NYSE:GEO - The GEO Group Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

The GEO Group declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 11th. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.47 per share on Thursday, May 3rd. This represents a $1.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.10%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, April 20th. View The GEO Group's Dividend History.

The GEO Group announced that its board has approved a stock buyback program on Thursday, February 15th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

The GEO Group Inc (NYSE:GEO) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.01. The real estate investment trust earned $565 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $559.86 million. The GEO Group had a net margin of 6.18% and a return on equity of 13.63%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.35 EPS. View The GEO Group's Earnings History.

The GEO Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August, 6th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for The GEO Group.

The GEO Group issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.45-2.53 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.47. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.28 billion.The GEO Group also updated its Q2 guidance to $0.59-0.61 EPS.

3 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for The GEO Group's shares. Their predictions range from $32.00 to $35.00. On average, they anticipate The GEO Group's stock price to reach $34.00 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for The GEO Group.

Some companies that are related to The GEO Group include Extra Space Storage (EXR), Gecina (GECFF), ANNALY Cap Mgmt/SH (NLY), Klépierre (KLPEF), HCP (HCP), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), SINO Ld Ltd/S (SNLAY), Regency Centers (REG), Duke Realty (DRE), Iron Mountain (IRM), UDR (UDR), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), SL Green Realty (SLG), Camden Property Trust (CPT) and Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS).

Media coverage about GEO stock has trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. The GEO Group earned a news sentiment score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 46.21 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

The GEO Group's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (11.67%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (4.53%), Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (3.33%), Prudential Financial Inc. (2.92%), Northern Trust Corp (2.80%) and Russell Investments Group Ltd. (2.41%). Company insiders that own The GEO Group stock include Ann M Schlarb, Anne N Foreman, Christopher C Wheeler, J David Donahue, John J Bulfin, Norman A Carlson, 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 Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Barings LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Eagle Asset Management Inc., Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Daiwa Securities Group Inc., River Road Asset Management LLC and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have sold The GEO Group company stock in the last year include Anne N Foreman, Christopher C Wheeler, John J Bulfin, Norman A Carlson, Richard H Glanton and Shayn P March. View Insider Buying and Selling for The GEO Group.

GEO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Global X Management Co. LLC, Denver Investment Advisors LLC, Alpine Woods Capital Investors LLC, Intrinsic Edge Capital Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., BlackRock Inc., Epoch Investment Partners Inc. and Ranger Global Real Estate Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GEO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $26.48.

The GEO Group has a market capitalization of $3.21 billion and generates $2.26 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $146.24 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.55 on an earnings per share basis. The GEO Group employs 18,512 workers across the globe.

The GEO Group's mailing address is ONE PARK PLACE 621 NORTHWEST 53RD STREET SUITE 700, BOCA RATON FL, 33487. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 561-893-0101 or via email at [email protected]