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

27.22 1.01 −3.58%
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) Net margin

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CoreCivic, Inc.'s net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 54.6%, up 49.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (5.27%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.79% (fiscal 2021) to 12.4% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Security & Protection Services industry median of 2.88% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.52%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 5.27% 1.76
FY2024 3.51% (0.05)
FY2023 3.56% (3.07)
FY2022 6.63% 9.42
FY2021 −2.79% (5.63)
FY2020 2.84% (6.70)
FY2019 9.54% 0.87
FY2018 8.67% (1.41)
FY2017 10.1% (1.81)
FY2016 11.9% (0.48)

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 180.6% 175.22
Jun 2026 5.42% (0.75)
Mar 2026 6.17% 1.78
Dec 2025 4.39% (0.14)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −2.79% High 12.4%
Ten-year median 6.63%
Current reading's percentile 100

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
CXW CoreCivic, Inc. 54.6%
NSSC NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. compare 21.6%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated compare 15.0%
BRC Brady Corporation compare 12.4%
ADT ADT Inc. compare 11.9%
GEO Geo Group Inc (The) compare 10.3%
BCO Brink's Company (The) compare 2.88%
MG Mistras Group Inc compare 2.78%
EVLV Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. compare −3.05%
Security & Protection Services industry median 2.88%
Industrials sector median 2.52%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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