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) Gross margin

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CoreCivic, Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 22.2%, down 1.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (23.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 22.9% (fiscal 2023) to 31.0% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is below the Security & Protection Services industry median of 38.1% and below the Industrials sector median of 30.6%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 23.5% (0.41)
FY2024 23.9% 0.98
FY2023 22.9% (0.50)
FY2022 23.4% (4.83)
FY2021 28.2% 2.03
FY2020 26.2% (1.98)
FY2019 28.2% (0.18)
FY2018 28.4% (0.87)
FY2017 29.2% (1.82)
FY2016 31.0% 1.09

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 21.1% (0.62)
Jun 2026 21.7% (2.17)
Mar 2026 23.9% 1.71
Dec 2025 22.2% (0.35)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 22.9% High 31.0%
Ten-year median 28.2%
Current reading's percentile 2

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
ADT ADT Inc. compare 80.1%
NSSC NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. compare 59.7%
BRC Brady Corporation compare 51.8%
EVLV Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. compare 49.9%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated compare 47.3%
MG Mistras Group Inc compare 28.7%
BCO Brink's Company (The) compare 26.1%
GEO Geo Group Inc (The) compare 26.0%
CXW CoreCivic, Inc. 22.2%
Security & Protection Services industry median 38.1%
Industrials sector median 30.6%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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