GEO (The GEO Group) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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GEO The GEO Group Inc GEO
60 GF Score
Price $31.76
GF Value $19.21
Valuation Significantly Overvalued
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What is The GEO Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

The GEO Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $46 Mil. The GEO Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $1,592 Mil. The GEO Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $554 Mil. The GEO Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 2.96.

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 The GEO Group's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

GEO' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.35   Med: 6.12   Max: 7.9
Current: 2.35

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of The GEO Group was 7.90. The lowest was 2.35. And the median was 6.12.

GEO's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
61.56% of 835 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.67 vs GEO: 2.35

The GEO Group  (NYSE:GEO) 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.

The GEO Group Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

The GEO Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for The GEO Group'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.

The GEO Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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GEO vs BRC, BCO, CXW: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, The GEO Group'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.

The GEO Group Debt-to-EBITDA vs Business Services Industry

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

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


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The GEO Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

The GEO Group'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
=(18.548 + 1708.151) / 628.054
=2.75

The GEO Group'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
=(45.742 + 1592.202) / 553.816
=2.96

* 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 The GEO Group (GEO) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, The GEO Group stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $31.76 is trading 65.3% above its estimated GF Value™ of $19.21. GuruFocus considers The GEO Group to be Significantly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for GEO:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: $19.21 vs. price of $31.76 (65.3% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 60/100 with 6 warning signs

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

The GEO Group Business Description

Other Exchanges GEO1:MexicoGEG:Germany
Address 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 mainly 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. The company operates in U.S, Australia and South Africa.
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