CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW)

NYSE: CXW · USD

$30.6

-0.24 (-0.8%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	3B
Revenue (ttm)	2.5B
Net income (ttm)	127.9M
EPS (ttm)	$1.25
Shares out	98.9M
P/E (trailing)	24.4x
P/E (forward)	1.9x
Volume	811,494
Beta	0.57

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Price

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Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 2.5B
Net income (ttm): 127.9M
EPS (ttm): $1.25
P/E (trailing): 24.4x
P/E (forward): 1.9x
Market cap: 3B

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E1.9

P25 13.2P50 18.7P75 25.2

Trailing P/E24.4

P25 16.3P50 24.9P75 35.2

ROE8.8

P25 -18.2P50 6.2P75 16.4

ROIC6.9

P25 -10.4P50 5.2P75 12.3

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Profile and market data

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

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001070985
Company name	CoreCivic, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	21871N101
Earnings date	2026-11-04
Earnings time	amc
Employees	13,651
Employees change	2,002
Employees growth	17.19%
Enterprise value	$4.3B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1983
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Security & Protection Services
IPO date	1997-07-15
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US21871N1019
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-20
Last earnings date	2026-08-05
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2007-07-09
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$3B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-04
Options	Yes
Price	$30.56
Price currency	USD
Sector	Industrials
SIC code	6798
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	CXW
U.S. state	Tennessee
Website	https://www.corecivic.com

Valuation

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

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	23.69x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	15.82x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	22.37x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	18.64x
Earnings yield	4.09%
EV/Earnings	33.56x
EV/EBIT	17.25x
EV/EBITDA	11.14x
EV/FCF	74.9x
EV/Sales	1.73x
FCF / EV yield	1.34%
FCF yield	1.89%
Forward EV/Sales	1.5x
Forward P/E	1.89x
Forward P/S	1.06x
Graham number	20.22919
Graham upside	-33.93%
Industry forward P/E	14.68x
Industry P/E	19.55x
Lynch fair value	$6.25
Lynch upside	-79.58%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	97.48x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	17.41x
P/B ratio	2.12x
P/E ratio	24.44x
P/FCF ratio	52.83x
P/OCF ratio	15.13x
P/S ratio	1.22x
Price / tangible book value	2.2x
Price/EBITDA ratio	7.86x
Sector forward P/E	26.24x
Sector P/E	40.28x

Profitability

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

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	10.02%
EBITDA margin	15.51%
Effective tax rate	25.92%
FCF margin	2.31%
Gross margin	22.58%
Operating margin	10.02%
Pretax margin	6.95%
Profit margin	5.15%
Profit per employee	$9,369
Profitable quarters	21
Profitable years	4
Revenue per employee	$181,967
ROA	4.77%
ROA (5Y)	3.89%
ROCE	8.44%
ROE	8.77%
ROE (5Y)	4.46%
ROIC	6.94%
ROIC (5Y)	3.29%
SBC / revenue	1.06%
Tax / revenue	1.8%

Growth

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

Metric	Value
EPS growth	31.8%
EPS growth (Q)	5.71%
EPS growth (QoQ)	-2.63%
EPS growth 10Y	-3.14%
EPS growth 3Y	6.15%
EPS growth quarters	6
EPS growth years	2
FCF growth	-66.44%
FCF growth (Q)	50.37%
FCF growth 3Y	-19.82%
FCF growth 5Y	-21.18%
Gross profit growth	15.64%
Gross profit growth (Q)	6.52%
Gross profit growth 3Y	10.07%
Gross profit growth 5Y	1.94%
Net income growth	22.95%
Net income growth (Q)	-3.65%
Net income growth (QoQ)	-2.05%
Net income growth 3Y	2.15%
Net income growth years	2
OCF growth	-26.39%
OCF growth (Q)	37.52%
OCF growth (QoQ)	865.83%
OCF growth 10Y	-6.64%
OCF growth 3Y	2.64%
OCF growth 5Y	-5.36%
Operating income growth	24.93%
Operating income growth (Q)	2.56%
Operating income growth 3Y	14.92%
Operating income growth 5Y	0.5%
Revenue growth	24.35%
Revenue growth (Q)	27.27%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	11.42%
Revenue growth 10Y	3.17%
Revenue growth 3Y	10.18%
Revenue growth 5Y	5.95%
Revenue growth quarters	5
Revenue growth years	3

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-142.8M
Depreciation and amortization	$136.4M
EBIT	$248.9M
EBITDA	$385.3M
EPS	$1.25
FCF per share	$0.58
Financing cash flow	$130.8M
Free cash flow	$57.3M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$31.1M
Gross profit	$560.9M
Income taxes	$44.7M
Investing cash flow	$-351.1M
Net borrowing	$325.5M
Net cash flow	$-20.1M
Net income	$127.9M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$173.9M
Operating income	$248.9M
Revenue	$2.5B
Stock-based compensation	$26.3M

Financial strength

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

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	1.61
Book value per share	$14.55
Debt / EBITDA	3.29
Debt / equity	0.95
Debt / FCF	23.97
Goodwill	$59.1M
Interest coverage	2.87
Long-term assets	$2.8B
Long-term liabilities	$1.5B
Net cash (debt)	$-1.3B
Net cash / market cap	-41.76%
Net debt / EBITDA	3.28
Net debt / equity	0.88
Net debt / FCF	22.06
Piotroski F-Score	5
Property, plant and equipment	$2.1B
Shareholders' equity	$1.4B
Tangible book value	$1.4B
Tangible book value per share	$13.95
Total assets	$3.5B
Total cash	$108.9M
Total debt	$1.4B
Total liabilities	$2B
WACC	6.53%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.76
Current assets	$666.9M
Current liabilities	$505.7M
Current ratio	1.32
Net working capital	$170.7M
Quick ratio	1.13
Working capital	$161.2M
Working capital turnover	14.42

Dividends and buybacks

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

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	7.19%
Dividend growth (10Y)	24.29%
Dividend growth (3Y)	-2.86%
Dividend growth (5Y)	-3.19%
Dividend per share	$0.00
Dividend yield	0%
Last dividend	$0.44
Shareholder yield	7.19%

Performance and technicals

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

Metric	Value
10Y price change	128.99%
10Y return CAGR	11.9%
10Y total return	207.65%
150-day SMA	$27.94
15Y price change	34.49%
15Y return CAGR	7.2%
15Y total return	183.74%
1D price change	-0.78%
1M price change	-4.86%
1M total return	-4.86%
1W price change	0.76%
1W total return	0.76%
1Y price change	64.71%
1Y return CAGR	64.77%
1Y total return	64.71%
20-day SMA	$31.57
200-day SMA	$25.63
20Y price change	34.67%
20Y return CAGR	5.36%
20Y total return	184.12%
3M price change	-2.05%
3M total return	-2.05%
3Y price change	147.33%
3Y return CAGR	35.23%
3Y total return	147.33%
50-day SMA	$32.79
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$36.55
52-week high date	2026-09-18
52-week low	$15.74
52-week low date	2026-02-23
5Y price change	265.67%
5Y return CAGR	29.61%
5Y total return	265.67%
6M price change	50.96%
6M total return	50.96%
All-time high	$148.75
All-time high date	1997-12-31
All-time low	$0.63
All-time low date	2000-12-15
Average true range (ATR)	$1.47
Average volume	1.7M
Beta (1Y)	0.18
Beta (2Y)	1.16
Beta (5Y)	0.57
Change from 52-week high	-16.39%
Change from 52-week low	94.22%
Change from all-time high	-79.45%
Change from all-time low	4,791.2%
Change from open	-1.16%
Day's gap	0.39%
Dollar volume	$24.8M
High price	$30.97
Low price	$30.40
Monthly RSI	68.99
Open price	$30.92
Position in 52-week range	28.07%
Premarket change	-0.13%
Premarket close	$30.80
Premarket price	$30.76
Premarket volume	8K
Previous close	$30.80
Price vs 150-day SMA	9.43%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-3.16%
Price vs 200-day SMA	19.26%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-6.78%
Relative volume	0.48
RSI	44.43
Sharpe ratio	1.32
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.85
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.67
Sortino ratio	2.06
Sortino ratio (3Y)	1.54
Sortino ratio (5Y)	1.21
Volume	811.5K
Weekly RSI	54.88
YTD price change	59.97%
YTD total return	59.97%

Ownership and float

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

Metric	Value
Float	96.4M
Float percentage	97.49%
Shares change (QoQ)	0.11%
Shares change (YoY)	-7.19%
Shares held by insiders	2.48%
Shares held by institutions	91.23%
Shares outstanding	98.9M
Short % of float	14.42%
Short % of shares	14.06%
Short ratio	6.6 days

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Forecast

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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