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The GEO Group Inc specializes in detention facilities and community reentry centers. It operates in four segments: U.S. Secure Services, which mainly encompasses U.S.-based secure services business; Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services, which conducts its services in the United States, represents services provided to adults for monitoring services and evidence-based supervision and treatment programs for community-based parolees, probationers, and pretrial defendants; Reentry Services conducts its services in the United States represents services provided to adults for residential and non-residential treatment, educational and community-based programs, pre-release and half-way house programs; and International Services.

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The sale of the Facility is expected to close on July 25, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, and GEO expects to transition Facility operations to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections simultaneously on July 25, 2025. GEO expects to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Facility to pay down debt and for general corporate purposes.

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The GEO Group Enters Into A Purchase Agreement With The Oklahoma Department Of Corrections For The Sale Of The GEO-owned Lawton Correctional Facility In Lawton, Oklahoma For $312M

GEO Group's (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GEO#NYSE">GEO</a>) short percent of float has fallen 21.47% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 8.74 million shares sold short, which is 7.61% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 2.09 days to cover their short positions on average.
<h3>Why Short Interest Matters</h3>
Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/how-to-short-a-stock?adType=benzinga-insights&amp;ad=short-interest&amp;campaign=wallstreetadvantage">Short selling</a> is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope that the price will fall. Traders make money from short selling if the price of the stock falls and they lose if it rises.
Short interest is important to track because it can act as an indicator of market sentiment towards a particular stock. An increase in short interest can signal that investors have become more bearish, while a decrease in short interest can signal they have become more bullish.
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<h3>GEO Group Short Interest Graph (3 Months)</h3>
<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/1748617231_0.png" alt="short_fig" />
As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for GEO Group has declined since its last report. This does not mean that the stock is going to rise in the near-term but traders should be aware that less shares are being shorted.
<h3>Comparing GEO Group's Short Interest Against Its Peers</h3>
Peer comparison is a popular technique amongst analysts and investors for gauging how well a company is performing. A company's peer is another company that has similar characteristics to it, such as industry, size, age, and financial structure. You can find a company's peer group by reading its 10-K, proxy filing, or by doing your own similarity analysis.
According to <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/pro/">Benzinga Pro</a>, GEO Group's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 2.91%, which means the company has more short interest than most of its peers.
Did you know that increasing short interest can actually be bullish for a stock? <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/how-to-make-money-on-a-short-squeeze?adType=benzinga-insights&amp;ad=short-interest&amp;campaign=wallstreetadvantage">This post by Benzinga Money explains how you can profit from it.</a>
This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and was reviewed by an editor.

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GEO Group (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GEO#NYSE">GEO</a>) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 2.96% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 17.6%. Currently, GEO Group has a market capitalization of $3.82 billion. 
Buying $100 In GEO: If an investor had bought $100 of GEO stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $224.96 today based on a price of $27.06 for GEO at the time of writing.
<h3>GEO Group's Performance Over Last 5 Years</h3>
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Finally -- what's the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time.
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$100 Invested In GEO Group 5 Years Ago Would Be Worth This Much Today

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is calling out the Trump administration for what she described as a massive financial windfall for private prison companies running immigration detention centers, including the recently reopened Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Private Prison Profits and Political Connections&nbsp;</h2>
The progressive lawmaker took to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJfpuCXsK6p/">Instagram Live</a> on Sunday to highlight concerns over the facility's permits and the influence of political donations.
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&#8220;There is a dispute over, a lot of people don&#8217;t know, like the reason that this altercation even happened is because that facility, I don&#8217;t even believe has a certificate, has not even been given a certificate of occupancy by the city of Newark yet,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez said. &#8220;And so there&#8217;s a dispute, I believe, over whether that facility even has the proper clearances to even open or operate.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez also called out the companies behind these facilities, including CoreCivic (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CXW#NYSE">CXW</a>) and GEO Group (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GEO#NYSE">GEO</a>), accusing them of prioritizing profits over humane conditions for detainees.&nbsp;
&#8220;These are private prison companies, for-profit corporations. And that is the reason why the conditions in a lot of these detention facilities are so horrible,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It&#8217;s not because of some like, oh, you know, any sort of federal law. It&#8217;s the opposite. It&#8217;s because the Trump administration is funneling money to private prison companies.&#8221;
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She noted that these companies have <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/general/politics/24/11/41779902/prison-stocks-geo-group-corecivic-rally-on-trump-2024-election-win-history-shows-the-gains-may-n">financially benefited since the election</a>. &#8220;This is what it&#8217;s all about,&#8221; she said. &#8220;You can literally look up the stock prices for GeoGroup and CoreCivic and look at their stock prices since the election.&#8221;&nbsp;
GEO Group&#8217;s stock has surged from $15.13 on Nov. 5 to $26.48 on Nov. 11, while CoreCivic&#8217;s climbed from $13.63 to $23.94 over the same period.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Newark Mayor Arrested During Protest</h2>
The controversy over Delaney Hall escalated on Friday when Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a Democrat who is running for governor, was arrested outside the facility. Federal prosecutors charged Baraka with trespassing after he reportedly ignored warnings from federal agents, Alina Habba, interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, <a href="https://x.com/AlinaHabba/status/1920918181951971563">posted</a> on X.
Baraka, who has been a vocal critic of the facility, was accompanied by three New Jersey congressional Democrats — Reps. LaMonica McIver, Bonnie Watson Coleman, and Robert Menendez Jr. — during the protest.&nbsp;
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The lawmakers said they were at the site to inspect conditions but were met with resistance from federal agents. &#8220;We were able to get in, speak to detainees, check out the facilities, and make sure everything was OK there,&#8221; McIver told <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewg2we9qq-o">CNN</a>. &#8220;But ICE kept giving us the run-around,&#8221; added Watson Coleman.
Baraka was booked and released the same day. In a video reviewed by the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/newark-immigration-baraka-ice-arrest-c260a4f0fda53ec52bca691a1f68aeda">Associated Press</a>, a federal official can be heard telling Baraka that he could not enter the facility because he was &#8220;not a congress member.&#8221;
DHS has maintained that the facility has the necessary permits and completed all required inspections, despite Baraka's claims to the contrary, according to the AP.
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GEO Group, Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GEO#NYSE">GEO</a>) shares are trading lower after the company reported first-quarter revenue of $604.6 million, which missed <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/25/05/b45246791/the-geo-group-reports-first-quarter-2025-results" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">the consensus of $611.81 million</a>.
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<li>Adjusted EBITDA declined to&nbsp;$99.8 million&nbsp;from&nbsp;$117.6 million&nbsp;a year ago quarter.</li>
<li>Adjusted EPS&nbsp;of&nbsp;14 cents came below&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/earnings" rel="noreferrer noopener">the consensus of&nbsp;18 cents</a>.</li>
<li>The results reflect a general and administrative expense increase of around $5 million.</li>
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George C. Zoley, Executive Chairman of GEO, said, &#8220;During the first quarter of 2025, we announced two important contract awards for the reactivation of two company-owned facilities totaling 2,800 beds and representing in excess of $130 million in annualized revenues.&#8221;
&#8221;We have taken several important steps to be prepared to meet that opportunity, including making a significant investment commitment of $70 million to strengthen our capabilities to deliver expanded detention capacity, secure transportation, and electronic monitoring services to ICE and the federal government. We also recently completed a reorganization of our senior management team to oversee the operational execution of this expected future growth activity.&#8221;
Outlook: Geo raised FY25 outlook for EPS to 77 cents to 89 cents from 74 cents to 88 cents (vs. the consensus estimate of $1.22) and revenue to around $2.53 billion from $2.50 billion <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/calendars/guidance" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">(vs. consensus of $2.66 billion)</a>.
For the second quarter, the company expects second quarter GAAP EPS of 15 cents to 17 cents vs. the street view of 24 cents and sales of $615 million—$625 million vs. the consensus of $635.62 million.
In 2025, the company expects to further reduce the total net debt by around&nbsp;$150 million&nbsp;to&nbsp;$175 million, bringing the total net debt to about&nbsp;$1.54 billion.
For 2025, the company projects capital expenditures of $120 million-$135 million.
&#8220;The first half of the year is expected to be impacted by higher overhead and operating expenses as well as increased capital expenditures to position our company for future growth, which is expected to begin to layer in during the second half of 2025 and normalize in 2026.&#8221;, added Zoley.
Investors can gain exposure to the stock via&nbsp;Ballast Small/Mid Cap ETF&nbsp;(NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MGMT#NYSE">MGMT</a>) and&nbsp;Innovator IBD Breakout Opportunities ETF (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/BOUT#NYSE">BOUT</a>).
Price Action: GEO shares are down 3.16% at $30.37 at the last check Wednesday.
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GEO Group shares are trading lower after the company reported worse-than-expected Q1 financial results and issued Q2 and FY25 guidance below estimates.

GEO Group (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GEO#NYSE">GEO</a>) is looking for Q2 GAAP EPS of $0.15-$0.17 vs $0.24 analyst estimate. sees sales of $615.000 million-$625.000 million vs $635.62 million analyst estimate.

GEO Group Sees Q2 GAAP EPS $0.15-$0.17 vs $0.24 Est; Sees Sales $615.000M-$625.000M vs $635.62M Est

GEO Group (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GEO#NYSE">GEO</a>) raises FY2025 GAAP EPS guidance from $0.74-$0.88 to $0.77-$0.89 vs $1.22 analyst estimate..

GEO Group Raises FY2025 GAAP EPS Guidance from $0.74-$0.88 to $0.77-$0.89 vs $1.22 Est

GEO Group (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GEO#NYSE">GEO</a>) raises FY2025 sales outlook from $2.50 billion to $2.53 billion vs $2.66 billion estimate.

GEO Group Raises FY2025 Sales Guidance from $2.50B to $2.53B vs $2.66B Est

GEO Group (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GEO#NYSE">GEO</a>) reported quarterly earnings of $0.14 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $0.18 by 22.22 percent. This is a 22.22 percent decrease over earnings of $0.18 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $604.65 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $611.81 million by 1.17 percent. This is a 0.17 percent decrease over sales of $605.67 million the same period last year.

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GEO Group Q1 Adj. EPS $0.14 Misses $0.18 Estimate, Sales $604.65M Miss $611.81M Estimate

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Date	Put/Call	Strike Price	Exp Date	DTE	Trade Vol	Day Vol	Vol / OI	OI	Trade Type	Sentiment
10:10 AMMar 26, 2025	CALL	$27.00	Sep 19, 2025	105	3156	967	36	8839	SWEEP	BEARISH
02:21 PMMar 25, 2025	CALL	$27.00	Sep 19, 2025	105	1000	996	12	8235	SWEEP	BEARISH

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