Centene Corporation Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2020 and Revises Earnings Guidance for the Year 2019
The Company affirmed its 2019 total revenues guidance in the previously announced range of $73.6 billion to $74.2 billion and updated its 2019 diluted earnings per share guidance to a range of approximately $3.01 to $3.18. The 2019 diluted earnings per share guidance was decreased by $0.03 to reflect the net carrying cost of the $7.0 billion issuance of senior notes completed in December in preparation for the WellCare acquisition.