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Centene Corp. (CNC)At 4:00PM ET: 20.03  Up 0.55 (2.82%)  
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Earnings Est Current Qtr
Dec-09
Next Qtr
Mar-10
Current Year
Dec-09
Next Year
Dec-10
Avg. Estimate 0.520.431.922.01
No. of Analysts 1281012
Low Estimate 0.480.371.851.85
High Estimate 0.550.491.952.20
Year Ago EPS 0.530.431.991.92
Next Earnings Date: 9-Feb-10 - Set a Reminder
Revenue Est Current Qtr
Dec-09
Next Qtr
Mar-10
Current Year
Dec-09
Next Year
Dec-10
Avg. Estimate 1.10B1.11B4.11B4.54B
No. of Analysts 5366
Low Estimate 1.05B1.08B4.06B4.31B
High Estimate 1.13B1.13B4.15B4.68B
Year Ago Sales 902.76M932.44M3.36B4.11B
Sales Growth (year/est) 21.8%19.1%22.1%10.5%
Earnings HistoryDec-08Mar-09Jun-09Sep-09
EPS Est0.510.390.460.50
EPS Actual0.530.430.470.51
Difference 0.020.040.010.01
Surprise % 3.9% 10.3% 2.2% 2.0%
EPS Trends Current Qtr
Dec-09
Next Qtr
Mar-10
Current Year
Dec-09
Next Year
Dec-10
Current Estimate 0.520.431.922.01
7 Days Ago 0.520.471.922.12
30 Days Ago 0.520.471.922.12
60 Days Ago 0.540.491.942.14
90 Days Ago 0.540.491.932.14
EPS Revisions Current Qtr
Dec-09
Next Qtr
Mar-10
Current Year
Dec-09
Next Year
Dec-10
Up Last 7 Days 0000
Up Last 30 Days 1002
Down Last 30 Days 0203
Down Last 90 Days
Growth EstCNCIndustrySectorS&P 500
Current Qtr. -1.9%11.0%-0.4%-33.9%
Next Qtr. 0.0%6.0%6.2%17.9%
This Year -3.5%9.3%3.2%-0.3%
Next Year 4.7%9.2%10.1%26.6%
Past 5 Years (per annum) 14.915%N/AN/AN/A
Next 5 Years (per annum) 13%11.44%8%N/A
Price/Earnings (avg. for comparison categories) 10.1515.5613.9818.16
PEG Ratio (avg. for comparison categories) 0.781.361.75N/A

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