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CoreCivic, Inc.
CXW
$3.4B
Mkt Cap
$31.35
-0.95%
CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW) has a current P/E ratio of 29.0, compared to its historical median P/E of 11.8. The stock is currently considered Expensive based on its historical valuation range.
CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 5.3%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW) has a market capitalization of $3.1B. It is classified as a mid-cap stock.
Yes, CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 0.00%. The company also returns capital through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 7.53%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW) appears expensive. The current P/E of 29.0 is 146% above its historical median of 11.8. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is -2.3%.
CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW) operates in the Real Estate Investment Trusts industry, within the Real Estate sector.
CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW) reported annual revenue of $2.2 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
We are a diversified government solutions company with the scale and experience needed to solve tough government challenges in flexible, cost-effective ways. Through three segments, CoreCivic Safety, CoreCivic Community, and CoreCivic Properties, we provide a broad range of solutions to government partners that serve the public good through corrections and detention management, a network of residential reentry centers to help address America's recidivism crisis, and government real estate solutions. We have been a flexible and dependable partner for government for over 40 years. Our employees are driven by a deep sense of service, high standards of professionalism and a responsibility to help government better the public good. We are the nation's largest owner of partnership correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities and one of the largest operators of such facilities in the United States.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2.3B | 2.2B | 2.0B | 1.9B | 1.8B | 1.9B |
| Net Income | 129M | 117M | 69M | 68M | 122M | -52M |
| EPS | $1.26 | $1.08 | $0.62 | $0.59 | $1.03 | $-0.43 |
| Free Cash Flow | 26M | 53M | 199M | 164M | 70M | 182M |
| ROIC | 0.0% | 6.5% | 4.9% | 4.7% | 7.0% | 3.4% |
| Gross Margin | - | 20.4% | 20.6% | 19.9% | 20.7% | 22.0% |
| Debt/Equity | 1.00 | 0.96 | 0.67 | 0.81 | 0.96 | 1.22 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.01 | $0.02 |
| Operating Income | 0 | 219M | 159M | 169M | 250M | 172M |
| Operating Margin | 0.0% | 9.9% | 8.1% | 8.9% | 13.6% | 9.2% |
| ROE | 9.3% | 8.0% | 4.6% | 4.6% | 8.7% | -3.8% |
| Shares Outstanding | 99M | 108M | 111M | 115M | 119M | 121M |
| Metric | 2015 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 1.6B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 2.0B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 1.8B | 1.9B | 2.0B | 2.2B | 2.3B |
| Gross Margin | 19.5% | 20.1% | 21.8% | 20.9% | 19.5% | 24.9% | 19.4% | 22.0% | 20.7% | 19.9% | 20.6% | 20.4% | N/A |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 106M | 104M | 107M | 108M | 107M | 127M | 124M | 136M | 128M | 136M | 152M | 170M | 177M |
| EBIT | 240M | 281M | 296M | 260M | 249M | 282M | 163M | 172M | 250M | 169M | 159M | 219M | 0 |
| Op. Margin | 14.9% | 16.0% | 16.0% | 14.7% | 13.6% | 14.2% | 8.5% | 9.2% | 13.6% | 8.9% | 8.1% | 9.9% | 0.0% |
| Net Income | 195M | 222M | 220M | 178M | 159M | 189M | 54M | -52M | 122M | 68M | 69M | 117M | 129M |
| Net Margin | 12.1% | 12.6% | 11.9% | 10.1% | 8.7% | 9.5% | 2.8% | -2.8% | 6.6% | 3.6% | 3.5% | 5.3% | 5.5% |
| Non-Recurring | 30M | 955K | 4.0M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61M | 11M | 4.4M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 8.9% | 9.2% | 8.7% | 7.6% | 7.4% | 7.7% | 4.3% | 3.4% | 7.0% | 4.7% | 4.9% | 6.5% | 0.0% |
| ROE | 13.1% | 15.1% | 15.1% | 12.2% | 11.1% | 13.5% | 3.9% | -3.8% | 8.7% | 4.6% | 4.6% | 8.0% | 9.3% |
| ROA | 6.4% | 6.9% | 6.6% | 5.4% | 4.6% | 5.1% | 1.4% | -1.4% | 3.6% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 3.8% | 3.8% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 424M | 400M | 375M | 341M | 323M | 354M | 356M | 263M | 154M | 232M | 269M | 195M | 164M |
| Free Cash Flow | 90M | -50M | 241M | 227M | -164M | 164M | 196M | 182M | 70M | 164M | 199M | 53M | 26M |
| Owner Earnings | 296M | 233M | 191M | 181M | 153M | 193M | 187M | 110M | 8.1M | 84M | 115M | 38M | -2.0B |
| CapEx | 333M | 450M | 135M | 115M | 487M | 191M | 159M | 81M | 83M | 68M | 70M | 142M | 138M |
| Maint. CapEx | 114M | 152M | 167M | 147M | 157M | 145M | 151M | 135M | 128M | 127M | 128M | 129M | 2.1B |
| Growth CapEx | 219M | 298M | 0 | 0 | 331M | 46M | 8.6M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13M | 0 |
| D&A | 114M | 152M | 167M | 147M | 157M | 145M | 151M | 135M | 128M | 127M | 128M | 129M | 2.1B |
| CapEx/OCF | 28.4% | 23.5% | 13.8% | 16.5% | 19.6% | 16.1% | 15.8% | 23.7% | 37.9% | 28.2% | 23.2% | 68.5% | 84.2% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 234M | 251M | 255M | 200M | 204M | 210M | 106M | 2.5M | 886K | 131K | 136K | 45K | 0 |
| Dividend Yield | 9.4% | 9.5% | 11.6% | 7.8% | 9.2% | 10.5% | 8.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | N/A |
| Share Buybacks | 4.0M | 9.5M | 4.0M | 5.8M | 3.0M | 3.5M | 3.6M | 1.6M | 80M | 43M | 77M | 229M | 233M |
| Buyback Yield | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 5.8% | 2.6% | 3.3% | 11.0% | 7.5% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 14M | 15M | 18M | 13M | 13M | 17M | 17M | 19M | 18M | 21M | 26M | 28M | 28M |
| Debt Repayment | 0 | 543M | 5.0M | 10M | 7.8M | 14M | 32M | 35M | 15M | 9.9M | 12M | 12M | 12M |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 1.1B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 1.6B | 1.9B | 2.3B | 2.1B | 1.4B | 1.2B | 1.1B | 899M | 1.2B | 1.2B |
| Cash & Equiv. | 74M | 65M | 38M | 52M | 53M | 92M | 113M | 300M | 149M | 122M | 107M | 98M | 210M |
| Long-Term Debt | 1.2B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.8B | 1.9B | 1.7B | 1.5B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 973M | 1.2B | 1.4B |
| Debt/Equity | 0.80 | 1.29 | 1.29 | 1.13 | 1.42 | 1.75 | 1.57 | 1.22 | 0.96 | 0.81 | 0.67 | 0.96 | 1.00 |
| Interest Coverage | 95.2 | 51.2 | 537.0 | N/A | 249.5 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Equity | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.4B | 1.4B |
| Total Assets | 3.1B | 3.4B | 3.3B | 3.3B | 3.7B | 3.8B | 3.7B | 3.5B | 3.2B | 3.1B | 2.9B | 3.3B | 3.4B |
| Total Liabilities | 1.6B | 1.9B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 2.2B | 2.4B | 2.3B | 2.1B | 1.8B | 1.6B | 1.4B | 1.9B | 2.0B |
| Intangibles | 555K | 4.2M | 4.4M | 7.7M | 17M | 15M | 11M | 9.0M | 7.7M | 7.2M | 6.7M | 8.3M | 8.3M |
| Retained Earnings | -268M | -301M | -323M | -344M | -393M | -446M | -447M | -499M | -376M | -309M | -240M | -123M | -86M |
| Working Capital | 34M | 17M | 27M | 37M | 7.1M | 67M | 404M | 286M | 63M | 177M | 164M | 242M | 439M |
| Current Assets | 353M | 342M | 299M | 327M | 374M | 435M | 717M | 627M | 514M | 475M | 450M | 611M | 743M |
| Current Liabilities | 319M | 325M | 272M | 291M | 366M | 369M | 313M | 341M | 451M | 297M | 286M | 369M | 305M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 1.66 | 1.88 | 1.87 | 1.50 | 1.34 | 1.59 | 0.45 | -0.43 | 1.03 | 0.59 | 0.62 | 1.08 | 1.26 |
| Owner EPS | 2.52 | 1.97 | 1.62 | 1.52 | 1.29 | 1.62 | 1.56 | 0.91 | 0.07 | 0.73 | 1.04 | 0.35 | -20.10 |
| Book Value | 12.61 | 12.40 | 12.41 | 12.23 | 11.91 | 11.59 | 11.55 | 11.37 | 12.06 | 12.90 | 13.44 | 13.03 | 14.11 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 3.61 | 3.39 | 3.19 | 2.88 | 2.72 | 2.98 | 2.95 | 2.18 | 1.29 | 2.02 | 2.42 | 1.80 | 22.79 |
| Dividends/Share | 2.04 | 2.16 | 2.04 | 1.68 | 1.72 | 1.76 | 0.88 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Shares Out. | 117.5M | 118.0M | 117.6M | 118.7M | 118.8M | 118.8M | 120.3M | 120.7M | 118.8M | 114.6M | 111.1M | 107.9M | 98.9M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 14.6 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 10.3 | 15.6 | N/A | 11.3 | 24.8 | 34.4 | 17.8 | 24.9 |
| P/FCF | 31.6 | N/A | 8.8 | 9.3 | N/A | 11.9 | 4.3 | 6.8 | 19.7 | 10.2 | 11.9 | 39.3 | 119.6 |
| EV/EBIT | 16.2 | 12.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 17.2 | 12.8 | 10.0 | 15.0 | 19.8 | 14.2 | N/A |
| Price/Book | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| Price/Sales | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| FCF Yield | 3.2% | -2.3% | 11.4% | 10.8% | -8.9% | 8.4% | 23.2% | 14.6% | 5.1% | 9.8% | 8.4% | 2.5% | 0.8% |
| Market Cap | 2.9B | 2.2B | 2.1B | 2.1B | 1.8B | 2.0B | 846M | 1.2B | 1.4B | 1.7B | 2.4B | 2.1B | 3.1B |
| Avg. Price | 21.27 | 22.41 | 18.70 | 21.70 | 18.67 | 16.86 | 10.58 | 9.05 | 10.74 | 10.66 | 15.16 | 20.19 | 31.35 |
| Year-End Price | 24.26 | 18.55 | 17.98 | 17.71 | 15.51 | 16.45 | 7.03 | 10.28 | 11.66 | 14.61 | 21.33 | 19.22 | 31.35 |
CoreCivic, Inc. passes 2 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
CoreCivic, Inc. trades at 29.0x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 11.8x, suggesting it is currently Expensive relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 50.0x vs a median of 10.2x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 5.3% with a gross margin of 20.7%. Total shareholder yield (buybacks) is 7.5%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -11.2%.
CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW) has a net profit margin of 5.3%. This is a modest margin.
CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW) generated $53 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.96. This indicates moderate leverage.
CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $1.08 in its most recent fiscal year.
CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW) has a return on equity (ROE) of 8.0%. This indicates moderate shareholder returns.
CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW) has a 5-year average gross margin of 20.7%. This lower margin is typical of capital-intensive or commodity businesses.
The Ledger Terminal provides 16 years of financial data for CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW) has a book value per share of $13.03, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.