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 invested capital

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CoreCivic, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 6.99%, up 1.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (5.44%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.32% (fiscal 2020) to 6.46% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Security & Protection Services industry median of 1.98% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.86%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 5.44% 0.53
FY2024 4.91% 0.61
FY2023 4.30% 0.09
FY2022 4.21% (0.36)
FY2021 4.57% 1.25
FY2020 3.32% (2.15)
FY2019 5.47% 0.51
FY2018 4.96% (0.76)
FY2017 5.72% (0.74)
FY2016 6.46% 0.30

Against its own ten years

Low 3.32% High 6.46%
Ten-year median 4.96%
Current reading's percentile 64

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
NSSC NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. compare 45.3%
BCO Brink's Company (The) compare 15.2%
BRC Brady Corporation compare 13.9%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated compare 10.9%
ADT ADT Inc. compare 7.19%
CXW CoreCivic, Inc. 6.99%
MG Mistras Group Inc compare 6.69%
GEO Geo Group Inc (The) compare 6.64%
EVLV Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. compare −26.4%
Security & Protection Services industry median 1.98%
Industrials sector median 1.86%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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