The GEO Group Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for The GEO Group in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" The GEO Group stock.
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The GEO Group saw a drop in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 33,620,000 shares, a drop of 19.4% from the May 31st total of 41,730,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 7,990,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.2 days. Approximately 28.9% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The GEO Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 4th 2021.
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The GEO Group, Inc. (NYSE:GEO) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May, 10th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.09. The GEO Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.30% and a net margin of 5.96%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.34 earnings per share.
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The GEO Group's stock was trading at $13.31 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, GEO stock has decreased by 48.0% and is now trading at $6.92.
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The GEO Group declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, January 25th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Monday, February 1st. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 14.45%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 22nd.
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The GEO Group issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 8th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.230-2.310 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.23 billion-2.25 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.27 billion.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for The GEO Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $7.00 to $15.00. On average, they anticipate The GEO Group's share price to reach $11.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 59.0% from the stock's current price.
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214 employees have rated The GEO Group CEO George C. Zoley on Glassdoor.com. George C. Zoley has an approval rating of 63% among The GEO Group's employees. This puts George C. Zoley in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other The GEO Group investors own include AT&T (T), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), CoreCivic (CXW), Iron Mountain (IRM), Altria Group (MO), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Verizon Communications (VZ) and AbbVie (ABBV).

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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.11%), Hodges Capital Management Inc. (0.09%), Cutler Group LP (0.00%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.03%), Versor Investments LP (0.02%) and Eidelman Virant Capital (0.01%). Company insiders that own The GEO Group stock include Anne N Foreman, Brian Evans, David J Venturella, George C Zoley and Richard H Glanton.
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GEO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., Hodges Capital Management Inc., and Eidelman Virant Capital. Company insiders that have sold The GEO Group company stock in the last year include Anne N Foreman, and Richard H Glanton.
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GEO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cutler Group LP, Versor Investments LP, Tuttle Tactical Management, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have bought The GEO Group stock in the last two years include Brian Evans, David J Venturella, and George C Zoley.
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Shares of GEO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of GEO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $6.92.

The GEO Group has a market capitalization of $846.94 million and generates $2.35 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $113.03 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.51 on an earnings per share basis.

The GEO Group employs 20,000 workers across the globe.

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

The GEO Group is headquartered at 4955 TECHNOLOGY WAY, BOCA RATON FL, 33431.

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]