Centene is a managed-care organization focused on government-sponsored healthcare plans, including Medicaid, Medicare, and the individual exchanges. Centene served 24 million medical members as of June 2023, mostly in Medicaid (67% of membership), the individual exchanges (14%), and Medicare Advantage (6%) plans. The company also serves traditional Medicare users with its Medicare Part D pharmaceutical program.

Centene is an international healthcare company. Based in St. Louis, Centene offers services to government-sponsored and commercial healthcare providers, with an emphasis on underinsured and uninsured individuals. It is the largest Medicaid managed care organization in the U.S. and a leading provider of insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Its Specialty Services segment provides a range of healthcare products and services to managed care members and other customers.

With all things viewed in context, insider-sentiment data from Vickers Stock Research is 'better' this week than in other recent weeks. The sell/buy ratios from Vickers this week are indeed vastly improved over the last few weeks. The NYSE One-Week Sell/Buy Ratio is now 4.04, a big improvement from 11.00 last week and 11.87 the week before that. On the Nasdaq, the one-week reading is now 3.39 and compares very favorably with a 10.53 result recorded three weeks ago, as the Nasdaq had soured a week before the NYSE. So the trend is good, but, contextually, the ratios are still not clearly bullish - just a lot less bearish. Drilling down, the number of insider sell transactions grew higher still this week, with a 20% increase in sales compared to last week. But, in a positive offset, the number of purchase transactions also popped -- and by 161%. End of day, insiders seem less panicky than they did a few weeks ago - and that that seems to align with the mood of investors in general. But let's not forget that, in context, the S&P 500 closed last week at a level that is still 323 points below where it was in mid-July. On a sector basis, selling by insiders last week was greatest in Healthcare, with shares valued at $127 million sold versus roughly $4 million bought, followed by Information Technology, which saw nearly $90 million of shares sold. Buying outpaced selling in the Energy sector. This week, analysts at Vickers highlighted insider transactions of interest at Stryker Corp. (NYSE: SYK) and Block Inc. (NYSE: SQ).

Centene is a managed-care organization focused on government-sponsored healthcare plans, including Medicaid, Medicare, and the individual exchanges. Centene served 24 million medical members as of June 2023, mostly in Medicaid (67% of membership), the individual exchanges (14%), and Medicare Advantage (6%) plans. The company also serves traditional Medicare users with its Medicare Part D pharmaceutical program.