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The GEO Group (FRA:GEG) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 9.61 (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is The GEO Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-26), The GEO Group's current share price is €12.78. The GEO Group's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €1.33. The GEO Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 9.61.

The historical rank and industry rank for The GEO Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:GEG' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.35   Med: 46.86   Max: 326.1
Current: 9.59

During the past years, The GEO Group's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 326.10. The lowest was 4.35. And the median was 46.86.

FRA:GEG's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
72.7% of 359 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 18.39 vs FRA:GEG: 9.59

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

The GEO Group's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €0.499. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is €1.33 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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The GEO Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for The GEO Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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The GEO Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

The GEO Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
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The GEO Group Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.85 5.14 5.73 7.59 9.73

Competitive Comparison of The GEO Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, The GEO Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


The GEO Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, The GEO Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The GEO Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



The GEO Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

The GEO Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=12.78/1.33
=9.61

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The GEO Group's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, The GEO Group's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=0.499/131.7762*131.7762
=0.499

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

The GEO Group Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.309 100.560 0.405
201409 -0.029 100.428 -0.038
201412 0.010 99.070 0.013
201503 0.221 99.621 0.292
201506 -0.148 100.684 -0.194
201509 0.018 100.392 0.024
201512 0.117 99.792 0.154
201603 -0.371 100.470 -0.487
201606 0.305 101.688 0.395
201609 -0.575 101.861 -0.744
201612 -0.253 101.863 -0.327
201703 0.110 102.862 0.141
201706 -0.219 103.349 -0.279
201709 -0.201 104.136 -0.254
201712 1.917 104.011 2.429
201803 0.116 105.290 0.145
201806 0.395 106.317 0.490
201809 -0.103 106.507 -0.127
201812 0.147 105.998 0.183
201903 0.525 107.251 0.645
201906 0.672 108.070 0.819
201909 0.537 108.329 0.653
201912 -0.085 108.420 -0.103
202003 0.737 108.902 0.892
202006 0.782 108.767 0.947
202009 0.502 109.815 0.602
202012 0.401 109.897 0.481
202103 0.681 111.754 0.803
202106 0.438 114.631 0.504
202109 0.498 115.734 0.567
202112 -0.138 117.630 -0.155
202203 0.809 121.301 0.879
202206 0.215 125.017 0.227
202209 0.160 125.227 0.168
202212 0.391 125.222 0.411
202303 0.604 127.348 0.625
202306 0.003 128.729 0.003
202309 0.743 129.860 0.754
202312 0.242 129.419 0.246
202403 0.499 131.776 0.499

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


The GEO Group  (FRA:GEG) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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The GEO Group (FRA:GEG) Business Description

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4955 Technology Way, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 33431
The GEO Group Inc specializes in detention facilities and community-reentry centers. It operates in four segments: U.S. Secure Services, which primarily 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.