Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC Has $6.88 Million Holdings in Geo Group Inc (The) $GEO

Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC lifted its position in Geo Group Inc (The) (NYSE:GEO) by 14.9% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 426,649 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after acquiring an additional 55,296 shares during the quarter. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC’s holdings in Geo Group were worth $6,878,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in Geo Group by 0.7% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 14,894,927 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $240,106,000 after acquiring an additional 98,742 shares in the last quarter. Turiya Advisors Asia Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Geo Group in the third quarter worth approximately $115,664,000. Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Geo Group by 32.7% during the third quarter. Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC now owns 4,974,772 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $101,933,000 after purchasing an additional 1,224,847 shares during the period. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Geo Group by 2.0% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 4,922,108 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $117,884,000 after purchasing an additional 98,739 shares during the period. Finally, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC purchased a new position in Geo Group during the third quarter valued at approximately $88,625,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 76.10% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Geo Group

In related news, Director Scott Michael Kernan sold 6,633 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $15.24, for a total transaction of $101,086.92. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 27,062 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $412,424.88. The trade was a 19.69% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 4.98% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have issued reports on GEO. JonesTrading decreased their target price on shares of Geo Group from $37.00 to $33.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, March 20th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Geo Group in a research note on Friday, March 27th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered Geo Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, February 28th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $34.50.

Geo Group Trading Up 3.2%

Shares of GEO stock opened at $23.40 on Tuesday. Geo Group Inc has a 12 month low of $12.51 and a 12 month high of $27.90. The company has a market cap of $3.13 billion, a PE ratio of 11.88 and a beta of 0.86. The company has a quick ratio of 1.75, a current ratio of 1.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.06. The business’s 50 day moving average is $19.72 and its two-hundred day moving average is $17.22.

Geo Group (NYSE:GEO) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.19 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $705.21 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $688.89 million. Geo Group had a net margin of 10.00% and a return on equity of 9.43%. Geo Group’s revenue was up 16.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.14 EPS. Geo Group has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.150-1.250 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.250-0.290 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Geo Group Inc will post 1.2 EPS for the current year.

Geo Group Company Profile

The GEO Group (NYSE:GEO) is a leading provider of correctional, detention and community reentry services to government agencies around the world. As a real estate investment trust, the company specializes in the design, financing, development and operation of secure facilities for adult and juvenile offenders, immigration detainees and individuals requiring mental health treatment or substance abuse programming. GEO’s integrated service model also encompasses electronic monitoring, rehabilitative programming and post-release supervision aimed at reducing recidivism and enhancing public safety.

GEO’s portfolio spans a range of facility types, including medium- and maximum-security correctional institutions, residential reentry centers, mental health treatment units and immigration detention centers.