Geo Group (NYSE:GEO) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Geo Group (NYSE:GEO) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.810-1.850 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.900. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.6 billion-$2.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.6 billion. Geo Group also updated its Q4 2025 guidance to 0.230-0.270 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently commented on the stock. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Geo Group in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Jones Trading cut their price objective on shares of Geo Group from $50.00 to $45.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, August 7th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Geo Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, October 11th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $37.00.

Geo Group Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:GEO traded down $0.39 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $15.03. 1,781,325 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,897,124. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 0.90 and a current ratio of 0.90. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $19.33 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $23.32. Geo Group has a 12 month low of $14.27 and a 12 month high of $36.46. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.13 billion, a PE ratio of 23.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.87 and a beta of 0.67.

Geo Group (NYSE:GEO) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September 28th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $565.42 million during the quarter. Geo Group had a net margin of 3.69% and a return on equity of 7.26%. Geo Group has set its FY22 guidance at $2.40-2.46 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Geo Group will post 0.83 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Geo Group announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, August 6th that authorizes the company to repurchase $300.00 million in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the real estate investment trust to reacquire up to 8.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Geo Group by 245.1% in the 2nd quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 1,101 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 782 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Geo Group by 81.9% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 1,864 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $54,000 after purchasing an additional 839 shares during the last quarter. Tidal Investments LLC boosted its position in Geo Group by 6.6% in the second quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 23,595 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $565,000 after buying an additional 1,467 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. grew its stake in Geo Group by 4.6% during the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 75,766 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $2,213,000 after buying an additional 3,309 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Militia Capital Partners LP grew its stake in Geo Group by 122.6% during the second quarter. Militia Capital Partners LP now owns 6,900 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $165,000 after buying an additional 3,800 shares during the last quarter. 76.10% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Geo Group Company Profile

The GEO Group, Inc (NYSE: GEO) engages in ownership, leasing, and management of secure facilities, processing centers, and community-based reentry facilities in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, and South Africa. The company also provides secure facility management services, including the provision of security, administrative, rehabilitation, education, and food services; reentry services, such as temporary housing, programming, employment assistance, and other services; electronic monitoring and supervision services; and transportation services; as well as designs, constructs, and finances new facilities through projects.