Geo Group (NYSE:GEO) Stock Price Passes Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average – What’s Next?

Geo Group Inc (The) (NYSE:GEO) passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of $16.58 and traded as high as $18.08. Geo Group shares last traded at $17.8850, with a volume of 958,764 shares trading hands.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on GEO. Zacks Research raised Geo Group from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 9th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Geo Group in a research report on Friday, March 27th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Geo Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, February 28th. Finally, 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 research note on Friday, March 20th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $34.50.

Geo Group Price Performance

The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $15.71 and its 200 day simple moving average is $16.56. 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 has a market cap of $2.32 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.62 and a beta of 0.69.

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 for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.25. Geo Group had a net margin of 9.67% and a return on equity of 8.36%. The company had revenue of $707.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $667.23 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.13 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 16.5% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 analysts forecast that Geo Group Inc will post 0.83 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Scott Michael Kernan sold 6,633 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was 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 of the company’s stock, valued at $412,424.88. This trade represents a 19.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 4.98% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Geo Group

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Turiya Advisors Asia Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Geo Group in the third quarter valued at approximately $115,664,000. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC bought a new stake in shares of Geo Group during the third quarter worth $88,625,000. Rubric Capital Management LP raised its holdings in shares of Geo Group by 139.5% during the third quarter. Rubric Capital Management LP now owns 2,986,915 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $61,202,000 after acquiring an additional 1,739,522 shares during the period. UBS Group AG lifted its position in Geo Group by 56.5% in the 3rd quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 3,603,288 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $73,831,000 after acquiring an additional 1,300,139 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC lifted its position in Geo Group by 32.7% in the 3rd quarter. Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC now owns 4,974,772 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $101,933,000 after acquiring an additional 1,224,847 shares in the last quarter. 76.10% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Geo Group Company Profile

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.