CoreCivic (FRA:PSRA) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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FRA:PSRA CoreCivic Inc FRA:PSRA
60 GF Score
Price €28.20
GF Value €21.26
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What is CoreCivic Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

CoreCivic's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €101 Mil. CoreCivic's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €1,077 Mil. CoreCivic's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €363 Mil. CoreCivic's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 3.24.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

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

FRA:PSRA' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.2   Med: 3.98   Max: 6.69
Current: 3.51

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of CoreCivic was 6.69. The lowest was 3.20. And the median was 3.98.

FRA:PSRA's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
74.85% of 835 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.67 vs FRA:PSRA: 3.51

CoreCivic  (FRA:PSRA) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

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


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


CoreCivic Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


CoreCivic Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for CoreCivic's Debt-to-EBITDA 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.

CoreCivic Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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FRA:PSRA vs GEO, BRC, BCO: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, CoreCivic's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Debt-to-EBITDA vs Business Services Industry

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

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


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CoreCivic Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

CoreCivic's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(33.683852015837 + 1116.769551705) / 308.62733036529
=3.73

CoreCivic's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(100.80468818333 + 1077.3812647599) / 363.30651582328
=3.24

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is CoreCivic (FRA:PSRA) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, CoreCivic stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of €28.20 is trading 32.6% above its estimated GF Value™ of €21.26. GuruFocus considers CoreCivic to be Significantly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for FRA:PSRA:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: €21.26 vs. price of €28.20 (32.6% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 60/100 with 9 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the FRA:PSRA stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


CoreCivic Business Description

Other Exchanges CXW:USAPSRA:Germany
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.
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