The GEO Group Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street equities research 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. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" The GEO Group stock.
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The GEO Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 29th 2021.
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The GEO Group, Inc. (NYSE:GEO) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 16th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.33 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.26 by $0.07. The GEO Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.58% and a net margin of 5.81%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.28 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. Since then, GEO stock has decreased by 55.8% and is now trading at $5.88.
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The GEO Group announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, January 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Monday, February 1st. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 17.01%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 22nd.
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The GEO Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 17.27%. GEO has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio of The GEO Group is 36.36%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, The GEO Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 40.32% next year. This indicates that The GEO Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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The GEO Group issued an update on its first quarter 2021 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 16th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.48-0.50 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $579-584 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $598.97 million.

1 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for The GEO Group's shares. 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 155.1% 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.

Some companies that are related to The GEO Group include American Tower (AMT), Public Storage (PSA), Welltower (WELL), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Ventas (VTR), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), CubeSmart (CUBE), Life Storage (LSI), Rayonier (RYN), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), PotlatchDeltic (PCH) and Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA).
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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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.36%), Hodges Capital Management Inc. (0.12%), Optimum Investment Advisors (0.00%) and FNY Investment Advisers LLC (0.00%). 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 Hodges Capital Management Inc.. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pacer Advisors Inc., FNY Investment Advisers LLC, and Optimum Investment Advisors. 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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One share of GEO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $5.88.

The GEO Group has a market capitalization of $713.29 million 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 20,430 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]