GEO Group
GEO NYSE· Environmental & Facilities Services
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$27.57
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- GEO Group had $2.6B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 8.6% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +2.3% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 9.8%, down 3.0 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 10 is left after running the business.
- GEO Group made $254M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 3.5% a year.
- Free cash flow was −$125M in fiscal 2025, −4.8% of revenue.
- GEO Group returned $91.0M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 4.2%.
- GEO Group owes $1.6B more than it holds in cash, about 4.1 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$3.6B
P/E
12.9x
Revenue
$2.6B
Net income
$254M
Free cash flow
−$125M
Operating margin
9.8%
GEO Group in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+8.6%
Yes. Sales grew 8.6% last year.
Does it make a profit?
9.7%
A little. It keeps 9.7% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
−4.8%
No. It spent more cash than it brought in.
Is debt under control?
4.1x
Heavy. Repaying its debt would take 4.1 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
6 / 8
Mixed. It passes 6 of 8 health tests.
How is the share priced?
12.9x
One share costs 12.9 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 26.0x.
What GEO Group does
The GEO Group owns, leases and manages secure facilities, processing centers and reentry centers, and provides community-based services, in the United States, Australia and South Africa. Its customers are government agencies. It also provides electronic monitoring and supervision, using radio frequency, GPS and alcohol monitoring devices, and secure transportation through a joint venture in the United Kingdom. It reports four segments: U.S. Secure Services, Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services, Reentry Services, and International Services. In its secure facilities it provides security, administration, rehabilitation, education and food services for the agencies it works for. In reentry programs it supervises people in the community and offers temporary housing, programming and employment help. Some facilities it owns or leases, and others belong to its government partners. GEO also builds new facilities when it wins contracts, and it designs, builds and finances them itself.
Biggest risks, in its own words
- Public and political opposition to the use of private companies to run these facilities.
- Depending on a small number of government customers, and the loss of facility management contracts.
- Its heavy debt, and the restrictions in the agreements that govern it.
- Changes in occupancy levels or in participation in government programs that cut revenue.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 25, 2026
- Legal name
- The GEO Group, Inc.
- CIK
- 0000923796
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $2.3B | $2.4B | $2.4B | $2.4B | $2.6B |
| Revenue growth | −4.0% | 5.3% | 1.5% | 0.4% | 8.6% |
| Operating margin | 12.8% | 16.2% | 14.6% | 12.8% | 9.8% |
| Net income | $77.4M | $172M | $107M | $32.0M | $254M |
| Net margin | 3.4% | 7.2% | 4.5% | 1.3% | 9.7% |
| Diluted EPS | $0.58 | $1.17 | $0.72 | $0.22 | $1.82 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $283M | $288M | $278M | $242M | $72.6M |
| Capital expenditure | $69.4M | $90.0M | $73.0M | $78.7M | $198M |
| Free cash flow | $213M | $198M | $205M | $164M | −$125M |
| FCF margin | 9.5% | 8.3% | 8.5% | 6.8% | −4.8% |
| Dividends paid | $30.5M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $91.0M |
| Share count change | 0.6% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 8.4% | 4.2% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $507M | $95.1M | $94.0M | $76.9M | $69.0M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $3.0B | $2.0B | $1.8B | $1.7B | $1.7B |
| Shareholders' equity | $976M | $1.2B | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.5B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.8x | 3.8x | 3.7x | 3.8x | 4.1x |
| Current ratio | 2.5x | 1.3x | 1.2x | 1.5x | 2.0x |
| Interest coverage | 2.2x | 2.3x | 1.6x | 1.6x | 1.6x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 4.1% | 8.5% | 8.5% | 7.8% | 6.3% |
| Return on equity | 8.2% | 16.0% | 8.7% | 2.4% | 17.9% |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Altman Z'' | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$1.1M
4 insiders
Of sales under plans
9%
$0.1M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEO Group GEO | $3.6B | 8.6% | 9.8% | −4.8% | 6.3% | 12.9x | 6 |
| Rollins ROL | $16.5B | 11.0% | 19.3% | 17.3% | 31.0% | 31.7x | 6 |
| Veralto VLTO | $25.8B | 6.0% | 23.2% | 18.4% | 28.1% | 26.6x | 6 |
| Clean Harbors CLH | $16.8B | 2.4% | 11.2% | 7.3% | 10.4% | 42.9x | 7 |
| ABM Industries ABM | $3.2B | 4.6% | 3.6% | 1.8% | 7.3% | 19.5x | 7 |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $27.57 a share, the company is worth $3.6B: 12.9 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
GEO Group grew sales faster than 3 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 0 of 4.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000923796). Data updated October 10, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.