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) Return on assets

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CoreCivic, Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 42.6%, up 38.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (3.77%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.44% (fiscal 2021) to 6.85% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Security & Protection Services industry median of 1.21% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.20%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 3.77% 1.49
FY2024 2.28% 0.15
FY2023 2.13% (1.50)
FY2022 3.63% 5.07
FY2021 −1.44% (2.88)
FY2020 1.44% (3.63)
FY2019 5.07% 0.47
FY2018 4.60% (0.84)
FY2017 5.44% (1.20)
FY2016 6.64% (0.21)

Against its own ten years

Low −1.44% High 6.85%
Ten-year median 3.77%
Current reading's percentile 55

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
CXW CoreCivic, Inc. 42.6%
NSSC NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. compare 20.1%
BRC Brady Corporation compare 11.5%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated compare 10.4%
GEO Geo Group Inc (The) compare 7.88%
ADT ADT Inc. compare 3.87%
MG Mistras Group Inc compare 3.49%
BCO Brink's Company (The) compare 2.26%
EVLV Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. compare −1.79%
Security & Protection Services industry median 1.21%
Industrials sector median 1.20%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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