CXW vs Peers Stock Comparison

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CXW CoreCivic, Inc.
$29.88 -7.0% 1M +59.1% 1Y
Market cap
$3.02B
P/E
23.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.48B
Div. yield
–
Facility Services Industrials

Percentile Scorecard

CXW

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCXW
Valuation 50 #57 of 112
Growth 45 #53 of 96
Profitability 51 #45 of 91
Financial Health 40 #76 of 125
Shareholder Returns 82 #13 of 67
Overall 53
  • CXW ranked among 130 companies in Business Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCXWSPY
1 month -7.0% -0.8%
3 months -4.3% +3.5%
6 months +47.6% +7.0%
Year to date +56.4% +12.2%
1 year +59.1% +13.0%
3 years +141.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year +34.2% +23.1%
5 years +257.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year +29.0% +11.0%
10 years +119.2% +258.0%
10 years, per year +8.2% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCXWSPY
Volatility, 1Y 42.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.37 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.41 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -39.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -15.9% -1.8%
52-week high $35.53 $779.14
52-week low $16.13 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCXW
P/E now vs peer median 23.1xmedian 21.9x
P/S now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.8xmedian 12.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 51.6xmedian 14.3x
P/B now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 3.26median 1.02

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCXW
Revenue $2.48B
Net income $127.90M
Free cash flow $57.32M
EPS (diluted) $1.29
Cash & equivalents $108.93M
Total debt $5.01B
Shares (diluted) 98.89M
Enterprise value $2.55B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCXW
P/E 23.1x
P/FCF 51.6x
P/Operating cash flow 14.8x
P/S 1.2x
P/B 2.1x
P/Tangible book 2.1x
EV/EBITDA 10.8x
EV/EBIT 17.0x
EV/Revenue 1.7x
EV/FCF 73.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 20.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 3.26

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCXW
Revenue growth (1Y) 24.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 10.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) –
Operating income growth (1Y) –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) –
Net income growth (1Y) 22.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 2.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 35.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 7.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -26.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 2.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -66.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -19.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCXW
Gross margin –
EBITDA margin 15.6%
Operating margin –
Pretax margin 7.0%
Net margin 5.1%
FCF margin 2.3%
Operating cash flow margin 8.1%
Return on equity 9.0%
Return on assets 3.7%
Return on invested capital 6.6%
Return on capital employed 8.5%
Asset turnover 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCXW
Debt / assets 39.0%
Debt / equity 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.2x
Debt / FCF 23.5x
Liabilities / assets 58.4%
Equity / assets 41.6%
Interest coverage 3.3x
Current ratio 1.3x
Quick ratio 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.2x
Altman Z-score 1.87

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCXW
Dividend yield –
Net buyback yield 6.4%
Shareholder yield 6.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) –
Payout ratio (FCF) –
Dividend growth (1Y) –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCXW
Forward P/E 1.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $16.94FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +1,468.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -85.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.85BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +29.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -0.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCXW
Held by institutions 87.5%
Institutions holding 278
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.2%
Institutions buying 155
Institutions selling 86
Buyers to sellers 1.80

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