A study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages shows that Centene Corp (Symbol: CNC) is the #65 broker analyst pick among those stocks screened by The Online Investor for strong stock buyback activity. To make that list, a stock must have repurchased at least 5% of its outstanding shares over the trailing twelve month period. In forming the rank, the analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses were tallied, and averaged; then, the list of stocks with strong buyback activity was ranked according to those averages.
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CNC operates in the Hospital & Medical Practitioners sector, among companies like HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA) which is off about 0.2% today, and Tenet Healthcare Corp. (THC) trading up by about 0.1%. Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of CNC, versus HCA and THC.
CNC is currently trading off about 0.9% midday Wednesday.
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