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) Free cash flow margin

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CoreCivic, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was −14.5%, down 17.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (2.77%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.77% (fiscal 2025) to 19.0% (fiscal 2015) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Security & Protection Services industry median of 0.00% and below the Industrials sector median of 2.06%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 2.77% (7.77)
FY2024 10.5% 1.76
FY2023 8.78% 3.62
FY2022 5.16% (5.63)
FY2021 10.8% (4.92)
FY2020 15.7% 0.71
FY2019 15.0% 0.87
FY2018 14.1% (2.02)
FY2017 16.2% (1.35)
FY2016 17.5% (1.48)

Against its own ten years

Low 2.77% High 19.0%
Ten-year median 14.1%
Current reading's percentile 9

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
ADT ADT Inc. compare 30.8%
NSSC NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. compare 24.7%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated compare 16.0%
GEO Geo Group Inc (The) compare 12.3%
BRC Brady Corporation compare 11.6%
BCO Brink's Company (The) compare 6.72%
MG Mistras Group Inc compare 4.07%
EVLV Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. compare −3.23%
CXW CoreCivic, Inc. −14.5%
Security & Protection Services industry median 0.00%
Industrials sector median 2.06%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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