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Geo Group, Inc (NYSE: GEO) closed the day trading at $24.52 down -2.78% from the previous closing price of $25.22. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.78 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.05 million shares were traded. GEO stock price reached its highest trading level at $25.54 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $24.46.
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 50.61 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 26.07. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.29 and its Current Ratio is at 1.29. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.34 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.31.
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:
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 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 3465730560 and an Enterprise Value of 5029958656. As of this moment, Geo’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 132.04, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 11.31. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.43 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.58. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.076 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.963.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for GEO is 0.76, which has changed by 0.5135802 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.13161862 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 -4.89%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -5.29%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, GEO traded about 2.99M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, GEO traded about 2831090 shares per day. A total of 141.21M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 133.76M. Insiders hold about 5.68% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 90.01% stake in the company. Shares short for GEO as of 1749772800 were 9204564 with a Short Ratio of 2.90, compared to 1747267200 on 8741977. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 9204564 and a Short% of Float of 8.01.
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 2021-01-22. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2017-04-25 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.
