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CXW Stock Analysis, Forecast & Valuation

Market cap	2.9B
Revenue (ttm)	2.3B
Net income (ttm)	129.3M
EPS (ttm)	$1.23
Shares out	98.9M
P/E (trailing)	24.3x
P/E (forward)	17.7x
Volume	660,613
Beta	0.57

Price target	$36.4	+22.1%

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001070985
Company name	CoreCivic, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	21871N101
Employees	13,651
Employees Change	2,002%
Employees Change Percent	17.19
Enterprise value	$4.2B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Security & Protection Services
Industry PE	20.37
Industry PE Fwd	15.23
IPO Date	1997-07-15
Isin	US21871N1019
Last refreshed	2026-07-31
Market cap	$2.9B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Price	$29.8
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	171,217.05x
Sector	Industrials
Sector PE	42.31
Sector PE Fwd	28.71
Sic	6798
Symbol	CXW
Website	https://www.corecivic.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	4.39%
EV Earnings	32.18x
EV Sales Forward	1.6x
EV/EBIT	17.13x
EV/EBITDA	11.11x
EV/FCF	159.33x
EV/Sales	1.78x
FCF yield	0.89%
Forward P/E	17.65x
P/B ratio	2.11x
P/E ratio	24.3x
P/S ratio	1.26x
PE Ratio10 Y	15.73x
PE Ratio3 Y	21.15x
PE Ratio5 Y	18.36x
PS Forward	1.13x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	10.39%
EBITDA Margin	16.02%
FCF margin	1.12%
Gross margin	23.61%
Gross Profit	$551.8M
Gross Profit Growth	20.06%
Gross Profit Growth Q	29.08%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	8.95%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	1.69%
Net Income	$129.3M
Net Income Growth	53.14%
Net Income Growth Q	50.98%
Net Income Growth Quarters	5%
Net Income Growth Years	2%
Net Income Growth3 Y	3.77%
Pretax Margin	7.59%
Profit Margin	5.53%
Profit Per Employee	$9,472
Profitable Quarters	$20
Profitable Years	4
ROA	4.8
Roa5y	3.89
ROCE	7.93
ROE	9.01
Roe5y	4.46
ROIC	6.77
Roic5y	3.29

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	2.64%
Cagr15y	7.43%
Cagr1y	49.34%
Cagr20y	6.42%
Cagr3y	46.27%
Cagr5y	23.92%
Div CAGR10	24.29%
Div CAGR3	-2.86%
Div CAGR5	-3.19%
EPS Growth	60.08
EPS Growth Q	65.68
EPS Growth Quarters	5
EPS Growth Years	2
EPS Growth3 Y	7.54
FCF Growth	-83.48%
FCF Growth3 Y	-26.97%
FCF Growth5 Y	-39.06%
OCF Growth	-32.64%
OCF Growth Q	-69.05%
OCF Growth10 Y	-8.6%
OCF Growth3 Y	4%
OCF Growth5 Y	-15.47%
Revenue Growth	19.89x
Revenue Growth Q	25.81x
Revenue Growth Quarters	4x
Revenue Growth Years	3x
Revenue Growth3 Y	8.1x
Revenue Growth5 Y	4.57x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.73
Assets	$3.4B
Cash	$209.7M
Current Assets	$743.5M
Current Liabilities	$305M
Debt	$1.4B
Debt EBITDA	$3.8
Debt Equity	$1.02
Debt FCF	$54.51
Equity	$1.4B
Interest Coverage	3.05
Liabilities	$2B
Long Term Assets	$2.6B
Long Term Liabilities	$1.7B
Net Cash	$-1.2B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-41.19
Net Debt EBITDA	$3.24
Net Debt Equity	$0.87
Net Debt FCF	$46.48
Tangible Book Value	$1.4B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$14.03
WACC	6.3

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	2.44
Net Working Capital	$249.6M
Quick ratio	2.26
Working Capital	$438.5M
Working Capital Turnover	$7.99

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	5.49%
Dividend per share	$0
Dividend Yield	0%
Last Dividend	$0.44

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	29.72%
1Y total return	49.3%
200-day SMA	21.13
3Y total return	213.03%
50-day SMA	27.7
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	192.16%
All Time High	148.8
All Time High Change	-79.97%
All Time High Date	1997-12-31
All Time Low	0.63
All Time Low Change	4,668%
All Time Low Date	2000-12-15
ATR	1.11
Beta	0.57
Beta1y	0.42
Beta2y	1.18
Ch YTD	55.94
High	30.09
High52	32.69
High52 Date	2026-07-21
High52ch	-8.84%
Low	29.46
Low52	15.74
Low52 Date	2026-02-23
Low52ch	89.39%
Ma50ch	7.58%
Price vs 200-day SMA	41.02%
RSI	47.98
RSI Monthly	73.55
RSI Weekly	71.44
Sharpe ratio	1.14x
Sortino ratio	1.85
Total Return	5.49%
Tr YTD	55.94
Tr15y	192.96%
Tr1m	-1.62%
Tr1w	-5.85%
Tr3m	45.08%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	4
Analyst Count Top	2
Analyst Price Target Top	$33.5
Analyst Ratings	Strong Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.39
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	-33.9
Earnings Revenue Estimate	617,552,880x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	14.75x
Operating Income	$244.7M
Operating Income Growth	35.08
Operating Income Growth Q	47.81
Operating Income Growth3 Y	12.81
Operating Income Growth5 Y	0.45
Operating margin	10.47
Price target	$36.4
Price Target Change	$22.15
Price Target Change Top	$12.42

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	95,946,061%
Float Percent	97.02%
Net Borrowing	411,391,000
Shares Insiders	2.95%
Shares Institutions	86.79%
Shares Out	98,888,460
Shares Qo Q	-4.49%
Shares Yo Y	-5.49%
Short Float	2.25%
Short Ratio	1.41
Short Shares	2.18

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$-1.5M
Adjusted OCF	136,231,000
Average Volume	1,032,929.15x
Bv Per Share	14.11
CAPEX	$-137.8M
Ch10y	-7.02
Ch15y	38.86
Ch1m	-1.62
Ch1w	-5.85
Ch1y	49.3
Ch20y	64.37
Ch3m	45.08
Ch3y	213
Ch5y	192.2
Ch6m	58.93
Change	0.17%
Change From Open	0.07
Close	29.75
Days Gap	0.1
Depreciation Amortization	131,722,000
Dollar Volume	19,686,267.4
Earnings Date	2026-08-05
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$242.8M
EBITDA	$374.5M
EPS	$1.23
F Score	7
FCF	$26.1M
FCF EV Yield	0.63x
FCF Per Share	$0.26
Financing CF	176,405,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,983
Goodwill	8,551,000
Graham Number	19.73224
Graham Upside	-33.78
Income Tax	$48.1M
Investing CF	-203,883,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-06
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Date	2007-07-09
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-20
Lynch Fair Value	$6.13
Lynch Upside	-79.43
Ma150	22.14
Ma150ch	34.58%
Ma20	31.01
Ma20ch	-3.91%
Net CF	136,403,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-05
Open	29.78
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	112.9
P OCF Ratio	17.98
P OCF Ratio SBC	21.63
Position In Range	53.97
Post Close	29.8
Postmarket Change Percent	-1.17
Postmarket Price	$29.45
Ppne	2,122,430,000
Price Date	2026-07-30
Price EBITDA	$7.87
Ptbv Ratio	2.12
Relative Volume	0.64x
Revenue	2,337,284,000x
SBC By Revenue	1.18x
Share Based Comp	27,650,000
Tax By Revenue	2.06x
Tax Rate	27.11%
Tr20y	246.77%
Tr6m	58.93%
Us State	Tennessee
Volume	660,613
Z Score	1.7

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