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

27.39 0.84 −2.98%
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) Operating margin

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CoreCivic, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 9.88%, down 0.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.89%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.54% (fiscal 2020) to 16.0% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is in line with the Security & Protection Services industry median of 9.80% and above the Industrials sector median of 5.21%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 9.89% 0.45
FY2024 9.44% 0.58
FY2023 8.86% (0.33)
FY2022 9.19% (0.98)
FY2021 10.2% 1.63
FY2020 8.54% (5.68)
FY2019 14.2% 0.63
FY2018 13.6% (1.16)
FY2017 14.8% (1.27)
FY2016 16.0% 0.37

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 8.98% (1.09)
Jun 2026 10.1% (1.32)
Mar 2026 11.4% 2.16
Dec 2025 9.23% 0.49
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 8.54% High 16.0%
Ten-year median 10.2%
Current reading's percentile 42

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
ADT ADT Inc. compare 24.6%
NSSC NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. compare 22.7%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated compare 20.2%
BRC Brady Corporation compare 15.9%
GEO Geo Group Inc (The) compare 11.2%
BCO Brink's Company (The) compare 10.1%
CXW CoreCivic, Inc. 9.88%
MG Mistras Group Inc compare 6.07%
EVLV Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. compare −20.8%
Security & Protection Services industry median 9.80%
Industrials sector median 5.21%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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