Geo Group, Inc (NYSE: GEO) is -6.04% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $11.75 and a high of $36.46 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The GEO stock was last observed hovering at around $26.62 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.33%.
Currently trading at $26.29, the stock is 1.62% and -8.19% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.51 million and changing -1.24% at the moment leaves the stock 30.08% off its SMA200. GEO registered 113.74% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 108.49%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $28.6356 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $20.21115.
The stock witnessed a -5.02% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -5.43%, and is 14.70% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 5.47% over the week and 6.76% over the month.
Geo Group, Inc (GEO) has around 16500 employees, a market worth around $3.69B and $2.42B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 137.86 and Fwd P/E is 11.07. Profit margin for the company is 1.13%. Distance from 52-week low is 123.74% and -27.89% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (0.88%).
with sales reaching $611.81M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 57.60% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 9.86% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 1.01% in year-over-year returns.
Geo Group, Inc (GEO) Top Institutional Holders
363.0 institutions hold shares in Geo Group, Inc (GEO), with institutional investors hold 92.35% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 140.18M, and float is at 132.15M with Short Float at 6.81%. Institutions hold 87.75% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 19.66 million shares valued at $282.25 million. The investor’s holdings represent 16.0454% of the GEO Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 14.55 million shares valued at $209.0 million to account for 11.8811 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 9.37 million shares representing 7.6504% and valued at over $134.57 million, while GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC holds 4.4285 of the shares totaling 5.42 million with a market value of $77.9 million.
Geo Group, Inc (GEO) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Mannarino Nicole, the company’s Chief Compliance Officer. SEC filings show that Mannarino Nicole sold 646 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 13 ’25 at a price of $25.43 per share for a total of $16428.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 10 ’25, KERNAN SCOTT MICHAEL (Director) disposed off 5,800 shares at an average price of $22.68 for $0.13 million. The insider now directly holds 32,266 shares of Geo Group, Inc (GEO).
