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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Calculation of Basic and Diluted Net Earnings Per Common Share

The following table sets forth the calculation of basic and diluted net earnings per common share ($ in millions, except shares in thousands and per share data in dollars):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2019				2018
Earnings attributable to Centene Corporation	$	522			$	340
Shares used in computing per share amounts:
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding	412,924				347,843
Common stock equivalents (as determined by applying the treasury stock method)	6,828				7,537
Weighted average number of common shares and potential dilutive common shares outstanding	419,752				355,380
Net earnings per common share attributable to Centene Corporation:
Basic earnings per common share	$	1.26			$	0.98
Diluted earnings per common share	$	1.24			$	0.96

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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