---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001071739-26-000052"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNC"
cik: "0001071739"
company_name: "CENTENE CORP"
filed_at: "2026-02-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:02:45.240200+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Centene reaffirms 2026 EPS guidance of >$1.98 GAAP, >$3.00 adjusted

## Summary
- Reaffirms 2026 GAAP diluted EPS guidance of greater than $1.98.
- Reaffirms 2026 adjusted diluted EPS guidance of greater than $3.00.
- Management meeting with investors week of February 23, 2026.
- Guidance originally provided on February 6, 2026 press release.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001071739-26-000052
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNC
- cik: 0001071739
- company_name: CENTENE CORP
- filed_at: 2026-02-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071739/000107173926000052/0001071739-26-000052-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071739/000107173926000052/cnc-20260223.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001071739-26-000052
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001071739-26-000052.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001071739-26-000052.txt

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