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NYSE:GEO

The GEO Group - GEO Competitors

$7.63
+0.05 (+0.66%)
(As of 03/23/2023 04:32 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$7.57
$7.91
50-Day Range
$7.55
$12.28
52-Week Range
$5.71
$12.44
Volume
1.94 million shs
Average Volume
2.68 million shs
Market Capitalization
$950.47 million
P/E Ratio
6.52
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$14.00

GEO vs. ARR, BSIG, AMSF, FBRT, BRKL, SII, TMP, MFA, ALX, and PGRE

Should you be buying The GEO Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The GEO Group include ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), BrightSphere Investment Group (BSIG), AMERISAFE (AMSF), Franklin BSP Realty Trust (FBRT), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Sprott (SII), Tompkins Financial (TMP), MFA Financial (MFA), Alexander's (ALX), and Paramount Group (PGRE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

The GEO Group vs.

ARMOUR Residential REIT (NYSE:ARR) and The GEO Group (NYSE:GEO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

The GEO Group has a net margin of 7.23% compared to ARMOUR Residential REIT's net margin of -100.66%. The GEO Group's return on equity of 15.74% beat ARMOUR Residential REIT's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ARMOUR Residential REIT -100.66% 13.68% 1.46%
The GEO Group 7.23% 15.74% 4.13%

ARMOUR Residential REIT currently has a consensus target price of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.58%. The GEO Group has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 83.25%. Given The GEO Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe The GEO Group is more favorable than ARMOUR Residential REIT.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ARMOUR Residential REIT
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
The GEO Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

50.7% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.6% of The GEO Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of The GEO Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, The GEO Group had 3 more articles in the media than ARMOUR Residential REIT. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for The GEO Group and 2 mentions for ARMOUR Residential REIT. ARMOUR Residential REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat The GEO Group's score of 0.00 indicating that ARMOUR Residential REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ARMOUR Residential REIT
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
The GEO Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

The GEO Group has higher revenue and earnings than ARMOUR Residential REIT. ARMOUR Residential REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The GEO Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ARMOUR Residential REIT$228.43 million4.05-$229.93 million-$1.99-2.41
The GEO Group$2.38 billion0.40$171.81 million$1.176.53

ARMOUR Residential REIT has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The GEO Group has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

The GEO Group received 244 more outperform votes than ARMOUR Residential REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.68% of users gave The GEO Group an outperform vote while only 51.06% of users gave ARMOUR Residential REIT an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ARMOUR Residential REITOutperform Votes
264
51.06%
Underperform Votes
253
48.94%
The GEO GroupOutperform Votes
508
72.68%
Underperform Votes
191
27.32%

Summary

The GEO Group beats ARMOUR Residential REIT on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GEO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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

MetricThe GEO GroupGeneral building contractors IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$940.49M$6.19B$5.83B$14.09B
Dividend YieldN/A3.03%8.37%3.93%
P/E Ratio6.484.28143.4620.86
Price / Sales0.400.516,007.9810.32
Price / Cash2.996.8231.7916.69
Price / Book0.811.403.476.87
Net Income$171.81M$876.67M$647.24M$872.31M
7 Day Performance-0.52%-0.21%28.62%-1.29%
1 Month Performance-18.05%-11.82%24.17%-8.09%
1 Year Performance32.06%-8.07%37.58%-14.76%

The GEO Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARR
ARMOUR Residential REIT
1.8778 of 5 stars
$4.81
-1.4%
$5.50
+14.3%
-43.0%$940.74M$-225,871,000.00-2.42N/A
BSIG
BrightSphere Investment Group
1.9622 of 5 stars
$22.64
-2.9%
$22.00
-2.8%
-11.1%$938.43M$417.20M9.6824
AMSF
AMERISAFE
2.1405 of 5 stars
$48.96
-3.3%
$58.00
+18.5%
-0.6%$938.07M$294.74M17.00371
FBRT
Franklin BSP Realty Trust
2.1999 of 5 stars
$11.44
-4.0%
$16.50
+44.2%
-13.4%$948.26M$201.65M-13.78N/ADividend Announcement
Positive News
BRKL
Brookline Bancorp
2.8813 of 5 stars
$10.48
-3.9%
$17.25
+64.6%
-36.3%$929.26M$373.53M7.33786Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
SII
Sprott
1.6228 of 5 stars
$35.78
-1.4%
$60.50
+69.1%
-24.6%$928.85M$145.18M51.86173
TMP
Tompkins Financial
0 of 5 stars
$66.12
-4.8%
N/AN/A$960.06M$329.30M11.231,072Gap Up
MFA
MFA Financial
2.4364 of 5 stars
$8.95
-3.7%
$12.45
+39.1%
-46.0%$912.09M$482.42M-3.50298
ALX
Alexander's
0.9978 of 5 stars
$189.72
-3.0%
$160.00
-15.7%
-24.1%$969.47M$205.81M16.8670
PGRE
Paramount Group
2.6759 of 5 stars
$4.20
-5.0%
$6.04
+43.8%
-61.1%$911.32M$740.38M-26.25318Insider Buying
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
This page (NYSE:GEO) was last updated on 3/23/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff