Market Watch: Geo Group, Inc (GEO)’s Noteworthy Gain, Closing at 28.12

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As of close of business last night, Geo Group, Inc’s stock clocked out at $28.12, up 0.39% from its previous closing price of $28.01. In other words, the price has increased by $0.39 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.73 million shares were traded. GEO stock price reached its highest trading level at $28.56 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $27.41.

Ratios:

To gain a deeper understanding of GEO’s stock, we examine its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 55.88 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 19.87. 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:

Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. 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 3931963392 and an Enterprise Value of 5466016256. As of this moment, Geo’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 111.32, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 18.10. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 11.13. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.63 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.99. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.255 whereas that against EBITDA is 12.091.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, GEO has reached a high of $29.86, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $10.46. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 20.02%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 72.16%.

Shares Statistics:

It appears that GEO traded 3.38M shares on average per day over the past three months and 2971060 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 139.72M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 132.64M. Insiders hold about 5.14% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 77.93% stake in the company. Shares short for GEO as of 1732838400 were 10596234 with a Short Ratio of 3.17, compared to 1730332800 on 5510794. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 10596234 and a Short% of Float of 10.58.

Dividends & Splits

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

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