Let’s look at the key reasons that are pushing Geo Group, Inc (GEO) to new highs

Geo Group, Inc (NYSE: GEO) on Friday, plunged -5.24% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $26.74. Within the past 52 weeks, GEO’s price has moved between $11.50 and $36.46.

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During the last 5-year period, the sales drop of Industrials Sector giant was -0.57%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -10.82%. With a float of $132.25 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $139.72 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 16400 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 43.05%, operating margin of 13.81%, and the pretax margin is 2.15%.

Geo Group, Inc (GEO) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock

Observing investor behavior towards Security & Protection Services industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Geo Group, Inc is 5.44%, while institutional ownership is 86.71%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 09 ’24, was worth 141,400. In this transaction EVP, CAO and Controller of this company sold 5,000 shares at a rate of $28.28, taking the stock ownership to the 71,978 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 09 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 5,000 for $28.28, making the entire transaction worth $141,400.

Geo Group, Inc (GEO) Recent Fiscal highlights

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.28 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -10.82% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 49.37% during the next five years compared to -9.73% drop over the previous five years of trading.

Geo Group, Inc (NYSE: GEO) Trading Performance Indicators

Geo Group, Inc (GEO) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.46. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 17.84.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.25, a number that is poised to hit 0.22 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.58 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Geo Group, Inc (GEO)

Looking closely at Geo Group, Inc (NYSE: GEO), its last 5-days average volume was 2.43 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 2.92 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 39.40%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.65.

During the past 100 days, Geo Group, Inc’s (GEO) raw stochastic average was set at 53.51%, which indicates a significant increase from 9.94% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 45.38% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 75.76% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $29.31, while its 200-day Moving Average is $19.25. However, in the short run, Geo Group, Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $26.68. Second resistance stands at $28.01. The third major resistance level sits at $29.04. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $24.32, it is likely to go to the next support level at $23.29. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $21.96.

Geo Group, Inc (NYSE: GEO) Key Stats

Market capitalization of the company is 3.54 billion based on 139,827K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 2,413 M and income totals 107,330 K. The company made 603,130 K in profit during its latest quarter, and 26,320 K in sales during its previous quarter.