vanguard Group Inc 12% 62,179,435 $4,577,028,248
2023-09-30 Blackrock Inc. 7% 39,000,832 $2,870,851,267
2023-09-30 Capital World Investors 7% 35,276,885 $2,596,731,526
2023-09-30 FMR, LLC 6% 33,315,931 $2,452,385,701
2023-09-30 State Street Corporation 4% 22,810,864 $1,679,107,712
2023-09-30 Wellington Management Group, LLP 4% 20,210,844 $1,487,720,239
2023-09-30 JP Morgan Chase & Company 3% 13,467,834 $991,367,268
2023-09-30 Politan Capital Management LP 2% 12,137,283 $893,425,409
2023-09-30 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 10,147,633 $746,967,271
2023-09-30 Invesco Ltd. 2% 8,788,485 $646,920,386

Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on Centene.

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