CoreCivic
CXW · Diversified Support Services
$30.04
2.4%RB Global
RBA · Diversified Support Services
$84.19
0.2%The short version
- RB Global is the larger business, with $4.6B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $2.2B for CoreCivic, about 2.1 times as much.
- CoreCivic grew revenue faster (12.7%, against 7.2%).
- RB Global turned more of its sales into free cash flow (15.7% FCF margin, against 2.4% FCF margin).
- RB Global earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (7.6%, against 6.6%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of RB Global’s earnings: a P/E of 36.3x against 24.2x for CoreCivic.
| Latest fiscal year | CXW · FY25 | RBA · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $3.0B | $15.7B |
| Revenue | $2.2B | $4.6B |
| Free cash flow | $52.8M | $719M |
| Net income | $117M | $428M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 12.7% | 7.2% |
| 5-year growth | 3.0% | 27.2% |
| Share count change | −3.5% | 0.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Operating margin | — | 15.5% |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 9.3% |
| FCF margin | 2.4% | 15.7% |
| Return on capital | 6.6% | 7.6% |
| Return on equity | 8.0% | 7.9% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $1.1B | $2.0B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.2x | 1.7x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $229M | $258M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 24.2x | 36.3x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 6 |
FY16
CXW $1.8B
RBA $1.1B
FY17
CXW $1.8B
RBA $971M
FY18
CXW $1.8B
RBA $1.2B
FY19
CXW $2.0B
RBA $1.3B
FY20
CXW $1.9B
RBA $1.4B
FY21
CXW $1.9B
RBA $1.4B
FY22
CXW $1.8B
RBA $1.7B
FY23
CXW $1.9B
RBA $3.7B
FY24
CXW $2.0B
RBA $4.3B
FY25
CXW $2.2B
RBA $4.6B
CXW
RBA
FY16
CXW 16.0%
RBA 12.0%
FY17
CXW 14.8%
RBA 11.1%
FY18
CXW 13.6%
RBA 15.8%
FY19
CXW 14.2%
RBA 16.9%
FY20
CXW 8.5%
RBA 19.1%
FY21
CXW —
RBA 17.0%
FY22
CXW —
RBA 26.2%
FY23
CXW —
RBA 12.8%
FY24
CXW —
RBA 17.8%
FY25
CXW —
RBA 15.5%
CXW
RBA
FY16
CXW $241M
RBA $159M
FY17
CXW $227M
RBA $137M
FY18
CXW −$164M
RBA $127M
FY19
CXW $164M
RBA $319M
FY20
CXW $196M
RBA $244M
FY21
CXW $182M
RBA $308M
FY22
CXW $70.1M
RBA $431M
FY23
CXW $164M
RBA $316M
FY24
CXW $199M
RBA $765M
FY25
CXW $52.8M
RBA $719M
CXW
RBA
FY16
CXW 10.0%
RBA 11.4%
FY17
CXW 8.5%
RBA 8.7%
FY18
CXW 7.9%
RBA 11.2%
FY19
CXW 8.4%
RBA 13.7%
FY20
CXW 4.8%
RBA 14.4%
FY21
CXW 3.0%
RBA 9.1%
FY22
CXW 7.2%
RBA 18.1%
FY23
CXW 4.8%
RBA 7.7%
FY24
CXW 5.0%
RBA 7.6%
FY25
CXW 6.6%
RBA 7.6%
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