Geo Group (NYSE:GEO) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Geo Group (NYSE:GEO) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.810-1.850 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.900. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.6 billion-$2.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.6 billion. Geo Group also updated its Q4 2025 guidance to 0.230-0.270 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Geo Group in a report on Friday, October 31st. Wall Street Zen raised Geo Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, October 11th. Finally, Jones Trading reduced their price objective on Geo Group from $50.00 to $37.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $35.00.

Geo Group Stock Down 1.8%

Shares of NYSE GEO opened at $15.13 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 0.90 and a current ratio of 0.90. Geo Group has a 1 year low of $14.27 and a 1 year high of $36.46. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $19.22 and its 200-day simple moving average is $23.23. The firm has a market cap of $2.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.27, a PEG ratio of 1.87 and a beta of 0.67.

Geo Group (NYSE:GEO) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September 28th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.41 EPS for the quarter. Geo Group had a return on equity of 7.26% and a net margin of 3.69%.The firm had revenue of $565.42 million during the quarter. Geo Group has set its FY22 guidance at $2.40-2.46 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Geo Group will post 0.83 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Geo Group announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase program on Wednesday, August 6th that authorizes the company to buyback $300.00 million in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the real estate investment trust to buy up to 8.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in GEO. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its holdings in Geo Group by 245.1% during the 2nd quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 1,101 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 782 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Geo Group by 81.9% during the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 1,864 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $54,000 after purchasing an additional 839 shares during the last quarter. Militia Capital Partners LP grew its stake in Geo Group by 122.6% in the second quarter. Militia Capital Partners LP now owns 6,900 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $165,000 after purchasing an additional 3,800 shares in the last quarter. United Services Automobile Association acquired a new position in Geo Group in the first quarter worth about $260,000. Finally, Alamea Verwaltungs GmbH increased its holdings in Geo Group by 107.4% in the second quarter. Alamea Verwaltungs GmbH now owns 14,421 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $345,000 after buying an additional 7,468 shares during the last quarter. 76.10% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About 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.