The GEO Group Inc. (NYSE:GEO) finished Thursday with an addition of $0.01 to close at $7.42, an upside of 0.13 percent. An average of 3,276,780 shares of common stock have been traded in the last five days. There was a gain of $0.23 in the past week, and it reached a new high 16 times over the past 12 months. The last 20 days have seen an average of 2,065,920 shares traded, while the 50-day average volume stands at 1,907,558.
GEO stock has increased by 1.23% in the last month. The company shares reached their 1-month lowest point of $6.99 on 07/21/23. With the stock rallying to its 52-week high on 02/13/23, shares of the company touched a low of $6.63 and a high of $12.44 in 52 weeks. It has reached a new high 8 times so far this year and lost -32.24% or -$3.53 in price. In spite of this, the price is down -40.38% from the 52-week high.
Insider Transactions
GEO stock investors should be aware that The GEO Group Inc. (GEO) stock had its last reported insider trading activity 60 days ago on Jun 12. In this transaction, the insider spent $36,013. SVP & Pres, Secure Services, Black James H., disposed of 12,837 shares at a price of $8.36 on May 17. The insider now owns more than $107,253 worth of shares. Prior to that, SVP & Pres, Secure Services Black James H. went on to Sale 3,000 shares at $10.99 each on Dec 12. An amount of $32,970 was transacted.
Valuation Metrics
The GEO Group Inc. (GEO) has a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 6.81. The stock’s beta is 0.69. Other valuation ratios to consider include the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio at 0.38, the price-to-book (PB) ratio at 0.75, and the price-to-cash flow ratio at 5.20.
The company’s most recent quarterly dividend payment was $0.25 a share, representing a down of -26.47% from $0.34 last year. Its latest decrease dividend $0.09 reported on Friday January 15 2021.
Financial Health
The quick ratio of The GEO Group Inc. for the three months ended June 29 was 1.30, and the current ratio was 1.30, indicating that the company is able to meet its debt obligations. Further, the company has a long term debt to equity ratio of 1.57 and a total debt to equity ratio of 1.61 for the quarter ending June 29. Its gross profit as reported stood at $713.0 million compared to revenue of $2.38 billion.
For investors, determining the potential profitability of the investment also depends on the performance of the company’s management. In the past 12 months, The GEO Group Inc.’s return on assets was 3.40%.
Earnings Surprise
For the three-month period that ended June 29, The GEO Group Inc. had $1.88 billion in total debt. In the quarter under review, the net income was down than the previous quarter. The company posted a net income of $28.0 million in the quarter, while revenues of $45.16 million were grew 277.86%. The analyst consensus anticipated The GEO Group Inc.’s latest quarter earnings to come in at $0.2 per share, but it turned out to be $0.2, a 0.00% surprise. For the quarter, EBITDA amounted to $127.05 million. At the end of the quarter ending June 29, The GEO Group Inc.’s stock balance sheet showed total liabilities of 2.44 billion. Shareholders own equity worth $126.1 million.
Technical Picture
From a technical analysis perspective, let’s take a brief look at The GEO Group Inc. (GEO) price momentum. RSI 9-day as of the close on 10 August was 59.74%, suggesting the stock is Neutral, with historical volatility in this time frame at 17.79%.
As of today, GEO’s price is $7.31 +3.20% or $0.23 from its 5-day moving average. GEO is currently trading -0.13% lower than its 20-day SMA and -1.98% lower than its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is +3.20% above the SMA50 and -13.42% below the SMA200.
The stochastic %K and %D were 55.52% and 48.23%, respectively, and the average true range (ATR) was 0.26. With the 14-day stochastic at 52.94% and the average true range at 0.25, the RSI (14) stands at 55.04%. The stock has reached 0.05 on the 9-day MACD Oscillator while the 14-day reading was at 0.03.
Analyst Ratings
Wedbush upgraded The GEO Group Inc. (NYSE: GEO) to a an Outperform rating in its most recent analyst report. Previously, the stock was rated as a Neutral. The consensus rating for The GEO Group Inc. (GEO) among analysts is Buy. According to current brokerage recommendations, 0 brokerage firms advise that investors sell GEO, while 0 suggest investors hold. There are 0 analysts who rate the stock as underweight. The stock is rated overweight by 0 analysts, while 2 others rate it as a “buy”.
What is GEO’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts predict a range of price targets between $12.50 and $15.00, with a median target of $15.00. Taking a look at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts for The GEO Group Inc. (GEO) stock is $14.17.
