Wedbush Issues Optimistic Outlook for Geo Group Earnings

Geo Group Inc (The) (NYSE:GEO - Free Report) - Research analysts at Wedbush upped their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for Geo Group in a report issued on Monday, June 23rd. Wedbush analyst J. Mccanless now expects that the real estate investment trust will post earnings of $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 objective 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.

Several other equities analysts also recently commented on GEO. UBS Group set a $35.00 price objective on Geo Group in a research report on Monday, March 24th. Noble Financial reaffirmed an "outperform" rating on shares of Geo Group in a research note on Monday, March 24th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Geo Group from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, May 9th. Finally, Jones Trading decreased their price target on shares of Geo Group from $55.00 to $50.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Geo Group presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $38.00.

Geo Group Trading Down 0.9%

Shares of NYSE GEO opened at $23.24 on Wednesday. Geo Group has a fifty-two week low of $11.75 and a fifty-two week high of $36.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.24, a quick ratio of 1.29 and a current ratio of 1.29. The company has a market cap of $3.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 122.34, a PEG ratio of 2.63 and a beta of 0.76. The business's 50 day moving average price is $27.33 and its 200-day moving average price is $28.13.

Geo Group (NYSE:GEO - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 7th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.14 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 firm had revenue of $604.65 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $611.81 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.14 earnings per share.

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Shayn P. March sold 7,500 shares of Geo Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.00, for a total transaction of $225,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 67,469 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,024,070. This trade represents a 10.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Company insiders own 4.60% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Covestor Ltd boosted its position in Geo Group by 19.8% during the first quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 2,653 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $77,000 after purchasing an additional 438 shares in the last quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC lifted its position in shares of Geo Group by 2.8% during the first quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 19,208 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $560,000 after buying an additional 520 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Geo Group by 6.9% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 8,721 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $255,000 after buying an additional 566 shares in the last quarter. Xponance Inc. grew its position in shares of Geo Group by 7.6% in the 1st quarter. Xponance Inc. now owns 10,120 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $296,000 after buying an additional 712 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SRS Capital Advisors Inc. grew its position in shares of Geo Group by 160.0% in the 4th quarter. SRS Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 1,170 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 720 shares during the last quarter. 76.10% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Geo Group

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.

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