CoreCivic, Inc.

CXW Industrials Security & Protection Services

CoreCivic, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.2 billion, up 12.7% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 27.3%, EPS grew 8.57%, free cash flow grew 55.3% and total debt rose 32.0%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for three consecutive years, revenue growth for three.

30.67 0.56 −1.79%
Market cap
$3.1B
P/E
24.1×
Fwd P/E
14.7×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
1.60
Beneish M
−2.13
Dividend safety
64/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 17.97
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — 1 1 1 1 1 17 2 1
Insider Ownership 2.85%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 3,090.00
Revenue 2,484.04
Net Income 127.90
Free Cash Flow 71.93
Net Debt 1,224.22
Current Ratio 1.32
Debt/Equity 0.94
P/E ratio 24.15
Fwd P/E 14.70
P/S ratio 1.22
P/B ratio 2.11
Past 5Y EPS Growth 19.14% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 1,425.69% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth (85.71%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y revenue growth 22.29% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 26.57% (at or above 15%: strong)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 85.69%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 65.02%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 85.15%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 58.42%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 93.96%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 0.88
0.44
0.44
2019 1.32
0.44
0.44
0.44
2018 1.72
0.43
0.43
0.43
0.43
2017 1.68
0.42
0.42
0.42
0.42
2016 2.04
0.54
0.54
0.54
0.42
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 129 122 112 123
Receivables 312 289 446 463
Inventory — — — —
Other 7 — 3 3
475 450 611 667
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 286 274 353 390
ST’ Debt 12 12 16 115
Other — — — —
297 286 369 506

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 2.12% 3.02% 6.21%
Cash Flow (6.95%) (11.36%) 8.21%
Earnings (6.24%) 16.56% (1.61%)
Book Value (0.40%) (0.12%) (0.64%)

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 615 685 — — —
’25 489 538 580 604 2,211
’24 501 490 492 479 1,962
’23 458 464 484 491 1,897
’22 453 457 464 471 1,845
’21 455 465 471 472 1,863
’20 491 473 468 473 1,905
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 14 133 — — —
’25 44 97 54 0 195
’24 70 68 91 39 269
’23 90 36 84 22 232
’22 98 (3) 24 35 154
’21 100 (17) 202 (21) 263
’20 75 99 107 74 356
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (5) 99 — — —
’25 19 63 19 (41) 61
’24 62 51 75 18 207
’23 83 20 68 (4) 167
’22 89 (14) 10 11 95
’21 87 (30) 188 (45) 201
’20 67 89 92 51 299
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.38 0.37 — — —
’25 0.23 0.35 0.24 0.26 1.08
’24 0.08 0.17 0.19 0.17 0.62
’23 0.11 0.13 0.12 0.23 0.59
’22 0.16 0.09 0.58 0.21 1.03
’21 (1.05) 0.13 0.25 0.23 (0.43)
’20 0.27 0.18 0.22 (0.22) 0.45
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 12.99 21.41 17.16 14.68 5.76 5.92 8.39 7.84 10.74 15.95

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 35.05 35.33 26.09 24.38 17.90 12.35 14.24 15.06 24.99 23.85
People
People Employees 13,755 12,875 13,890 14,075 12,415 10,350 10,653 11,194 11,649 13,651
Revenue/emp, $m 0.13 0.14 0.13 0.14 0.15 0.18 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.16
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,850 1,765 1,836 1,981 1,905 1,863 1,845 1,897 1,962 2,211
Gross margin, % 31.04 29.22 28.35 28.17 26.19 28.22 23.39 22.89 23.87 23.46
EBT 228 192 168 197 60 86 165 96 92 157
EBT margin, % 12.34 10.87 9.13 9.93 3.13 4.62 8.96 5.05 4.69 7.11
Net income 220 178 159 189 55 (52) 122 68 69 117
Depreciation 170 150 160 148 156 142 134 132 132 132
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 15.76 14.95 15.49 16.64 15.94 15.50 15.61 16.67 17.68 20.66
Earnings 1.87 1.51 1.34 1.59 0.45 (0.43) 1.03 0.59 0.62 1.09
Cash flow 3.20 2.89 2.72 2.98 2.97 2.19 1.30 2.04 2.43 1.82
Capex (0.44) (0.48) (0.54) (0.48) (0.47) (0.52) (0.49) (0.57) (0.56) (1.25)
Free cash flow 2.76 2.41 2.19 2.50 2.50 1.67 0.81 1.46 1.86 0.57
Book value 12.43 12.29 11.94 11.57 11.82 11.42 12.12 12.98 13.46 13.13
Shares, m 117 118 119 119 120 120 118 114 111 107
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 13.32 15.03 13.21 10.93 14.24 0.00 10.93 24.49 35.64 17.53
P/S 1.58 1.51 1.15 1.04 0.41 0.64 0.74 0.87 1.23 0.93
P/B 2.00 1.83 1.49 1.50 0.55 0.87 0.95 1.11 1.62 1.46
EV/Sales 2.34 2.30 2.09 1.97 1.28 1.30 1.33 1.38 1.67 1.43
EV/FCF 13.38 14.23 14.81 13.15 8.13 12.02 25.66 15.68 15.84 51.48
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 375 341 323 354 356 263 154 232 269 195
Capex (52) (56) (63) (57) (56) (62) (58) (65) (62) (133)
Free cash flow 324 285 259 297 299 201 95 167 207 61
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 27 37 7 67 404 286 63 177 164 242
Total debt 1,445 1,447 1,802 1,959 1,787 1,527 1,250 1,095 985 1,221
Net debt 1,407 1,395 1,728 1,840 1,650 1,217 1,088 966 863 1,108
Shareholders’ equity 1,459 1,452 1,415 1,377 1,413 1,372 1,432 1,478 1,493 1,405
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 6.64 5.44 4.60 5.07 1.44 (1.44) 3.63 2.13 2.28 3.77
ROIC 6.46 5.72 4.96 5.47 3.32 4.57 4.21 4.30 4.91 5.44
ROE 15.05 12.23 11.11 13.53 3.88 (3.73) 8.72 4.65 4.64 8.04
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

CoreCivic, Inc. vs peers in Security & Protection Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
ALLE Allegion PLC $13.2B 20.5× 16.1× +12.67% (above 0%: growing) +15.59% (above 0%: growing) −5.99% (below 0%: shrinking) 44.94% 22.12% Compare
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated $7.0B 22.2× 19.3× +6.16% (above 0%: growing) +39.37% (above 0%: growing) +118.31% (above 0%: growing) 49.53% 22.24% Compare
ADT ADT Inc. $5.0B 8.9× 8.3× +1.96% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% +28.06% (above 0%: growing) 79.92% 24.07% Compare
BCO Brink's Company (The) $4.3B 24.2× 12.4× +7.06% (above 0%: growing) +3.88% (above 0%: growing) −97.49% (below 0%: shrinking) 26.29% 9.57% Compare
BRC Brady Corporation $3.9B 18.8× 16.5× +9.98% (above 0%: growing) −7.62% (below 0%: shrinking) +22.90% (above 0%: growing) 52.90% 13.76% Compare
GEO Geo Group Inc (The) $3.9B 13.4× 20.6× +15.08% (above 0%: growing) +71.43% (above 0%: growing) +2,422.02% (above 0%: growing) 27.51% 13.89% Compare
CXW CoreCivic, Inc. $3.1B 24.1× 14.7× +27.27% (above 0%: growing) +8.57% (above 0%: growing) +55.25% (above 0%: growing) 21.74% 10.07%
NSSC NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. $1.3B 29.4× 21.5× +10.02% (above 0%: growing) +51.52% (above 0%: growing) +19.89% (above 0%: growing) 61.31% 33.02% Compare
EVLV Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. $757.1M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +34.44% (above 0%: growing) n/m +203.88% (above 0%: growing) 50.17% (24.11%) Compare
Median of peers $4.1B 20.5× 16.5× +10.00% +15.59% +25.48% 49.85% 18.01%

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CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW) key facts

  • Strength: CoreCivic, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.2 billion, up 12.7% from fiscal 2024.
  • Strength: Net income was $116.5 million, or $1.09 per share (basic), a net margin of 5.27%.
  • CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW) is a Security & Protection Services company in the Industrials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, CXW traded at $30.67, a market capitalization of $3.1 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 24.1× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.2× sales; its P/E is higher than 86% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Return on equity was 8.04% and debt-to-equity 0.94.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.60 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW) Latest News

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