Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Centene profit surges due to new contracts

Tue Feb 4, 2014 6:34am EST





(Reuters) - Health insurer Centene Corp reported a nearly six-fold rise in quarterly profit, helped by new contract wins and expansion of existing contracts.



Net earnings attributable to Centene rose to $53.2 million, or 93 cents per share, in the fourth quarter from $9.1 million, or 17 cents per share, a year earlier.



Excluding discontinued operations, the company earned 84 cents per share in the quarter ended December 31.



Premium and services revenue rose about 33 percent to $2.9 billion.



Analysts on average expected earnings of 83 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.









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