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.

Revenue
+28.2%
EPS
+5,748.0%
Free cash flow
−2,376.8%
Total debt
−40.3%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

28.09 0.14 −0.50%
Market cap
$2.8B
P/E
1.8×
Fwd P/E
2.0×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
1.60
Beneish M
−2.13
Dividend safety
64/100

CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW) Debt to equity

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CoreCivic, Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 0.3×, down 0.6× from fiscal 2025 (0.9×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.7× (fiscal 2024) to 1.4× (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Security & Protection Services industry median of 0.2× and below the Industrials sector median of 0.3×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 0.9× 31.68%
FY2024 0.7× (10.98%)
FY2023 0.7× (15.10%)
FY2022 0.9× (21.57%)
FY2021 1.1× (11.96%)
FY2020 1.3× (11.18%)
FY2019 1.4× 11.78%
FY2018 1.3× 27.70%
FY2017 1.0× 0.66%
FY2016 1.0× (0.22%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 0.3× (70.79%)
Jun 2026 0.9× (6.49%)
Mar 2026 1.0× 15.28%
Dec 2025 0.9× 22.46%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.7× High 1.4×
Ten-year median 1.0×
Current reading's percentile 27

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
NSSC NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. compare 0.0×
BRC Brady Corporation compare 0.0×
EVLV Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. compare 0.2×
CXW CoreCivic, Inc. 0.3×
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated compare 0.8×
MG Mistras Group Inc compare 0.8×
GEO Geo Group Inc (The) compare 1.0×
ADT ADT Inc. compare 2.1×
BCO Brink's Company (The) compare 10.2×
Security & Protection Services industry median 0.2×
Industrials sector median 0.3×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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