RBF Capital LLC Lowers Stock Holdings in Geo Group Inc (The) $GEO

RBF Capital LLC reduced its position in Geo Group Inc (The) (NYSE:GEO) by 70.0% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 15,000 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 35,000 shares during the quarter. RBF Capital LLC’s holdings in Geo Group were worth $252,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Rubric Capital Management LP increased its holdings in Geo Group by 139.5% during the 3rd quarter. Rubric Capital Management LP now owns 2,986,915 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $61,202,000 after acquiring an additional 1,739,522 shares during the period. UBS Group AG boosted its holdings in Geo Group by 56.5% in the 3rd quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 3,603,288 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $73,831,000 after purchasing an additional 1,300,139 shares during the period. Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC boosted its holdings in Geo Group by 32.7% in the 3rd quarter. Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC now owns 4,974,772 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $101,933,000 after purchasing an additional 1,224,847 shares during the period. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. grew its position in shares of Geo Group by 3,774.9% during the 2nd quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 781,573 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $18,719,000 after purchasing an additional 761,403 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Two Sigma Investments LP grew its position in shares of Geo Group by 225.4% during the 3rd quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 1,034,778 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $21,203,000 after purchasing an additional 716,805 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 76.10% of the company’s stock.

Geo Group Stock Performance

Geo Group stock opened at $30.76 on Friday. Geo Group Inc has a fifty-two week low of $12.51 and a fifty-two week high of $32.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.06, a quick ratio of 1.75 and a current ratio of 1.75. The stock has a market cap of $4.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.78 and a beta of 0.79. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $28.31 and its 200-day moving average price is $21.17.

Geo Group (NYSE:GEO) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.10. The company had revenue of $705.21 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $688.89 million. Geo Group had a net margin of 10.00% and a return on equity of 9.43%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 16.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.14 earnings per share. Geo Group has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.150-1.250 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.250-0.290 EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that Geo Group Inc will post 1.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

GEO has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Northland Securities increased their price objective on Geo Group from $30.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, June 26th. Weiss Ratings upgraded Geo Group from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 9th. Zacks Research upgraded Geo Group from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 20th. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded Geo Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, July 25th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $36.50.

Geo Group Company Profile

The GEO Group (NYSE:GEO) is a leading provider of correctional, detention and community reentry services to government agencies around the world. As a real estate investment trust, the company specializes in the design, financing, development and operation of secure facilities for adult and juvenile offenders, immigration detainees and individuals requiring mental health treatment or substance abuse programming. GEO’s integrated service model also encompasses electronic monitoring, rehabilitative programming and post-release supervision aimed at reducing recidivism and enhancing public safety.

GEO’s portfolio spans a range of facility types, including medium- and maximum-security correctional institutions, residential reentry centers, mental health treatment units and immigration detention centers.