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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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 27.3%, EPS grew 8.57%, free cash flow grew 55.3% and total debt rose 32.0%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for three consecutive years, revenue growth for three.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to December
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 12.99 | 21.41 | 17.16 | 14.68 | 5.76 | 5.92 | 8.39 | 7.84 | 10.74 | 15.95 |
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| High | 35.05 | 35.33 | 26.09 | 24.38 | 17.90 | 12.35 | 14.24 | 15.06 | 24.99 | 23.85 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 13,755 | 12,875 | 13,890 | 14,075 | 12,415 | 10,350 | 10,653 | 11,194 | 11,649 | 13,651 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.16 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 1,850 | 1,765 | 1,836 | 1,981 | 1,905 | 1,863 | 1,845 | 1,897 | 1,962 | 2,211 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 31.04 | 29.22 | 28.35 | 28.17 | 26.19 | 28.22 | 23.39 | 22.89 | 23.87 | 23.46 | |||||
| EBT | 228 | 192 | 168 | 197 | 60 | 86 | 165 | 96 | 92 | 157 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 12.34 | 10.87 | 9.13 | 9.93 | 3.13 | 4.62 | 8.96 | 5.05 | 4.69 | 7.11 | |||||
| Net income | 220 | 178 | 159 | 189 | 55 | (52) | 122 | 68 | 69 | 117 | |||||
| Depreciation | 170 | 150 | 160 | 148 | 156 | 142 | 134 | 132 | 132 | 132 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 15.76 | 14.95 | 15.49 | 16.64 | 15.94 | 15.50 | 15.61 | 16.67 | 17.68 | 20.66 | ||||
| Earnings | 1.87 | 1.51 | 1.34 | 1.59 | 0.45 | (0.43) | 1.03 | 0.59 | 0.62 | 1.09 | |||||
| Cash flow | 3.20 | 2.89 | 2.72 | 2.98 | 2.97 | 2.19 | 1.30 | 2.04 | 2.43 | 1.82 | |||||
| Capex | (0.44) | (0.48) | (0.54) | (0.48) | (0.47) | (0.52) | (0.49) | (0.57) | (0.56) | (1.25) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 2.76 | 2.41 | 2.19 | 2.50 | 2.50 | 1.67 | 0.81 | 1.46 | 1.86 | 0.57 | |||||
| Book value | 12.43 | 12.29 | 11.94 | 11.57 | 11.82 | 11.42 | 12.12 | 12.98 | 13.46 | 13.13 | |||||
| Shares, m | 117 | 118 | 119 | 119 | 120 | 120 | 118 | 114 | 111 | 107 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 13.32 | 15.03 | 13.21 | 10.93 | 14.24 | 0.00 | 10.93 | 24.49 | 35.64 | 17.53 | ||||
| P/S | 1.58 | 1.51 | 1.15 | 1.04 | 0.41 | 0.64 | 0.74 | 0.87 | 1.23 | 0.93 | |||||
| P/B | 2.00 | 1.83 | 1.49 | 1.50 | 0.55 | 0.87 | 0.95 | 1.11 | 1.62 | 1.46 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 2.34 | 2.30 | 2.09 | 1.97 | 1.28 | 1.30 | 1.33 | 1.38 | 1.67 | 1.43 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 13.38 | 14.23 | 14.81 | 13.15 | 8.13 | 12.02 | 25.66 | 15.68 | 15.84 | 51.48 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 375 | 341 | 323 | 354 | 356 | 263 | 154 | 232 | 269 | 195 | ||||
| Capex | (52) | (56) | (63) | (57) | (56) | (62) | (58) | (65) | (62) | (133) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 324 | 285 | 259 | 297 | 299 | 201 | 95 | 167 | 207 | 61 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 27 | 37 | 7 | 67 | 404 | 286 | 63 | 177 | 164 | 242 | ||||
| Total debt | 1,445 | 1,447 | 1,802 | 1,959 | 1,787 | 1,527 | 1,250 | 1,095 | 985 | 1,221 | |||||
| Net debt | 1,407 | 1,395 | 1,728 | 1,840 | 1,650 | 1,217 | 1,088 | 966 | 863 | 1,108 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 1,459 | 1,452 | 1,415 | 1,377 | 1,413 | 1,372 | 1,432 | 1,478 | 1,493 | 1,405 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 6.64 | 5.44 | 4.60 | 5.07 | 1.44 | (1.44) | 3.63 | 2.13 | 2.28 | 3.77 | ||||
| ROIC | 6.46 | 5.72 | 4.96 | 5.47 | 3.32 | 4.57 | 4.21 | 4.30 | 4.91 | 5.44 | |||||
| ROE | 15.05 | 12.23 | 11.11 | 13.53 | 3.88 | (3.73) | 8.72 | 4.65 | 4.64 | 8.04 | |||||
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
CoreCivic, Inc. vs peers in Security & Protection Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLE Allegion PLC | $13.2B | 20.5× | 16.1× | +12.67% (above 0%: growing) | +15.59% (above 0%: growing) | −5.99% (below 0%: shrinking) | 44.94% | 22.12% | Compare |
| MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated | $7.0B | 22.2× | 19.3× | +6.16% (above 0%: growing) | +39.37% (above 0%: growing) | +118.31% (above 0%: growing) | 49.53% | 22.24% | Compare |
| ADT ADT Inc. | $5.0B | 8.9× | 8.3× | +1.96% (above 0%: growing) | 0.00% | +28.06% (above 0%: growing) | 79.92% | 24.07% | Compare |
| BCO Brink's Company (The) | $4.3B | 24.2× | 12.4× | +7.06% (above 0%: growing) | +3.88% (above 0%: growing) | −97.49% (below 0%: shrinking) | 26.29% | 9.57% | Compare |
| BRC Brady Corporation | $3.9B | 18.8× | 16.5× | +9.98% (above 0%: growing) | −7.62% (below 0%: shrinking) | +22.90% (above 0%: growing) | 52.90% | 13.76% | Compare |
| GEO Geo Group Inc (The) | $3.9B | 13.4× | 20.6× | +15.08% (above 0%: growing) | +71.43% (above 0%: growing) | +2,422.02% (above 0%: growing) | 27.51% | 13.89% | Compare |
| CXW CoreCivic, Inc. | $3.1B | 24.1× | 14.7× | +27.27% (above 0%: growing) | +8.57% (above 0%: growing) | +55.25% (above 0%: growing) | 21.74% | 10.07% | |
| NSSC NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. | $1.3B | 29.4× | 21.5× | +10.02% (above 0%: growing) | +51.52% (above 0%: growing) | +19.89% (above 0%: growing) | 61.31% | 33.02% | Compare |
| EVLV Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. | $757.1M | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +34.44% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +203.88% (above 0%: growing) | 50.17% | (24.11%) | Compare |
| Median of peers | $4.1B | 20.5× | 16.5× | +10.00% | +15.59% | +25.48% | 49.85% | 18.01% |
CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW) key facts
- Strength: CoreCivic, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.2 billion, up 12.7% from fiscal 2024.
- Strength: Net income was $116.5 million, or $1.09 per share (basic), a net margin of 5.27%.
- CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW) is a Security & Protection Services company in the Industrials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
- As of October 16, 2026, CXW traded at $30.67, a market capitalization of $3.1 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 24.1× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.2× sales; its P/E is higher than 86% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- Return on equity was 8.04% and debt-to-equity 0.94.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.60 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.