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The price of Geo Group, Inc (NYSE: GEO) closed at $31.54 in the last session, up 0.83% from day before closing price of $31.28. In other words, the price has increased by $0.83 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.48 million shares were traded. GEO stock price reached its highest trading level at $31.99 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $30.98.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at GEO’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 56.54 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 27.55. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.36 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.34.
On October 02, 2023, Northland Capital started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $14.Northland Capital initiated its Outperform rating on October 02, 2023, with a $14 target price.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 27 ’25 when March Shayn P. sold 7,500 shares for $30.00 per share. The transaction valued at 225,000 led to the insider holds 67,469 shares of the business.
March Shayn P. bought 7,500 shares of GEO for $225,000 on Mar 27 ’25. On Mar 13 ’25, another insider, Mannarino Nicole, who serves as the Chief Compliance Officer of the company, sold 646 shares for $25.43 each. As a result, the insider received 16,428 and left with 0 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, GEO now has a Market Capitalization of 4505047552 and an Enterprise Value of 6045776384. As of this moment, Geo’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 165.39, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 13.28. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.86 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.31. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.494 whereas that against EBITDA is 13.795.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for GEO is 0.81, which has changed by 1.1529009 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.092895746 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, GEO has reached a high of $36.46, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $11.75. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 13.13%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 39.53%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, GEO traded on average about 2.93M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2824490 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 140.18M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 134.47M. Insiders hold about 5.85% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 84.27% stake in the company. Shares short for GEO as of 1744675200 were 10371986 with a Short Ratio of 3.54, compared to 1741910400 on 10675209. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 10371986 and a Short% of Float of 8.9099996.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 11.18. The current Payout Ratio is 0.00% for GEO, which recently paid a dividend on 2021-01-22 with an ex-dividend date of 1611273600. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2017-04-25 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.
