In the last trading session, 2.43 million Geo Group, Inc (NYSE:GEO) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 0.88. With the company’s per share price at $25.84 changed hands at $0.2 or 0.78% during last session, the market valuation stood at $3.61B. GEO’s last price was a discount, traded about -41.1% off its 52-week high of $36.46. The share price had its 52-week low at $11.50, which suggests the last value was 55.5% up since then.
Analysts gave the Geo Group, Inc (GEO) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 1.50. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 16 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 4 recommended GEO as a Hold, 12 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Geo Group, Inc’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 0.23.
Geo Group, Inc (NYSE:GEO) trade information
Instantly GEO was in green as seen at the end of in last trading. With action -5.66%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -7.65%, with the 5-day performance at -5.66% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Geo Group, Inc (NYSE:GEO) is -21.86% down.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 14, meaning bulls need a downside of -84.57% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, GEO’s forecast low is 14 with 14 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a 45.82% surge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 45.82% for it to hit the projected low.
Geo Group, Inc (GEO) estimates and forecasts
Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 0.42% up from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 5 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 607.45M. 5 analysts are of the opinion that Geo Group, Inc’s revenue for the current quarter will be 625.85M. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 608.28M and 605.67M respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at -0.14%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at 3.33%.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of -9.73%. The 2025 estimates are for Geo Group, Inc earnings to decrease by -10.82%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 49.37% per year.
GEO Dividends
Geo Group, Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in March.
VANGUARD GROUP INC holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 11.8811% or 14.55 million shares worth $209.0 million as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Nov 30, 2024 were iShares Core S&P Smallcap ETF and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund . With 8.8 shares estimated at $227.5 million under it, the former controlled 6.30% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund held about 2.95% of the shares, roughly 4.13 shares worth around $106.72 million.
