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In the latest session, Geo Group, Inc (NYSE: GEO) closed at $28.56 down -7.78% from its previous closing price of $30.97. In other words, the price has decreased by -$7.78 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.84 million shares were traded. GEO stock price reached its highest trading level at $30.59 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $28.14.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Geo Group, Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 56.53 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 20.10. 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:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. 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 3993487616 and an Enterprise Value of 5608901632. As of this moment, Geo’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 113.06, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 18.06. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.65 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.03. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.314 whereas that against EBITDA is 12.407.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for GEO is 0.86, which has changed by 1.7048035 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.2000997 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 -3.28%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 54.38%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, GEO has traded an average of 3.80M shares per day and 3139670 over the past ten days. 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 78.03% stake in the company. Shares short for GEO as of 1736899200 were 10349329 with a Short Ratio of 2.72, compared to 1734048000 on 10722743. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 10349329 and a Short% of Float of 10.34.
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.
Earnings Estimates
Its stock is currently analyzed by 4.0 different market analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.28, with high estimates of $0.4 and low estimates of $0.21.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.91 and $0.82 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.85. EPS for the following year is $1.68, with 4.0 analysts recommending between $2.84 and $1.02.
Revenue Estimates
A total of 5 analysts believe the company’s revenue will be $607.45M this quarter.It ranges from a high estimate of $615M to a low estimate of $598.72M. As of the current estimate, Geo Group, Inc’s year-ago sales were $608.28MFor the next quarter, 5 analysts are estimating revenue of $625.85M. There is a high estimate of $657.62M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $606.5M.
A total of 5 analysts have provided revenue estimates for GEO’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.43B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $2.41B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $2.42B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $2.41BBased on 5 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $2.76B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $3.12B and the low estimate is $2.48B.
