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GEO vs. CXW, OHI, CUBE, RHP, HR, EPR, SBRA, RYN, NHI, and PCH

Should you be buying Geo Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Geo Group include CoreCivic (CXW), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), CubeSmart (CUBE), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), EPR Properties (EPR), Sabra Healthcare REIT (SBRA), Rayonier (RYN), National Health Investors (NHI), and Potlatch (PCH). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.

Geo Group vs. Its Competitors

Geo Group (NYSE:GEO) and CoreCivic (NYSE:CXW) are both mid-cap specialized reits companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and earnings.

Geo Group presently has a consensus target price of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.63%. CoreCivic has a consensus target price of $33.33, indicating a potential upside of 60.68%. Given CoreCivic's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CoreCivic is more favorable than Geo Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Geo Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
CoreCivic
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

CoreCivic has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Geo Group. CoreCivic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Geo Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Geo Group$2.42B1.52$31.97M$0.19137.34
CoreCivic$1.95B1.16$68.87M$0.7627.30

Geo Group has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CoreCivic has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

CoreCivic has a net margin of 4.33% compared to Geo Group's net margin of 1.19%. Geo Group's return on equity of 7.36% beat CoreCivic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Geo Group1.19% 7.36% 2.67%
CoreCivic 4.33%5.75%2.88%

In the previous week, CoreCivic had 1 more articles in the media than Geo Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for CoreCivic and 6 mentions for Geo Group. CoreCivic's average media sentiment score of -0.08 beat Geo Group's score of -0.43 indicating that CoreCivic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Geo Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
CoreCivic
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

76.1% of Geo Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of CoreCivic shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Geo Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of CoreCivic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

CoreCivic beats Geo Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GEO vs. The Competition

MetricGeo GroupGovernment Services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.69B$3.14B$18.98B$21.13B
Dividend YieldN/A1.15%2.72%3.58%
P/E Ratio137.3455.5729.5427.87
Price / Sales1.521.0348.5159.63
Price / Cash14.0610.3927.5123.02
Price / Book2.742.266.254.69
Net Income$31.97M$149.68M$197.18M$995.51M
7 Day Performance6.46%4.28%1.57%1.65%
1 Month Performance12.72%6.72%6.52%5.92%
1 Year Performance69.77%3.68%30.80%11.51%

Geo Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GEO
Geo Group
3.5157 of 5 stars
$26.09
+6.3%
$38.00
+45.6%
+57.6%$3.69B$2.42B137.3416,500News Coverage
CXW
CoreCivic
2.305 of 5 stars
$20.22
-2.8%
$33.33
+64.8%
+41.3%$2.21B$1.96B26.6111,649
OHI
Omega Healthcare Investors
3.5963 of 5 stars
$38.05
+0.3%
$42.25
+11.1%
+7.2%$11.01B$1.05B23.6350Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CUBE
CubeSmart
3.6249 of 5 stars
$40.97
-0.3%
$47.38
+15.6%
-12.0%$9.34B$929.08M24.243,104News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
RHP
Ryman Hospitality Properties
3.913 of 5 stars
$99.05
-0.9%
$114.75
+15.9%
-0.5%$5.94B$2.40B20.981,929Positive News
HR
Healthcare Realty Trust
3.5165 of 5 stars
$16.20
+0.1%
$16.40
+1.3%
-7.8%$5.69B$1.27B-14.86580News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
EPR
EPR Properties
3.5395 of 5 stars
$58.41
-0.6%
$57.29
-1.9%
+31.8%$4.44B$698.07M35.8360Upcoming Earnings
SBRA
Sabra Healthcare REIT
1.0981 of 5 stars
$18.12
+0.3%
$19.67
+8.5%
+10.7%$4.31B$703.23M30.7140Positive News
RYN
Rayonier
4.2751 of 5 stars
$23.58
+0.1%
$27.75
+17.7%
-18.6%$3.67B$1.26B10.12420Positive News
Dividend Announcement
NHI
National Health Investors
4.3316 of 5 stars
$70.15
-0.5%
$84.60
+20.6%
-4.5%$3.28B$335.18M22.2720Positive News
PCH
Potlatch
4.1683 of 5 stars
$40.36
+0.4%
$50.00
+23.9%
-0.1%$3.17B$1.06B66.161,383Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:GEO) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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