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

27.51 0.72 −2.55%
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) EV/EBITDA

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As of 5 November 2026, CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 6.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.4× (October 2016) to 16.8× (March 2015); the current reading is higher than 1% of that period. That is below the Security & Protection Services industry median of 11.2× and below the Industrials sector median of 12.4×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2025 9.0× (13.13%)
FY2024 10.3× 18.75%
FY2023 8.7× 7.95%
FY2022 8.1× 10.69%
FY2021 7.3× (4.46%)
FY2020 7.6× (16.21%)
FY2019 9.1× (2.99%)
FY2018 9.4× (5.03%)
FY2017 9.9× 6.38%
FY2016 9.3× (9.90%)

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Sep 2026 7.5× (31.43%)
Jun 2026 10.9× 35.59%
Mar 2026 8.1× (10.15%)
Dec 2025 9.0× (5.36%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 6.4× High 16.8×
Ten-year median 9.2×
Current reading's percentile 1

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
EVLV Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. compare n/m
ADT ADT Inc. compare 5.7×
CXW CoreCivic, Inc. 6.7×
BCO Brink's Company (The) compare 7.4×
GEO Geo Group Inc (The) compare 10.4×
MG Mistras Group Inc compare 10.4×
BRC Brady Corporation compare 11.8×
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated compare 15.3×
NSSC NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. compare 19.6×
Security & Protection Services industry median 11.2×
Industrials sector median 12.4×
Market median 10.9×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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