Q1 EPS Estimates for The GEO Group Cut by Noble Financial

The GEO Group, Inc. (NYSE:GEO) – Equities research analysts at Noble Financial decreased their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of The GEO Group in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, March 5th. Noble Financial analyst J. Gomes now forecasts that the real estate investment trust will earn $0.20 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.22. Noble Financial has a “Outperform” rating and a $32.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for The GEO Group’s current full-year earnings is $0.83 per share. Noble Financial also issued estimates for The GEO Group’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.20 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.25 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.96 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.85 EPS.

The GEO Group (NYSE:GEO) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.13 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.21 by ($0.08). The GEO Group had a return on equity of 9.20% and a net margin of 2.00%. The business had revenue of $607.72 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $607.45 million.

GEO has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Wedbush reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of The GEO Group in a report on Tuesday, December 17th. Northland Securities upped their price target on shares of The GEO Group from $16.00 to $37.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, November 8th.

The GEO Group Stock Performance

Shares of GEO stock opened at $25.65 on Thursday. The GEO Group has a one year low of $11.75 and a one year high of $36.46. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $29.29 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $22.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.25, a current ratio of 1.10 and a quick ratio of 1.10. The stock has a market cap of $3.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 88.46, a P/E/G ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 0.91.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On The GEO Group

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Creative Planning lifted its holdings in The GEO Group by 9.0% during the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 11,096 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $143,000 after buying an additional 919 shares during the period. Tyler Stone Wealth Management raised its position in shares of The GEO Group by 98.8% during the third quarter. Tyler Stone Wealth Management now owns 12,284 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $158,000 after acquiring an additional 6,105 shares during the last quarter. Versor Investments LP acquired a new position in shares of The GEO Group in the third quarter worth approximately $604,000. Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in The GEO Group by 12.0% in the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 195,376 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $2,511,000 after acquiring an additional 20,962 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Chesapeake Capital Corp IL increased its position in The GEO Group by 27.9% during the 3rd quarter. Chesapeake Capital Corp IL now owns 22,000 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $280,000 after purchasing an additional 4,800 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 76.10% of the company’s stock.

About The GEO Group

The GEO Group, Inc (NYSE: GEO) engages in ownership, leasing, and management of secure facilities, processing centers, and community-based reentry facilities in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, and South Africa. The company also provides secure facility management services, including the provision of security, administrative, rehabilitation, education, and food services; reentry services, such as temporary housing, programming, employment assistance, and other services; electronic monitoring and supervision services; and transportation services; as well as designs, constructs, and finances new facilities through projects.