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GEO Group Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, GEO Group Inc had return on equity of 17.9% and a net margin of 9.7%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2011Jan 20122012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin5.6%9.1%7.6%8.5%7.6%6.8%6.5%6.2%6.7%4.8%3.4%7.2%4.4%1.3%9.7%10.3%
Return on equity7.7%13.0%11.1%13.9%13.6%15.0%13.5%13.0%16.4%11.8%8.2%16.0%8.7%2.4%17.9%19.3%
Return on assets2.6%4.6%4.0%4.9%4.3%4.1%3.7%3.4%3.9%2.6%1.7%4.1%2.9%0.9%6.8%7.7%
Effective tax rate38.8%−40.4%−30.6%9.3%5.2%5.3%11.8%9.5%9.6%16.5%63.6%27.4%25.6%24.4%25.6%27.1%
Dividends ÷ net income0.0%76.0%127.8%118.3%134.1%131.0%155.5%158.2%139.6%191.2%39.4%—————

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 6 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $3.7bn
Short-term assets $635mLonger-term assets $3.1bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $1.9bn
Short-term liabilities $384mShareholders' equity $1.5bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $635m of assets due within a year against $384m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $55m of cash against $1.5bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 100% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 269% to 100% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $199m of operating cash flow against $1.5bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $316m against $153m of interest.

From GEO Group Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

48 /100

Moderate moat

How hard GEO Group's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 3 / 20

    Net income has been a median 3.5% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Durability 13 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 11.8%; its worst year was 10.5%.

  • Cash conversion 14 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 9 years, at a median 8.3% of revenue.

  • Discipline 12 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 13.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.9% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (53 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from GEO Group Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to GEO Group Inc.