Geo Group, Inc (GEO) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $27.34, with 5.5 million shares of worth about $150.49 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 100.29% during that period and on February 27, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 6.05%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 139.72M shares, out of which, 132.25M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 2.24% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -8.96%. Year-to-date (YTD), GEO shares are showing a performance of -2.29% which increased to 126.51% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $11.50 but also hit the highest price of $36.46 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Geo Group, Inc shares is 2.76 million. The stock is currently trading -1.50% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -6.26% for SMA50 and it goes to 40.24% higher than SMA200.
Geo Group, Inc (NYSE: GEO) currently have 139.72M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 86.61% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $3.82B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.89. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 108.23, while it has posted earnings per share of $0.25 in the same period. It has a 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 8.84% while standing at 6.27% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 110.86% while it is estimated to increase by 100.20% in next year.
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.
