The GEO Group (GEO) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $26.75 -0.40 (-1.47%) Closing price 05/21/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$26.75 0.00 (-0.01%) As of 07:32 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock The GEO Group Short Interest DataThe GEO Group (GEO) has a short interest of 11.28 million shares. This marks a 8.78% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.6, indicating that it would take 3.6 days of the average trading volume of 2.86 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest11,280,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest10,370,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+8.78%Dollar Volume Sold Short$353.18 millionShort Interest Ratio3.6 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2025Outstanding Shares141,343,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted7.98%Today's Trading Volume2,357,060 sharesAverage Trading Volume2,862,422 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average82% Short Selling The GEO Group? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for The GEO Group and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartGEO Short Interest Over TimeGEO Days to Cover Over TimeGEO Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time The GEO Group Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/30/202511,280,000 shares $353.18 million +8.8%N/A3.6 $31.31 4/15/202510,370,000 shares $313.37 million -9.0%7.8%3.5 $30.22 3/31/202511,400,000 shares $333.83 million +6.7%8.6%3.7 $29.28 3/15/202510,680,000 shares $284.75 million +18.7%8.1%3.7 $26.66 2/28/20259,000,000 shares $246.29 million +0.5%6.8%3.1 $27.37 2/15/20258,960,000 shares $243.57 million +12.4%6.8%3.2 $27.18 1/31/20257,970,000 shares $251.24 million -23.0%N/A2.2 $31.52 1/15/202510,350,000 shares $351.59 million +3.8%N/A2.8 $33.97 12/31/20249,970,000 shares $278.96 million -7.0%N/A2.9 $27.98 12/15/202410,720,000 shares $293.84 million +1.1%N/A3.2 $27.41 Get the Latest News and Ratings for GEO and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for The GEO Group and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/30/202410,600,000 shares $302.21 million +20.5%N/A3.2 $28.51 11/15/20248,800,000 shares $234.08 million +59.7%N/A2.8 $26.60 10/31/20245,510,000 shares $83.70 million No ChangeN/A2 $15.19 10/15/20245,510,000 shares $82.62 million +2.4%N/A2.7 $15.00 9/30/20245,380,000 shares $69.13 million -8.7%N/A2.4 $12.85 9/15/20245,890,000 shares $76.33 million -31.0%N/A2.5 $12.96 8/31/20248,540,000 shares $118.45 million +9.2%N/A3.5 $13.87 8/15/20247,820,000 shares $102.64 million -15.8%N/A3.2 $13.13 7/31/20249,290,000 shares $134.80 million -6.1%N/A3.6 $14.51 7/15/20249,890,000 shares $172.28 million -4.3%N/A4.1 $17.42 6/30/202410,330,000 shares $148.34 million -2.4%N/A4.4 $14.36 6/15/202410,580,000 shares $138.07 million +17.0%N/A4.4 $13.05 5/31/20249,040,000 shares $131.40 million -12.0%N/A3.4 $14.54 5/15/202410,270,000 shares $130.53 million -46.5%N/A4.1 $12.71 4/30/202419,210,000 shares $285.36 million -14.9%15.9%6.9 $14.86 4/15/202422,570,000 shares $343.18 million -7.8%18.7%8 $15.21 3/31/202424,480,000 shares $345.66 million -0.5%20.5%8.7 $14.12 3/15/202424,610,000 shares $323.38 million -3.2%20.7%8.9 $13.14 2/29/202425,410,000 shares $311.78 million +3.7%21.3%9.8 $12.27 2/15/202424,500,000 shares $288.61 million +6.0%20.5%9.2 $11.78 1/31/202423,120,000 shares $256.98 million +7.8%19.3%9 $11.12 1/15/202421,450,000 shares $229.94 million +6.9%18.0%8.8 $10.72 12/31/202320,070,000 shares $217.36 million +8.4%16.8%8.4 $10.83 12/15/202318,520,000 shares $195.39 million +2.4%15.5%7.3 $10.55 11/30/202318,080,000 shares $183.51 million +4.8%15.1%7.5 $10.15 11/15/202317,260,000 shares $164.32 million -2.9%14.4%7.4 $9.52 10/31/202317,780,000 shares $155.40 million +13.3%14.9%7.6 $8.74 10/15/202315,690,000 shares $133.05 million +2.9%13.1%6.9 $8.48 9/30/202315,250,000 shares $124.75 million -8.0%12.8%7 $8.18 9/15/202316,570,000 shares $125.43 million -2.4%13.9%8.6 $7.57A new financial chapter (Ad)Porter Stansberry says what happened last week could become the defining legacy of his financial publishing career. In a special event watched by thousands, he unveiled what he calls “the boldest undertaking” he’s ever attempted — a real-money initiative that will document every trade, decision, win, and loss in pursuit of a million-dollar mission. And the results are already surprising. One early beta tester tripled her investment income in just three trades. If you missed the event, he’s republishing the message he sent to attendees right after it ended. 8/31/202316,970,000 shares $122.86 million -6.2%14.2%8.7 $7.24 8/15/202318,100,000 shares $131.77 million +1.7%15.2%9.5 $7.28 7/31/202317,790,000 shares $132.89 million -5.2%14.9%8.7 $7.47 7/15/202318,770,000 shares $136.83 million -3.9%15.8%9.1 $7.29 6/30/202319,530,000 shares $139.83 million -6.0%16.4%9.9 $7.16 6/15/202320,780,000 shares $155.85 million -15.6%17.4%10.7 $7.50 5/31/202324,610,000 shares $183.47 million -0.6%20.7%12.1 $7.46 5/15/202324,750,000 shares $207.41 million +9.3%20.8%11.3 $8.38 4/30/202322,650,000 shares $170.55 million -1.3%19.0%9 $7.53 4/15/202322,940,000 shares $187.42 million -4.2%19.6%9.6 $8.17 3/31/202323,950,000 shares $188.97 million -0.7%20.4%9.6 $7.89 3/15/202324,110,000 shares $190.71 million -4.9%20.6%9.6 $7.91 2/28/202325,360,000 shares $222.15 million -6.6%21.6%10.2 $8.76 2/15/202327,140,000 shares $268.69 million +7.6%23.1%10.3 $9.90 1/31/202325,220,000 shares $290.03 million +3.6%21.4%10.5 $11.50 1/15/202324,350,000 shares $280.27 million -0.4%20.7%10.4 $11.51 12/30/202224,440,000 shares $267.62 million +3.3%20.8%11.1 $10.95 12/15/202223,670,000 shares $249.25 million +5.9%20.1%10.4 $10.53 11/30/202222,350,000 shares $264.18 million +3.8%19.0%10.1 $11.82 11/15/202221,530,000 shares $198.51 million +6.4%18.3%10 $9.22 10/31/202220,240,000 shares $171.23 million +0.1%17.2%8 $8.46 10/15/202220,220,000 shares $172.07 million +0.9%17.2%8.3 $8.51 9/30/202220,040,000 shares $154.31 million +4.4%17.0%8.4 $7.70 9/15/202219,200,000 shares $155.71 million -1.9%16.3%8.5 $8.11 8/31/202219,570,000 shares $160.08 million +5.2%16.6%8.9 $8.18 8/15/202218,600,000 shares $141.36 million -1.9%15.8%9.5 $7.60 7/31/202218,960,000 shares $124.38 million -0.5%16.2%14.1 $6.56 7/15/202219,050,000 shares $122.87 million -2.3%16.3%13.6 $6.45 6/30/202219,490,000 shares $128.63 million -1.2%16.7%12.7 $6.60 6/15/202219,730,000 shares $123.90 million -3.4%16.9%11.1 $6.28 5/31/202220,420,000 shares $145.19 million -0.8%17.4%10.6 $7.11 5/15/202220,590,000 shares $129.72 million -6.8%17.5%9.4 $6.30 4/30/202222,100,000 shares $144.31 million -1.1%19.0%9.4 $6.53 4/15/202222,350,000 shares $151.53 million -1.3%19.2%8.5 $6.78 3/31/202222,650,000 shares $149.72 million +0.8%19.5%8.4 $6.61 3/15/202222,470,000 shares $124.93 million -0.5%19.4%8.8 $5.56 2/28/202222,580,000 shares $134.58 million -6.0%19.3%8.6 $5.96 2/15/202224,020,000 shares $156.85 million +9.8%20.5%9 $6.53 1/31/202221,870,000 shares $147.19 million +1.8%18.7%8.4 $6.73 1/15/202221,480,000 shares $169.05 million +0.8%18.3%9.3 $7.87 12/31/202121,320,000 shares $165.23 million -0.6%18.2%9.6 $7.75 12/15/202121,440,000 shares $153.08 million -4.5%18.3%9.2 $7.14 11/30/202122,460,000 shares $188.66 million +0.2%19.2%9.9 $8.40 11/15/202122,420,000 shares $215.46 million -11.3%19.1%10.9 $9.61 10/29/202125,270,000 shares $206.71 million -2.9%21.6%11.7 $8.18 10/15/202126,010,000 shares $216.14 million +0.0%22.2%12.4 $8.31 9/30/202126,000,000 shares $194.22 million +2.2%22.2%11.5 $7.47 9/15/202125,450,000 shares $180.44 million +1.3%21.7%10.4 $7.09 8/31/202125,120,000 shares $194.68 million -10.1%21.4%7.3 $7.75 8/13/202127,940,000 shares $234.14 million -3.2%23.8%4 $8.38A new financial chapter (Ad)Porter Stansberry says what happened last week could become the defining legacy of his financial publishing career. In a special event watched by thousands, he unveiled what he calls “the boldest undertaking” he’s ever attempted — a real-money initiative that will document every trade, decision, win, and loss in pursuit of a million-dollar mission. And the results are already surprising. One early beta tester tripled her investment income in just three trades. If you missed the event, he’s republishing the message he sent to attendees right after it ended. 7/30/202128,860,000 shares $199.71 million +0.9%24.6%4 $6.92 7/15/202128,600,000 shares $191.62 million +0.7%24.4%3.9 $6.70 6/30/202128,390,000 shares $202.14 million -15.6%24.2%3.7 $7.12 6/15/202133,620,000 shares $222.56 million -19.4%28.9%4.2 $6.62 5/28/202141,730,000 shares $216.58 million +3.5%35.7%5.5 $5.19 5/14/202140,330,000 shares $248.43 million +5.4%34.5%9.1 $6.16 4/30/202138,280,000 shares $216.66 million -0.8%32.8%8.1 $5.66 4/15/202138,600,000 shares $223.49 million +10.8%33.1%7.2 $5.79 3/31/202134,830,000 shares $272.72 million +4.2%29.8%6.6 $7.83 3/15/202133,440,000 shares $270.20 million +1.2%28.7%7 $8.08 2/26/202133,040,000 shares $256.72 million +37.4%28.5%7.3 $7.77 2/12/202124,050,000 shares $211.88 million -13.6%20.6%5.8 $8.81 1/29/202127,850,000 shares $240.07 million +0.1%23.8%6.7 $8.62 1/15/202127,810,000 shares $249.18 million +26.4%23.8%6.8 $8.96 12/31/202022,000,000 shares $198 million +11.6%18.8%6.4 $9.00 12/15/202019,720,000 shares $190.50 million +10.2%16.9%6.3 $9.66 11/30/202017,890,000 shares $173.71 million +4.0%15.3%6.2 $9.71 11/15/202017,200,000 shares $153.94 million +70.8%14.7%6.3 $8.95 10/30/202010,070,000 shares $89.42 million +90.4%8.6%4.6 $8.88 10/15/20205,290,000 shares $59.62 million +41.1%4.5%2.9 $11.27 9/30/20203,750,000 shares $42.53 million -12.6%3.2%2.3 $11.34 9/15/20204,290,000 shares $48.99 million +19.5%3.7%2.5 $11.42 8/31/20203,590,000 shares $40.06 million -11.4%3.1%2 $11.16 8/14/20204,050,000 shares $45.20 million +39.2%3.5%2.1 $11.16 7/31/20202,910,000 shares $30.93 million +9.4%2.5%1.4 $10.63 7/15/20202,660,000 shares $31.68 million -7.0%2.3%1.4 $11.91 6/30/20202,860,000 shares $32.75 million +26.6%2.5%1.5 $11.45 6/15/20202,260,000 shares $28.70 million -9.6%1.9%1.2 $12.70 5/29/20202,500,000 shares $29.95 million +25.6%2.1%1.4 $11.98 GEO Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is The GEO Group's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of The GEO Group shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, traders have sold 11,280,000 shares of GEO short. Learn More on The GEO Group's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for The GEO Group? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. GEO shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on The GEO Group's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting The GEO Group? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of The GEO Group: Jane Street Group LLC, Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Pentwater Capital Management LP, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, PEAK6 LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, DG Capital Management LLC, Summit Securities Group LLC, HighTower Advisors LLC, Simplex Trading LLC, Wolverine Asset Management LLC, and IMC Chicago LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Is The GEO Group's short interest increasing or decreasing? The GEO Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 11,280,000 shares, an increase of 8.8% from the previous total of 10,370,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. How does The GEO Group's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies compare to The GEO Group: Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (4.43%), CubeSmart (1.61%), Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (7.82%), Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (3.40%), Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (7.81%), EPR Properties (4.18%), Rayonier Inc. (2.93%), National Health Investors, Inc. (3.28%), Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (33.26%), PotlatchDeltic Co. (1.49%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.67 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.58 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.47 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.56 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.23 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.90 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.85 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($1.75 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short The GEO Group stock? Short selling GEO is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from The GEO Group as its price is falling. GEO shares are trading down $0.40 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against The GEO Group? A short squeeze for The GEO Group occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of GEO, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is The GEO Group's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including GEO, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2025. 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