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GEO GROUP INC

IndustrialsConstruction
Ticker GEOBOCA RATON, FLFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $11.40Diluted shares 133.0M

The GEO Group, Inc. (NYSE: GEO) specializes in the ownership, leasing, and management of secure facilities, processing centers, and reentry facilities, along with community-based services across the United States, Australia, and South Africa. The company operates approximately 75,000 beds at 95 secure and… From the company’s description.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-06-30
Sales & profitability
$2.63B
+8.6% year over year
Last 12 mo $2.83B
9.78%
−3 percentage points
Last 12 mo 11.16%
$254.37M
+695.8% year over year
Last 12 mo $291.54M
16.89%
+14.5 percentage points
Last 12 mo 19.23%
Cash & financing
$72.61M
−70.0% year over year
Last 12 mo $198.69M
$-124.90M
−176.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $26.44M
1.10
Was 1.28× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 1.02
139.7M
+4.2% year over year
Last 12 mo 133.0M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What GEO GROUP INC does

In the company’s own words

The GEO Group, Inc. (NYSE: GEO) specializes in the ownership, leasing, and management of secure facilities, processing centers, and reentry facilities, along with community-based services across the United States, Australia, and South Africa. The company operates approximately 75,000 beds at 95 secure and community-based facilities as of December 31, 2025, and provides electronic monitoring, supervision services, and secure transportation through its various operational divisions.

GEO conducts business through four reportable segments: U.S. Secure Services, which encompasses the company's public-private partnership secure services operations; Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services, consisting of electronic monitoring and supervision services in the United States; Reentry Services, which provides community-based and reentry services; and International Services, primarily comprising public-private partnership secure services in Australia and South Africa. The U.S. Secure Services segment represents the largest portion of the company's revenue base, with international services generating approximately seven percent of consolidated revenues.

The company generated consolidated revenues of approximately $2.6 billion in 2025. GEO's customer base includes federal, state, and local government agencies, with approximately 81 percent of consolidated revenues derived from long-term relationships with major customers including the United States Federal Government, the states of California, Texas, and Florida, and various Australian state government entities. The company has provided secure management services to the federal government for 39 years and maintains decades-long relationships with state and international partners.

GEO's competitive strengths include its long-term government relationships, recurring revenue base with strong cash flow generation, and sizeable international infrastructure. The company develops new facilities using in-house expertise in design, construction, and financing, and maintains numerous U.S. and foreign patents in the electronic monitoring space. The company achieved a median re-accreditation score of 100 percent under American Correctional Association standards, with approximately 86 percent of 2025 U.S. Secure Services revenue derived from ACA-accredited facilities. GEO's business model emphasizes disciplined operating practices, focusing on contracts with attractive profit margins relative to operational risks.

Company details
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Construction
Headquarters
BOCA RATON, FL
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
923796
SIC
1520

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2013–2025 · USD
$-282.73M$565.46M$1.41B$2.26B$3.11B2013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns GEO GROUP INC — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

195
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$1.12B
held by funds, at market
31.1%
of shares held by funds
2
bond issues held by funds

Largest fund holders · GEO GROUP INC’s weight in each

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF
IJR · iShares Trust
0.21%of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.01%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.12%of fund net assets
VANGUARD SMALL-CAP INDEX FUND
VB · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.05%of fund net assets
VANGUARD SMALL-CAP VALUE INDEX FUND
VBR · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.08%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

GEO GROUP INC’s bonds, as funds hold them

Funds report holding 2 issues of GEO GROUP INC’s debt, $491.03M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 9.28%, maturing 2029 to 2031.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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