Northland Capmk Predicts The GEO Group Q1 Earnings

The GEO Group, Inc. (NYSE:GEO) – Analysts at Northland Capmk issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of The GEO Group in a research note issued to investors on Friday, November 8th. Northland Capmk analyst G. Gibas expects that the real estate investment trust will post earnings per share of $0.22 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for The GEO Group’s current full-year earnings is $0.82 per share. Northland Capmk also issued estimates for The GEO Group’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.32 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.38 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $1.17 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the stock. StockNews.com downgraded shares of The GEO Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 7th. Wedbush boosted their target price on The GEO Group from $25.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, November 8th. Northland Securities upped their price target on The GEO Group from $16.00 to $37.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, November 8th. Finally, Noble Financial cut The GEO Group from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Monday.

The GEO Group Stock Down 5.3 %

Shares of NYSE:GEO opened at $25.08 on Monday. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $14.94 and its two-hundred day moving average is $14.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.25, a current ratio of 1.10 and a quick ratio of 1.26. The GEO Group has a 1 year low of $9.14 and a 1 year high of $27.88. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.50 billion, a PE ratio of 86.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.09 and a beta of 0.63.

Institutional Trading of The GEO Group

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC raised its position in shares of The GEO Group by 568.6% during the 1st quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 11,326 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $160,000 after acquiring an additional 9,632 shares in the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its holdings in The GEO Group by 11.4% during the first quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 247,745 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $3,498,000 after purchasing an additional 25,441 shares in the last quarter. Texas Permanent School Fund Corp lifted its position in shares of The GEO Group by 1.3% during the 1st quarter. Texas Permanent School Fund Corp now owns 106,826 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,508,000 after buying an additional 1,402 shares during the last quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP acquired a new position in shares of The GEO Group in the 1st quarter valued at $214,000. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC purchased a new position in shares of The GEO Group in the 1st quarter valued at $510,000. 76.10% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About The GEO Group

The GEO Group, Inc (NYSE: GEO) engages in ownership, leasing, and management of secure facilities, processing centers, and community-based reentry facilities in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, and South Africa. The company also provides secure facility management services, including the provision of security, administrative, rehabilitation, education, and food services; reentry services, such as temporary housing, programming, employment assistance, and other services; electronic monitoring and supervision services; and transportation services; as well as designs, constructs, and finances new facilities through projects.