Seasonality
CNC seasonality — Centene Corporation
Over the last 11 years, CNC's strongest month on average has been April (+7.2%) and its weakest July (-2.7%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +3.16% | +3.38% | 70% | +13.2% | -7.0% | 10 |
| Feb | -2.47% | -4.17% | 40% | +11.4% | -15.6% | 10 |
| Mar | -1.34% | +1.49% | 70% | +12.1% | -27.1% | 10 |
| Apr | +7.22% | +0.09% | 50% | +64.0% | -6.9% | 10 |
| May | +3.12% | +0.30% | 50% | +19.2% | -9.5% | 10 |
| Jun | +0.94% | +1.49% | 50% | +10.0% | -9.2% | 10 |
| Jul | -2.69% | +0.19% | 50% | +16.0% | -52.0% | 10 |
| Aug | +0.39% | -0.50% | 50% | +12.4% | -10.5% | 10 |
| Sep | +0.80% | -2.31% | 30% | +22.9% | -13.3% | 10 |
| Oct | +2.67% | +0.73% | 60% | +22.7% | -17.3% | 10 |
| Nov | +5.92% | +6.81% | 89% | +13.9% | -3.6% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.48% | -0.23% | 50% | +15.4% | -18.9% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — CNC
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.3 | 3.6 | -27.1 | 64.0 | 11.0 | 7.7 | -3.1 | 3.4 | -3.5 | 10.2 | 1.9 | +69.5% | |
| 2025 | 5.7 | -9.2 | 4.4 | -1.4 | -5.7 | -3.8 | -52.0 | 11.4 | 22.9 | -0.9 | 11.2 | 4.6 | -32.1% |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 4.1 | 0.1 | -6.9 | -2.0 | -7.4 | 16.0 | 2.5 | -4.5 | -17.3 | -3.6 | 1.0 | -18.4% |
| 2023 | -7.0 | -10.3 | -7.6 | 9.1 | -9.5 | 8.1 | 0.9 | -9.5 | 11.7 | 0.1 | 6.8 | 0.7 | -9.5% |
| 2022 | -5.6 | 6.2 | 1.9 | -4.3 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 9.9 | -3.5 | -13.3 | 9.4 | 2.3 | -5.8 | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.5 | -2.9 | 9.2 | -3.4 | 19.2 | -0.9 | -5.9 | -8.2 | -1.1 | 14.3 | 0.2 | 15.4 | +37.3% |
| 2020 | -0.1 | -15.6 | 12.1 | 12.1 | -0.5 | -4.1 | 2.7 | -6.0 | -4.9 | 1.3 | 4.3 | -2.6 | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 13.2 | -6.7 | -12.8 | -2.9 | 12.0 | -9.2 | -0.7 | -10.5 | -7.2 | 22.7 | 13.9 | 4.0 | +9.1% |
| 2018 | 6.3 | -5.4 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 7.9 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 12.4 | -1.2 | -10.0 | 9.2 | -18.9 | +14.3% |
| 2017 | 12.0 | 11.4 | 1.1 | 4.4 | -2.4 | 10.0 | -0.6 | 11.9 | 8.9 | -3.2 | 9.0 | -1.2 | +78.5% |
| 2016 | -1.9 |