Initial coverage of the company was provided in the research report on CoreCivic that StockNews.com published on Thursday.
The report was about the company.
The company’s recommendation for the stock of the real estate investment trust was to maintain a hold on the stock.
On February 8, CoreCivic announced the publication of its most recent quarterly earnings report, which can be located on the company’s website under the ticker symbol “CXW.” The real estate investment trust (REIT) reported quarterly earnings of $0.22 per share, which were lower than the average estimate of $0.33 for the period (by $0.11).
The company’s revenue during the quarter was $4.71 billion, significantly higher than the revenue forecast of $469.05 million that industry experts had predicted the company would earn. CoreCivic had a return on equity of 4.88% and a net margin of 6.63% when calculating its profitability. Compared to the previous year, the company’s quarterly profits showed a phenomenal increase of 898.5%.
Profits per share for the company came in at $0.48 during the same period the year before.
Analysts who work on the sell side anticipate that CoreCivic will record earnings of $1.42 per share during the current fiscal year.
On Thursday, the stock traded under the symbol NYSE: CXW began trading for $9.40. Over the previous 50 and 200 trading days, the price of a share of the company’s stock has moved back and forth between $10.55 and $10.64.
The debt-to-equity ratio is 0.76, the current ratio is 1.14, and the quick ratio is 1.14.
The debt-to-equity, current, and quick ratios all come in at the same value.
The company’s price-to-earnings ratio is 9.04, and its beta value is equal to 0.94.
The company currently has a market capitalization of $1.07 billion. CoreCivic can be purchased between $8.69 and $14.24 at different points throughout the year.
Wedbush maintained its “outperform” rating on shares of CoreCivic and set a target price of $15.00 for the company’s stock in a research note published on Thursday, February 9.
The note was made public.
The Chief Financial Officer of CoreCivic, David Garfinkle, recently sold 7,500 shares of the company’s stock on January 17, as reported in other CoreCivic news reports.
The price paid for the shares, which came to a total of $11.43, was determined to be the average price of $85,725.00.
As a direct result of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 324,187 shares of the company in their name.
These shares are currently trading at a price corresponding to a market value of $3,705,457.41.
Access to the legal file that details the transaction’s disclosure can be gained through the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) website.
This file can be found on the website.
In a transaction on January 17, 5,000 shares of CoreCivic stock were sold by Cole G. Carter, who serves as Executive Vice President of the company.
In the transaction that resulted in a total payment of $57,250.00 being received, the price paid per share was, on average, $11.45.
Because of the sale, the executive vice president now has direct control over 192,250 shares of the company.
These shares have a combined value of $2,201,262.50.
If you follow the link, you will be taken to a document submitted to the SEC, which will provide you with additional information regarding the sale.
In addition, on January 17, CoreCivic’s Chief Financial Officer, David Garfinkle, sold 7,500 of the company’s shares of stock.
The price paid for the shares, which came to a total of $11.43, was determined to be the average price of $85,725.00.
As a result of the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer is now the owner of 324,187 shares.
The total value of these shares is $3,705,457.41.
Disclosures related to the sale might be found in this website section.
Insiders of a company have sold 14,500 shares of company stock over the past three months, bringing in a total of $165,935 in profits. Company insiders hold the shares of stock in the company to the extent of 1.93%.
Recently, institutional investors have altered how they have been keeping their shares of the company in their portfolios.
As of the end of the third quarter, Prudential Financial INC’s total holdings increase in CoreCivic was 38.8 percent from the previous quarter.
Prudential Financial INC now has a total of 432,799 shares in the company, which have a value of $3,826,000 because, during the most recent fiscal quarter, it purchased an additional 121,091 shares in the real estate investment trust, bringing the total number of shares it owns in the business to a total of 432,791.
Byrne Asset Management LLC started a new stake in CoreCivic during the third quarter by purchasing shares for approximately $27,000 and making the purchase. Captrust Financial Advisors made a new investment in CoreCivic shares with a total value of $74,000 during the second quarter.
The percentage of CoreCivic shares held by Roosevelt Investment Group LLC increased by 50.0% over the third quarter. Following an additional purchase of 5,000 shares during the preceding quarter, Roosevelt Investment Group LLC now holds 15,000 shares of the real estate investment trust, with an aggregate value of $133,000 as of the most recent quarter’s close.
At the end of the third quarter, the CoreCivic stock that Heartland Advisors INC held had increased by 2.5% from the beginning. Heartland Advisors INC now has 615,282 of the real estate investment trust’s shares, valued at $5,439,000, after purchasing an additional 15,000 shares during the most recent quarter. Currently, 80.87% of the company’s shares are owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.