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 shares have decreased by 10.2% and is now trading at $11.95. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for The GEO Group in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for The GEO Group.

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) posted its 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 had revenue of $621.71 million for 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 business earned $0.31 earnings per share. View The GEO Group's earnings history.

The GEO Group announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 7th. Investors of record on Friday, July 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.48 per share on Friday, July 24th. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 16.07%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 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 (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.

1 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for The GEO Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $15.00 to $15.00. On average, they expect The GEO Group's share price to reach $15.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 25.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for The GEO Group.

News articles about GEO stock have been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. The GEO Group earned a daily sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about The GEO Group.

The GEO Group saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,260,000 shares, a drop of 9.6% from the June 15th total of 2,500,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,810,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.2 days. Approximately 1.9% of the company's stock 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.01%) and Gradient Investments LLC (0.01%). 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 Gradient Investments LLC, and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. 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.

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 $11.95.

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]