The GEO Group (NYSE:GEO) Posts Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.08 EPS

The GEO Group (NYSE:GEO) posted its earnings results on Thursday. The real estate investment trust reported $0.13 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.21 by ($0.08), Zacks reports. The company had revenue of $607.72 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $607.45 million. The GEO Group had a net margin of 2.00% and a return on equity of 9.20%. The GEO Group updated its FY 2025 guidance to 0.740-0.880 EPS.

The GEO Group Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:GEO opened at $27.37 on Friday. The GEO Group has a one year low of $11.50 and a one year high of $36.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.25, a quick ratio of 1.10 and a current ratio of 1.10. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $29.42 and a 200-day simple moving average of $22.29. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 94.37, a PEG ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 0.87.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Northland Securities lifted their price objective on shares of The GEO Group from $16.00 to $37.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 8th. Noble Financial cut shares of The GEO Group from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Monday, November 11th. Finally, Wedbush reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of The GEO Group in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th.

The GEO Group Company Profile

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.