Geo Group, Inc (GEO) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $31.07, with 4.03 million shares of worth about $125.3 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 105.63% during that period and on January 08, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 8.30%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 139.72M shares, out of which, 132.64M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 11.04% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 9.32%. Year-to-date (YTD), GEO shares are showing a performance of 11.04% which increased to 183.49% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $10.46 but also hit the highest price of $29.86 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Geo Group, Inc shares is 3.46 million. The stock is currently trading 10.55% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 20.20% for SMA50 and it goes to 82.47% higher than SMA200.
Geo Group, Inc (NYSE: GEO) currently have 139.72M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 77.95% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $4.34B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.85. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 123.00, while it has posted earnings per share of $0.25 in the same period. Its PEG reads 12.30 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 1.41. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for GEO, volatility over the week remained 6.34% while standing at 4.97% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to drop by -10.82% while it is estimated to increase by 83.36% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 10.00% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -9.73% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Coverage by Northland Capital stated Geo Group, Inc (GEO) stock as an Outperform in their note to investors on October 02, 2023, suggesting a price target of $14 for the stock. On November 29, 2022, Wedbush Upgrade their recommendations, while on June 08, 2021, Wedbush Initiated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $7. Stock get an Outperform rating from Noble Capital Markets on June 29, 2020.
