In the quest to outshine the broader market, stock pickers diligently seek out stocks with the potential for superior performance. Making the right choices can significantly elevate your wealth.
Geo Group, Inc (NYSE: GEO) closed the day trading at $31.01 down -6.23% from the previous closing price of $33.07. In other words, the price has decreased by -$6.23 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.39 million shares were traded. GEO stock price reached its highest trading level at $33.18 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $30.965.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of GEO, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 61.38 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 21.83. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.41 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.
Wedbush Upgraded its Neutral to Outperform on November 29, 2022, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $10 to $14.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 09 ’24 when Brack Ronald A. sold 5,000 shares for $28.28 per share. The transaction valued at 141,400 led to the insider holds 71,978 shares of the business.
Brack Ronald A. bought 5,000 shares of GEO for $141,400 on Dec 09 ’24. On Aug 12 ’24, another insider, ZOLEY GEORGE C, who serves as the Executive Chairman of the company, bought 100,000 shares for $12.33 each. As a result, the insider paid 1,232,700 and bolstered with 3,900,904 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 4336066560 and an Enterprise Value of 6222629376. As of this moment, Geo’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 122.76, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 19.61. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.79 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.29. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.567 whereas that against EBITDA is 13.764.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for GEO is 0.88, which has changed by 1.850862 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.23883796 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 $11.01. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 6.89%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 71.90%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, GEO traded about 3.77M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, GEO traded about 3353510 shares per day. A total of 139.72M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 132.50M. Insiders hold about 5.24% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 77.79% stake in the company. Shares short for GEO as of 1735603200 were 9972191 with a Short Ratio of 2.65, compared to 1732838400 on 10596234. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 9972191 and a Short% of Float of 9.959999999999999.
Dividends & Splits
The 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.
