CNC Insider Buying & Government Contracts (2026)

CNC insider buying and selling over the past year

Insiders at CENTENE CORP only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 1 Form 4 sales totaling $2.58M, against no open-market purchases.

None of the 1 sales were flagged as Rule 10b5-1 plan trades, meaning each one was a discretionary decision at the time of filing. Activity clustered in 2025-12 (1 trades); the latest filing in this window is dated 2025-12-04. The average open-market sale price was $39.02; the last close of $69.16 is 77.2% above that level, so sellers left upside on the table. The single largest trade was a sale of 66,007 shares worth $2.58M on 2025-12-04. Since the most recent filing the stock has moved +78.0%, from $38.85.

Where CNC trades relative to its one-year range

CENTENE CORP closed at $69.16 on 2026-10-16, inside a one-year range of $31.80 to $70.51. That puts the stock near the top of its range, at 96.5% of the distance from low to high. Over one year the share price moved +94.1%, and over roughly three months +4.1%. Average daily volume over the last month was about 4,755,327 shares.

Across 57 companies in the same SEC industry group (SIC 63) with a full year of prices in Gemral Edge, the median one-year return was +10.0%. CNC is ahead of that median and beat 98% of that peer group on this measure.

Members of Congress who traded CNC

STOCK Act disclosures show 44 trades in CNC by 11 members of Congress over five years (29 purchases, 15 sales), most recently on 2026-09-04. The most active traders were Ro Khanna (D-CA), 17 trades; Tim Moore (R-NC), 9 trades; Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), 4 trades; Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY), 3 trades; Jefferson Shreve (R-IN), 2 trades.

By party the trades split 28 by Democrats, 16 by Republicans; by chamber, 44 from the House.

CENTENE CORP federal contract exposure

Federal procurement records resolve 1 prime award actions to CENTENE CORP, worth $217.82M across 1 agencies. General Services Administration accounts for 100.0% of that value ($217.82M), so revenue from this channel depends heavily on one buyer.

CNC lobbying disclosures

CENTENE CORP appears in 10 Lobbying Disclosure Act filings between 2018 and 2018, with $1.01M in reported lobbying spend.

Compare CNC with indexed peers from the same industry group

These peers have full Gemral Edge dossiers and the closest one-year price move to CNC:

• HUM one-year return +54.6%
• CB one-year return +34.1%
• MET one-year return +29.4%
• ALL one-year return +27.2%
• ELV one-year return +23.0%

Sources and method

Every figure above is computed from public filings stored in Gemral Edge, not estimated. Insider figures count only open-market purchases and sales reported on SEC Form 4; option exercises, grants and gifts are excluded because they do not reflect a decision to buy or sell at market prices.

• SEC EDGAR Form 4 (edge_insider_trades, codes P/S open-market only) — as of 2025-12-04
• edge_prices_eod (end-of-day close) — as of 2026-10-16
• House PTR / Senate eFD disclosures (edge_congress_trades) — as of 2026-09-04
• FPDS / USAspending (edge_contracts, tier-1 resolved) — as of 2026-08-18
• Senate LDA filings (edge_lobbying_filings)

CNC data questions

Are CNC insiders buying or selling stock?

Insiders at CENTENE CORP only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 1 Form 4 sales totaling $2.58M, against no open-market purchases.

What is the one-year price range for CNC?

Based on end-of-day closes through 2026-10-16, CNC traded between $31.80 and $70.51, last closing at $69.16.

Has any member of Congress traded CNC stock?

Yes. 11 members disclosed 44 trades in CNC over five years; the most recent disclosed trade date is 2026-09-04.