NYSE:GEOThe GEO Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

The GEO Group's stock was trading at $13.31 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GEO stock has decreased by 10.0% and is now trading at $11.98. 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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 12th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.38 EPS 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 prior year, the company earned $0.31 EPS. View The GEO Group's earnings history.

The GEO Group announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 6th. Shareholders 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 16.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 16th. View The GEO Group's dividend history.

The GEO Group updated its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 30th. The company provided EPS 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.

Media headlines about GEO stock have trended neutral on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. The GEO Group earned a media sentiment score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news 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 effect on the company's share price in the near future. 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 currently 1.5 days. Currently, 2.1% of the company's shares 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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, Richard H Glanton and Shayn P March. 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 acquired 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 $11.98.

The GEO Group has a market capitalization of $1.45 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]