Insider’s View: Deciphering Geo Group, Inc (GEO)’s Financial Health Through Ratios

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The price of Geo Group, Inc (NYSE: GEO) closed at $25.05 in the last session, down -5.40% from day before closing price of $26.48. In other words, the price has decreased by -$5.40 from its previous closing price. On the day, 6.12 million shares were traded. GEO stock price reached its highest trading level at $26.17 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $24.32.

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 49.51 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 16.98. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.40 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:

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 Aug 12 ’24 when ZOLEY GEORGE C bought 100,000 shares for $12.33 per share. The transaction valued at 1,232,700 led to the insider holds 3,900,904 shares of the business.

ZOLEY GEORGE C bought 100,000 shares of GEO for $1,221,700 on Aug 09 ’24. The Executive Chairman now owns 3,800,904 shares after completing the transaction at $12.22 per share. On Aug 13 ’24, another insider, ZOLEY GEORGE C, who serves as the Executive Chairman of the company, bought 50,000 shares for $12.33 each. As a result, the insider paid 616,600 and bolstered with 3,950,904 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 3497731328 and an Enterprise Value of 5129623040. As of this moment, Geo’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 99.40, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 16.12. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 9.94. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.44 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.73. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.116 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.359.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, GEO has reached a high of $27.88, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $9.14. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 67.63%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 78.73%.

Shares Statistics:

According to the various share statistics, GEO traded on average about 2.74M shares per day over the past 3-months and 7845090 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 139.63M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 132.43M. Insiders hold about 5.15% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 78.79% stake in the company. Shares short for GEO as of 1728950400 were 5508476 with a Short Ratio of 2.01, compared to 1726185600 on 5889450. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5508476 and a Short% of Float of 5.510000000000001.

Dividends & Splits

The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 11.18.

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