NYSE:GEOThe GEO Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

The GEO Group's stock was trading at $13.31 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, GEO shares have decreased by 4.8% and is now trading at $12.67. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

The GEO Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for The GEO Group.

The GEO Group Inc (NYSE:GEO) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.38 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.29. The real estate investment trust earned $621.71 million during the quarter. The GEO Group had a net margin of 6.11% and a return on equity of 17.43%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.31 earnings per share. View The GEO Group's earnings history.

The GEO Group declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 6th. Stockholders of record on Friday, April 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.48 per share on Friday, April 24th. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 15.15%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 16th. View The GEO Group's dividend history.

The GEO Group issued an update on its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.25-2.35 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.38-2.38 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.58 billion.

News articles about GEO stock have trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. The GEO Group earned a media sentiment score of -3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutThe GEO Group.

The GEO Group saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,510,000 shares, an increase of 9.6% from the April 30th total of 2,290,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,710,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Approximately 2.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. View The GEO Group's Current Options Chain.

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The GEO Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GEO."

The GEO Group's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (11.71%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (4.39%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (4.35%), State Street Corp (3.40%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.79%) and Russell Investments Group Ltd. (1.66%). Company insiders that own The GEO Group stock include Anne N Foreman, Brian Evans, Christopher C Wheeler, David J Venturella, George C Zoley and Richard H Glanton. View institutional ownership trends for The GEO Group.

GEO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wells Fargo & Company MN, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Squarepoint Ops LLC, BlackRock Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., and Mackay Shields LLC. Company insiders that have sold The GEO Group company stock in the last year include Anne N Foreman, Brian Evans, and Richard H Glanton. View insider buying and selling activity for The GEO Group.

GEO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., State Street Corp, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Geode Capital Management LLC, Driehaus Capital Management LLC, and MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd. Company insiders that have bought The GEO Group stock in the last two years include Brian Evans, David J Venturella, and George C Zoley. View insider buying and selling activity for The GEO Group.

Shares of GEO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of GEO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $12.67.

The GEO Group has a market capitalization of $1.54 billion and generates $2.48 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $166.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.75 on an earnings per share basis. The GEO Group employs 22,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for The GEO Group is www.geogroup.com.

The GEO Group's mailing address is 4955 TECHNOLOGY WAY, BOCA RATON FL, 33431. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 561-893-0101 or via email at [email protected]