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CXW (CoreCivic) Debt-to-Equity : 0.67 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is CoreCivic Debt-to-Equity?

CoreCivic's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $13 Mil. CoreCivic's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $970 Mil. CoreCivic's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $1,475 Mil. CoreCivic's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.67.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for CoreCivic's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

CXW' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.67   Med: 1.01   Max: 1.68
Current: 0.67

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of CoreCivic was 1.68. The lowest was 0.67. And the median was 1.01.

CXW's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
65.98% of 917 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 0.36 vs CXW: 0.67

CoreCivic Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for CoreCivic's Debt-to-Equity 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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CoreCivic Debt-to-Equity Chart

CoreCivic Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.41 1.23 0.97 0.82 0.68

CoreCivic Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Debt-to-Equity 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 0.76 0.70 0.67 0.68 0.67

Competitive Comparison of CoreCivic's Debt-to-Equity

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, CoreCivic's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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.


CoreCivic's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, CoreCivic's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CoreCivic's Debt-to-Equity falls into.


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CoreCivic Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

CoreCivic's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

CoreCivic's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

* 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.


CoreCivic  (NYSE:CXW) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.


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CoreCivic Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5501 Virginia Way, Suite 110, Brentwood, TN, USA, 37027
CoreCivic Inc is an owner and operator of private prisons and detention centers in the United States. It operates in three segments: Safety, Community, and Properties. The Community segment owns and operates residential reentry centers. The Properties segment owns properties for lease to third parties and government agencies. The vast majority of the company's revenue comes from the CoreCivic Safety segment which consists of correctional and detention facilities that are owned, or controlled via a long-term lease, and managed by the company, as well as those correctional and detention facilities owned by third parties but managed by CoreCivic.
Executives
Damon T Hininger officer: Senior VP, Customer Relations CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, 10 BURTON HILLS BOULEVARD, NASHVILLE TN 37215
Patrick D. Swindle, officer: EVP, Chief Corrections Officer 10 BURTON HILLS BLVD., NASHVILLE TN 37215
Anthony L Grande officer: Senior VP, Customer Relations CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, 10 BURTON HILLS BOULEVARD, NASHVILLE TN 37215
Lucibeth Mayberry officer: SVP, Real Estate 10 BURTON HILLS BLVD, NASHVILLE TN 37215
Carter, Cole G. officer: SVP, General Counsel, Secretar 10 BURTON HILLS BLVD., NASHVILLE TN 37215
David K Churchill officer: Chief Human Resources 10 BURTON HILLS BLVD, NASHVILLE TN 37215
Stacia Hylton director 6850 VERSAR CENTER STE 420, SPRINGFIELD VA 22151
Thurgood Jr Marshall director 3000 K STREET N W, SUITE 300, WASHINGTON DC 20007-5116
Mark A Emkes director 425 WINTER ROAD, DELAWARE OH 43015
Harley G. Lappin officer: Chief Corrections Officer 10 BURTON HILLS BLVD, NASHVILLE TN 37215
Devin Ignatius Murphy director 104 MAIN STREET, SOUTHPORT CT 06890
Robert J Dennis director GENESCO INC., 1415 MURFREESBORO ROAD, NASHVILLE TN 37217
David Garfinkle officer: Vice President, Finance
Anne L Mariucci director 6539 N 31ST PLACE, PHOENIX AZ 85016
Prann John R Jr director