As of today (2024-04-19), The GEO Group's share price is $14.57.
The GEO Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.71. Hence, The GEO Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 8.54.
The historical rank and industry rank for The GEO Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
GEO'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.87 Med: 9.5 Max: 513.67
Current: 8.58
During the past 13 years, The GEO Group's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 513.67. The lowest was 1.87. And the median was 9.50.
GEO's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than 68.16% of 694
companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 13.535
vs GEO: 8.58
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of The GEO Group was 1.50% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -14.90% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 12.40% per year.
During the past 13 years, The GEO Group's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 53.90% per year. The lowest was -101.20% per year. And the median was 12.90% per year.
The GEO Group Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for The GEO Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Annual Data
Trend
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Dec22
Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
8.97
3.19
4.39
6.49
6.32
The GEO Group Quarterly Data
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Sep22
Dec22
Mar23
Jun23
Sep23
Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
6.49
5.45
5.86
4.41
6.32
Competitive Comparison
For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, The GEO Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution
For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, The GEO Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where The GEO Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
The GEO Group Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
The GEO Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
The GEO Group's Share Price of today is $14.57.
The GEO Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.71.
* 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.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
The GEO Group (NYSE:GEO) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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The GEO Group (The GEO Group) Business Description
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.
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