Geo Group Inc (The) $GEO Shares Bought by WINTON GROUP Ltd

WINTON GROUP Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of Geo Group Inc (The) (NYSE:GEO) by 836.6% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 279,982 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after buying an additional 250,090 shares during the period. WINTON GROUP Ltd owned approximately 0.20% of Geo Group worth $5,737,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in GEO. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Geo Group by 2.5% during the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 18,056 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $432,000 after buying an additional 441 shares in the last quarter. Covestor Ltd boosted its stake in shares of Geo Group by 18.9% during the 3rd quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 3,887 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $80,000 after purchasing an additional 617 shares during the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its stake in Geo Group by 245.1% in the 2nd quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 1,101 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 782 shares during the period. Amalgamated Bank grew its position in shares of Geo Group by 2.0% in the third quarter. Amalgamated Bank now owns 39,872 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $817,000 after purchasing an additional 784 shares during the period. Finally, NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its stake in Geo Group by 81.9% during the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 1,864 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $54,000 after purchasing an additional 839 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 76.10% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms recently weighed in on GEO. JonesTrading reduced their target price on shares of Geo Group from $37.00 to $33.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 13th. Zacks Research raised shares of Geo Group from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 9th. Wall Street Zen downgraded Geo Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, February 28th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Geo Group in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $34.67.

Geo Group Trading Down 4.1%

NYSE:GEO opened at $13.76 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $1.85 billion, a PE ratio of 7.56 and a beta of 0.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.10, a current ratio of 2.01 and a quick ratio of 2.01. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $15.84 and its two-hundred day moving average is $17.28. Geo Group Inc has a fifty-two week low of $12.51 and a fifty-two week high of $32.09.

Geo Group (NYSE:GEO) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.25. The business had revenue of $707.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $667.23 million. Geo Group had a return on equity of 8.36% and a net margin of 9.67%.The firm’s revenue was up 16.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.13 EPS. Geo Group has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.170-0.190 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 0.990-1.070 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Geo Group Inc will post 0.83 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Geo Group news, Director Scott Michael Kernan sold 6,633 shares of Geo Group stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $15.24, for a total transaction of $101,086.92. Following the sale, the director owned 27,062 shares in the company, valued at $412,424.88. The trade was a 19.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 4.60% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About Geo Group

The GEO Group (NYSE:GEO) is a leading provider of correctional, detention and community reentry services to government agencies around the world. As a real estate investment trust, the company specializes in the design, financing, development and operation of secure facilities for adult and juvenile offenders, immigration detainees and individuals requiring mental health treatment or substance abuse programming. GEO’s integrated service model also encompasses electronic monitoring, rehabilitative programming and post-release supervision aimed at reducing recidivism and enhancing public safety.

GEO’s portfolio spans a range of facility types, including medium- and maximum-security correctional institutions, residential reentry centers, mental health treatment units and immigration detention centers.