---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001071739-23-000211"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNC"
cik: "0001071739"
company_name: "CENTENE CORP"
filed_at: "2023-10-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T13:18:49.164708+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Centene Q3 adjusted EPS $2.00, raises FY23 guidance to at least $6.60

## Summary
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.87; adjusted diluted EPS $2.00, up 53% YoY from $1.30.
- Marketplace membership grew 76% YoY to 3.68M; premium & service rev $34.97B, +4%.
- Announces $1.2B divestiture of Circle Health, expected close Q1 2024; $393M UK write-downs.
- Record $773M Q3 share repurchases, $1.6B YTD; $1.2B remaining under buyback program.
- 2023 adjusted EPS guidance raised $0.15 to at least $6.60; reiterates 2024 floor >$6.60.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001071739-23-000211
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNC
- cik: 0001071739
- company_name: CENTENE CORP
- filed_at: 2023-10-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071739/000107173923000211/0001071739-23-000211-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071739/000107173923000211/cnc-20231024.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001071739-23-000211.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CENTENE CORP updated its the third quarter ended September 30, 2023 guidance (raised).
  - Period: the third quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On October 24, 2023, we issued a press release announcing our financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071739/000107173923000211/0001071739-23-000211-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.