S&P 500 stock Centene smashed Q2 earnings estimates but the company expects Medicaid membership attrition to pick up as the risk-pool worsens.

S&P 500 stock Centene smashed Q2 earnings estimates but the company expects Medicaid membership attrition to pick up as the risk-pool worsens.

Centene beat Q2 earnings and revenue estimates, raised its 2026 outlook, improved medical cost trends, and reported lower Medicaid membership.

Health-care companies rose amid optimism about health insurers' earnings.