CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW)Industrials | Security & Protection Services | Brentwood, United States | NYSE
33.81 USD
+0.02
(0.059%)
⇧
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 33.81 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 3:04 a.m. EDT
The immediate outlook is driven by powerful momentum rather than deep value. CoreCivic has executed a stunning recovery, surging 32% in just 12 days to hit a new 52-week high, fueled by better-than-expected sales and a strategic bond redemption that signals management confidence. Analysts have unanimously upgraded the stock to a 'Strong Buy' with a mean target of $41.80, suggesting significant room for appreciation. However, the lack of a dividend is a glaring omission for income investors, and the company carries substantial debt relative to equity. While the short-term trajectory is clearly bullish with heavy speculative buying supporting the move, the long-term investment case remains mixed due to the absence of consistent revenue growth over the full historical window and the lingering debt burden. This is a high-conviction momentum play, not a classic compounder. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.030703 |
| MSTL | 0.053464 |
| AutoTheta | 0.070879 |
| AutoETS | 0.076131 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 41% |
| H-stat | 1.88 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.085 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.27 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2020-03-30 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2020-03-30 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 95.487 |
| Revenue per Share | 24.376 |
| Market Cap | 3,343,588,864 |
| Trailing P/E | 26.83 |
| Forward P/E | 14.85 |
| Beta | 0.59 |
| Profit Margins | 5.15% |
| Website | https://www.corecivic.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 3:04 a.m. EDT: Speculators are aggressively positioning for upside continuation, evidenced by massive call volume at strikes above the current price (35.0 and 38.0) and significant open interest walls at 32.0 and 34.0. Conversely, put activity is negligible and concentrated deep out-of-the-money, indicating a lack of hedging against immediate downside. Implied volatility remains elevated relative to historical norms, reflecting the market's pricing of the recent 32% rally and uncertainty around the upcoming earnings estimate.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-31 | 0.440000 | 3.939123 |
| 2020-01-03 | 0.440000 | 2.729528 |
| 2019-09-30 | 0.440000 | 2.546296 |
| 2019-06-28 | 0.440000 | 2.119460 |
| 2019-03-29 | 0.440000 | 2.262211 |
| 2018-12-31 | 0.430000 | 2.411666 |
| 2018-09-28 | 0.430000 | 1.767365 |
| 2018-06-29 | 0.430000 | 1.799916 |
| 2018-03-29 | 0.430000 | 2.202869 |
| 2017-12-29 | 0.420000 | 1.866667 |
| 2017-09-29 | 0.420000 | 1.568920 |
| 2017-06-29 | 0.420000 | 1.530055 |
| 2017-03-30 | 0.420000 | 1.335453 |
| 2016-12-29 | 0.420000 | 1.720606 |
| 2016-09-29 | 0.540000 | 3.907381 |
| 2016-06-29 | 0.540000 | 1.555299 |
| 2016-03-30 | 0.540000 | 1.685393 |
| 2015-12-30 | 0.540000 | 2.033898 |
| 2015-09-30 | 0.540000 | 1.828030 |
| 2015-06-30 | 0.540000 | 1.632406 |
| 2015-03-31 | 0.540000 | 1.341282 |
| 2014-12-30 | 0.510000 | 1.389646 |
| 2014-09-30 | 0.510000 | 1.484284 |
| 2014-06-30 | 0.510000 | 1.552511 |
| 2014-03-31 | 0.510000 | 1.628353 |
| 2013-12-30 | 0.480000 | 1.482396 |
| 2013-09-30 | 0.480000 | 1.389291 |
| 2013-07-01 | 0.480000 | 1.469688 |
| 2013-04-17 | 6.630000 | 19.826556 |
| 2013-04-01 | 0.530000 | 1.379849 |
| 2012-11-28 | 0.200000 | 0.593824 |
| 2012-09-12 | 0.200000 | 0.583431 |
| 2012-06-06 | 0.200000 | 0.763942 |
| 2000-11-02 | 0.510000 | 20.400000 |
| 2000-09-25 | 3.000000 | 75.789480 |
| 1999-12-29 | 1.833333 | 10.602407 |
| 1999-09-15 | 2.000000 | 4.848485 |
| 1999-06-16 | 2.000000 | 6.037736 |
| 1999-03-17 | 1.833333 | 2.793650 |
| 1998-12-17 | 1.600000 | 2.104110 |
| 1998-09-28 | 1.600000 | 2.370370 |
| 1998-06-29 | 1.416667 | 1.446809 |
| 1998-03-27 | 1.416667 | 1.027191 |
| 1997-12-29 | 1.416667 | 1.027191 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.6812531 |
| Address1 | 5,501 Virginia Way |
| Address2 | Suite 110 |
| All Time High | 148.75 |
| All Time Low | 0.625 |
| Ask | 33.93 |
| Ask Size | 700 |
| Audit Risk | 3 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,568,360 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,419,165 |
| Average Volume | 1,419,165 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,568,360 |
| Beta | 0.59 |
| Bid | 33.9 |
| Bid Size | 400 |
| Board Risk | 2 |
| Book Value | 14.546 |
| City | Brentwood |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 1 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 33.81 |
| Current Ratio | 1.319 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 34.3948 |
| Day Low | 33.64 |
| Debt To Equity | 95.487 |
| Display Name | CoreCivic |
| Dividend Date | 1,586,908,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,028,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,028,400 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.057 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.036 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,960,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,822,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,822,400 |
| Ebitda | 385,300,992 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.15511 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 11.96 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.855 |
| Enterprise Value | 4,608,219,648 |
| Eps Current Year | 1.68667 |
| Eps Forward | 2.27667 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.26 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,585,612,800 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 615 263 3140 |
| Fifty Day Average | 31.5044 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 2.3056011 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.07318346 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 68.125305 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 34.86 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.0499992 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.03012046 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 15.74 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 18.070002 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.1480306 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 15.74 - 34.86 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 868,973,400,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 9.64 |
| Float Shares | 96,354,893 |
| Forward Eps | 2.27667 |
| Forward P E | 14.850637 |
| Free Cashflow | 24,545,250 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 13,651 |
| Fullday Change | 0.0200005 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 0.0591905 |
| Fullday Price | 33.81 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.2258 |
| Gross Profits | 560,884,992 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.02116 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.91406 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 98,893,489 |
| Industry | Security & Protection Services |
| Industry Disp | Security & Protection Services |
| Industry Key | security-protection-services |
| Ir Website | http://ir.correctionscorp.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=117983&p=irol-irhome |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,585,612,800 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.44 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,183,939,200 |
| Last Split Factor | 2:1 |
| Long Business Summary | CoreCivic, Inc. owns and operates partnership correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities in the United States. It operates through three segments: CoreCivic Safety, CoreCivic Community, and CoreCivic Properties. The company provides a 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 recidivism crisis, and government real estate solutions. Its correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities offer rehabilitation and educational programs, including basic education, faith-based services, life skills and employment training, and substance abuse treatment; food services; and work and recreational programs as well as health care services, including medical, dental, and mental health services. The company was founded in 1983 and is based in Brentwood, Tennessee. |
| Long Name | CoreCivic, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 3,343,588,864 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_166457 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 127,901,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 3,341,610,993 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 5 |
| Open | 33.85 |
| Operating Cashflow | 200,164,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.101789996 |
| Overall Risk | 1 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.06 |
| Phone | 615 263 3000 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 33.81 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,331 |
| Previous Close | 33.79 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 20.045416 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.3243506 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.3460307 |
| Profit Margins | 0.05149 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.131 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0200005 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.0591905 |
| Regular Market Day High | 34.3948 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 33.64 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 33.64 - 34.3948 |
| Regular Market Open | 33.85 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 33.79 |
| Regular Market Price | 33.81 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,202 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,074,175 |
| Return On Assets | 0.047659997 |
| Return On Equity | 0.08772001 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.273 |
| Revenue Per Share | 24.376 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20204377 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 2 |
| Shares Outstanding | 98,893,489 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.156 |
| Shares Short | 15,424,304 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,155,884 |
| Short Name | CoreCivic, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1906 |
| Short Ratio | 11.9 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | TN |
| Symbol | CXW |
| Target High Price | 45.0 |
| Target Low Price | 40.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 41.8 |
| Target Median Price | 42.0 |
| Total Cash | 108,934,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.102 |
| Total Debt | 1,373,565,056 |
| Total Revenue | 2,484,036,096 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 1.26 |
| Trailing P E | 26.833334 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 22.6498 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 11.160202 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.4927285 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,074,175 |
| Website | https://www.corecivic.com |
| Zip | 37,027 |