Geo Group, Inc [NYSE: GEO] surged by $2.38 during the normal trading session on while it closed the day at $31.07.
Geo Group, Inc stock has also gained 11.04% of its value over the past 7 days. However, GEO stock has inclined by 125.96% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has gained 105.63% and gained 11.04% year-on date.
The market cap for GEO stock reached $4.34 billion, with 139.72 million shares outstanding and 132.64 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 3.46M shares, GEO reached a trading volume of 4032709 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about Geo Group, Inc [GEO]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for GEO shares is $29.20 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on GEO stock is a recommendation set at 1.50. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Noble Capital Markets have made an estimate for Geo Group, Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Market Perform, with their previous recommendation back on November 11, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Northland Capital raised their target price to Outperform. The new note on the price target was released on October 02, 2023, representing the official price target for Geo Group, Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise from $10 to $14, while Wedbush kept a Outperform rating on GEO stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Geo Group, Inc is set at 1.46, with the Price to Sales ratio for GEO stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1.79. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 3.30, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.51. Price to Free Cash Flow for GEO in the course of the last twelve months was 21.87.
GEO stock trade performance evaluation
Geo Group, Inc [GEO] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 11.04. With this latest performance, GEO shares gained by 9.32% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 105.63% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 183.49% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for GEO stock in for the last two-week period is set at 69.68, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 73.77, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 68.27 for Geo Group, Inc [GEO]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 25.85, while it was recorded at 29.29 for the last single week of trading, and 17.03 for the last 200 days.
Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Geo Group, Inc [GEO] stock
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for GEO. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Geo Group, Inc go to 10.00%.
Geo Group, Inc [GEO]: Institutional Ownership
There are presently around $79.52%, or 83.48%% of GEO stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of GEO stocks are: BLACKROCK INC. with ownership of 19.66 million shares, which is approximately 16.0454%. VANGUARD GROUP INC, holding 14.55 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$209.0 million in GEO stocks shares; and VANGUARD GROUP INC, currently with $$134.57 million in GEO stock with ownership which is approximately 7.6504%.
