Northland Capmk Expects Increased Earnings for Geo Group

Geo Group Inc (The) (NYSE:GEO) – Northland Capmk increased their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of Geo Group in a note issued to investors on Thursday, August 7th. Northland Capmk analyst G. Gibas now forecasts that the real estate investment trust will earn $0.89 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $0.80. The consensus estimate for Geo Group’s current full-year earnings is $0.83 per share. Northland Capmk also issued estimates for Geo Group’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.32 EPS.

GEO has been the subject of several other research reports. Jones Trading decreased their price target on shares of Geo Group from $50.00 to $45.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and set a $36.00 price target on shares of Geo Group in a research note on Monday, June 23rd. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Geo Group from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, May 9th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $37.00.

Geo Group Trading Down 0.8%

NYSE:GEO opened at $21.32 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 0.90 and a current ratio of 0.90. The firm has a market cap of $3.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 0.75. Geo Group has a 52 week low of $11.75 and a 52 week high of $36.46. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $25.04 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $26.98.

Geo Group (NYSE:GEO) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 6th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.16 by $0.06. Geo Group had a net margin of 3.69% and a return on equity of 7.26%. The business had revenue of $636.17 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $621.55 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.23 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year.

Geo Group declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Wednesday, August 6th that allows the company to repurchase $300.00 million in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the real estate investment trust to reacquire up to 8.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Covestor Ltd raised its position in Geo Group by 19.8% in the 1st quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 2,653 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $77,000 after purchasing an additional 438 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its position in Geo Group by 2.5% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 18,056 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $432,000 after purchasing an additional 441 shares during the period. RoundAngle Advisors LLC raised its position in Geo Group by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. RoundAngle Advisors LLC now owns 35,120 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $841,000 after purchasing an additional 509 shares during the period. Hsbc Holdings PLC raised its position in Geo Group by 2.8% in the 1st quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 19,208 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $560,000 after purchasing an additional 520 shares during the period. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in Geo Group by 6.9% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 8,721 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $255,000 after purchasing an additional 566 shares during the period. 76.10% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other 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.