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

The GEO Group (NYSE:GEO) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.740-0.880 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 1.680. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.5 billion-$2.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.8 billion.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Noble Financial downgraded shares of The GEO Group from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Monday, November 11th. Northland Securities increased their price objective on shares of The GEO Group from $16.00 to $37.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 8th. Finally, Wedbush reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of The GEO Group in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th.

The GEO Group Stock Performance

Shares of GEO traded up $1.65 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $27.43. The stock had a trading volume of 5,545,614 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,936,617. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $29.42 and a 200-day simple moving average of $22.19. The GEO Group has a one year low of $11.50 and a one year high of $36.46. The firm has a market cap of $3.84 billion, a PE ratio of 94.59, a P/E/G ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 0.87. The company has a current ratio of 1.10, a quick ratio of 1.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.25.

The GEO Group (NYSE:GEO) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.21 by ($0.08). The GEO Group had a return on equity of 9.20% and a net margin of 2.00%. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that The GEO Group will post 0.83 EPS for the current year.

The 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.