Equities Analysts Set Expectations for Geo Group Q2 Earnings

Geo Group Inc (The) (NYSE:GEO - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Wedbush raised their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Geo Group in a research report issued on Monday, June 23rd. Wedbush analyst J. Mccanless now anticipates that the real estate investment trust will earn $0.17 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.16. Wedbush has a "Outperform" rating and a $36.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Geo Group's current full-year earnings is $0.83 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Geo Group's Q3 2025 earnings at $0.24 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.27 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $0.82 EPS.

Geo Group (NYSE:GEO - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May 7th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.18 by ($0.04). Geo Group had a net margin of 1.19% and a return on equity of 7.36%. The business had revenue of $604.65 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $611.81 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.14 earnings per share.

GEO has been the topic of several other research reports. Noble Financial reiterated an "outperform" rating on shares of Geo Group in a research note on Monday, March 24th. UBS Group set a $35.00 price target on Geo Group in a research note on Monday, March 24th. Jones Trading dropped their price target on Geo Group from $55.00 to $50.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, May 8th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Geo Group from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, May 9th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Geo Group has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $38.00.

Geo Group Stock Performance

Geo Group stock traded up $0.43 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $23.84. 6,802,263 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,930,791. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.24, a current ratio of 1.29 and a quick ratio of 1.29. The firm's 50 day moving average price is $26.98 and its 200-day moving average price is $28.03. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 125.49, a P/E/G ratio of 2.64 and a beta of 0.76. Geo Group has a 1 year low of $11.75 and a 1 year high of $36.46.

Institutional Trading of Geo Group

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of GEO. Principal Financial Group Inc. grew its holdings in Geo Group by 3.0% during the fourth quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 659,453 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $18,451,000 after acquiring an additional 19,060 shares during the period. Truist Financial Corp acquired a new stake in Geo Group during the fourth quarter worth about $215,000. Handelsbanken Fonder AB grew its holdings in Geo Group by 20.0% during the fourth quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB now owns 27,600 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $772,000 after acquiring an additional 4,600 shares during the period. Rothschild Investment LLC grew its holdings in Geo Group by 6,800.0% during the fourth quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 4,140 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $116,000 after acquiring an additional 4,080 shares during the period. Finally, Proficio Capital Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Geo Group during the fourth quarter worth about $313,000. 76.10% of the stock is 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.