CENTENE CORPORATION vs Oscar Health, Inc., two Managed Care stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CNC and OSCR diverge most: on net margin, CNC reads -2.5% and OSCR reads 3.6%; on return on equity, CNC reads -22.5% and OSCR reads 26.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CNC | OSCR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $65.37 | $33.37 |
| Market cap | $32.5B | $11.1B |
| Sector | Managed Care | Managed Care |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | — | 23.0 |
| P/B | 1.44 | 5.41 |
| P/S | 0.16 | 0.73 |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.2 | 11.4 |
| Revenue growth | +14.3% | +40.9% |
| Gross margin | 8.6% | — |
| Operating margin | 2.2% | 8.0% |
| Net margin | -2.5% | 3.6% |
| Return on equity | -22.5% | 26.8% |
| Return on assets | -6.1% | 4.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 3.3% | 24.7% |
| FCF yield | 27.5% | 39.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.71 | 0.21 |
| Current ratio | 1.15 | 1.08 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.09 | 2.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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