Benzinga | Jul 27, 2021 06:01AM EDT

Centene Q2 Adj. EPS $1.25 Misses $1.39 Estimate, Sales $31.02B Beat $30.15B Estimate

Centene (NYSE:CNC) reported quarterly earnings of $1.25 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $1.39 by 10.07 percent. This is a 47.92 percent decrease over earnings of $2.40 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $31.02 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $30.15 billion by 2.90 percent. This is a 11.96 percent increase over sales of $27.71 billion the same period last year.