Centene Ownership | Who Owns Centene?

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Centene Ownership Summary

Centene is owned by 64.57% institutional investors, 0.67% insiders, and 34.76% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 11.60% of CNC shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.36% of its assets in Centene shares.

CNC Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Centene	64.57%	0.67%	34.76%
Sector	Healthcare Stocks	232.86%	10.65%	-143.51%
Industry	Healthcare Plans Stocks	49.50%	1.63%	48.87%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	56.98M	11.60%	$2.34B
Blackrock	47.44M	8.87%	$3.15B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	39.82M	8.11%	$1.30B
State street	21.40M	4.34%	$763.46M
Geode capital management	13.27M	2.70%	$554.34M
Invesco	10.62M	2.16%	$347.57M
Harris associates l p	9.13M	1.85%	$325.69M
Morgan stanley	9.00M	1.83%	$370.46M
Deerfield management company, l.p. (series c)	9.05M	1.83%	$322.76M
Norges bank	8.07M	1.64%	$332.04M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Politan capital management lp	7.41M	24.02%	$264.36M
8 knots management	5.23M	21.11%	$186.66M
Packer	1.42M	17.32%	$46.33M
Kopernik global investors	2.52M	5.75%	$82.41M
Deerfield management company, l.p. (series c)	9.05M	4.93%	$322.76M
Kamunting street capital management	150.00K	3.98%	$5.35M
Rovida advisors	100.00K	3.08%	$3.57M
Long focus capital management	2.30M	2.71%	$82.03M
Amitell capital pte	43.13K	2.26%	$1.41M
Mountain lake investment management	83.40K	2.22%	$2.98M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	8.07M	0.04%	8.07M
Deerfield management company, l.p. (series c)	9.05M	4.93%	5.86M
8 knots management	5.23M	21.11%	5.23M
Blackrock	47.44M	0.07%	5.16M
Millennium management	6.13M	0.18%	4.11M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Fmr	3.35M	0.01%	-23.58M
Harris associates l p	9.13M	0.52%	-11.29M
Wellington management group llp	2.24M	0.01%	-5.18M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	39.82M	0.02%	-4.57M
Boston partners	341.95K	0.01%	-4.13M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	8.07M	0.04%	8.07M	$332.04M
Vanguard fiduciary trust	2.65M	0.02%	2.65M	$86.84M
Maple rock capital partners	1.34M	1.88%	1.34M	$47.75M
Freestone grove partners lp	1.25M	0.33%	1.25M	$44.64M
Caxton associates lp	1.10M	2.10%	1.10M	$66.71M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Hm payson	-1.00
Soa wealth advisors, llc.	-1.00
Tfo-tdc	-1.00
Toth financial advisory	-1.00
Cedar mountain advisors	-1.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	746	-17.84%	317,129,852	-30.79%	64	0.75%	417	-16.60%	217	-19.33%
Sep 30, 2025	864	-4.85%	455,507,399	-4.77%	92	0.98%	472	2.39%	255	-14.72%
Jun 30, 2025	903	-3.53%	476,390,951	3.88%	96	1.13%	457	2.93%	300	-9.37%
Mar 31, 2025	929	2.09%	456,865,060	-4.75%	92	1.09%	439	5.53%	331	-6.50%
Dec 31, 2024	872	-3.96%	478,465,688	1.62%	91	1.13%	395	1.02%	346	-1.98%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	16.67M	3.36%	-251.03K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	15.65M	3.18%	104.29K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	11.90M	2.42%	-109.25K
Oakmark Select Investor	9.67M	1.97%	3.80M
Oakmark Investor	9.02M	1.81%	200.00K
Capital Group Growth Fnd of Amer Comp	6.24M	1.25%	2.24M
American Funds Growth Fund of Amer A	6.24M	1.25%	2.24M
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	6.17M	1.24%	-207.35K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	6.02M	1.23%	73.88K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	6.04M	1.22%	17.75K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Dec 03, 2025	Burdick Kenneth A	-	Sell	$1.30M
Dec 04, 2025	Burdick Kenneth A	-	Sell	$1.28M
Aug 08, 2025	LONDON SARAH	Chief Executive Officer	Buy	$490.37K
Jul 28, 2025	Samuels Theodore R. II	-	Buy	$248.58K
Dec 18, 2024	Greco Thomas	-	Buy	$1.02M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q2	-	-
2026 Q1	-	-
2025 Q4	-	2
2025 Q3	2	-
2025 Q2	-	-

CNC Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Centene?

Centene shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 64.57%, followed by 0.67% insiders and 34.76% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Centene's industry, Healthcare Plans Stocks, is 49.50%, which Centene exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Centene?

Centene’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (56.98M shares, 11.60%), Blackrock (47.44M shares, 8.87%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (39.82M shares, 8.11%). Together, they hold 28.58% of Centene’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Centene?

Yes, BlackRock owns 8.87% of Centene, totaling 47.44M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.07% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 3.15B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 5.16M shares, a 12.19% change.

Who is Centene’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Politan capital management lp is Centene’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 24.02% of its assets in 7.41M Centene shares, valued at 264.36M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Centene shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Centene shares, with 3.36% of its total shares outstanding invested in 16.67M Centene shares.

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