The GEO Group Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 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 for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" The GEO Group stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in GEO, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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The GEO Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 4th 2021.
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The GEO Group, Inc. (NYSE:GEO) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 4th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.42 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.28 by $0.14. The real estate investment trust earned $565.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $561.18 million. The GEO Group had a net margin of 6.25% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.99%. The GEO Group's revenue for the quarter was down 3.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.35 EPS.
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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 shares have decreased by 47.3% and is now trading at $7.02.
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The GEO Group announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 15th. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 14.25%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 22nd.
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The GEO Group updated its fourth quarter 2021 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.590-$0.630 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

1 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for The GEO Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $7.00 to $7.00. On average, they expect The GEO Group's stock price to reach $7.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.3%.
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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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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 Vanguard Group Inc. (17.22%), BlackRock Inc. (14.62%), State Street Corp (3.68%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (2.36%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.06%) and FMR LLC (1.80%). Company insiders that own The GEO Group stock include Anne N Foreman, Brian Evans, David J Venturella, George C Zoley, James H Black and Richard H Glanton.
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GEO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., abrdn plc, Jupiter Asset Management Ltd., Miller Value Partners LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, and Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC.
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GEO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Credit Suisse AG, Mason Capital Management LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Susquehanna International Group LLP, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.. 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 $7.02.

The GEO Group has a market capitalization of $860.33 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]