EPR vs CXW vs VICI Stock Comparison

Epr Properties, CoreCivic and Vici Properties Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
EPR Epr Properties
$55.96 -1.7% 1M +3.1% 1Y
Market cap
$4.32B
P/E
18.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$742.59M
Div. yield
–
Gaming REITs Real Estate
CXW CoreCivic, Inc.
$30.03 -7.0% 1M +60.4% 1Y
Market cap
$2.96B
P/E
23.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.48B
Div. yield
–
Facility Services Industrials
5 wins
VICI Vici Properties Inc.
$23.75 +0.2% 1M -24.4% 1Y
Market cap
$26.16B
P/E
9.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.10B
Div. yield
0.07%
Gaming REITs Real Estate
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Vici Properties leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Vici Properties 6, CoreCivic 5). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionEPRCXWVICILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $4.32B $2.96B $26.16B VICI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 18.1x 23.1x 9.5x VICI
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.7x 1.8x 8.4x CXW
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.5% +24.3% +4.4% CXW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 32.2% 5.1% 67.5% VICI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 7.5% 6.6% 7.8% VICI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 5.5x 3.2x 4.6x CXW
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.07% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +3.1% +60.4% -24.4% CXW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +1.7%/yr +27.3%/yr -4.7%/yr CXW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 22.7% 41.9% 19.4% VICI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 64/100 54/100 85/100 VICI

Percentile Scorecard

EPRCXWVICI

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

AxisEPRCXWVICI
Valuation 59 #60 of 145 51 #56 of 112 89 #17 of 145
Growth 55 #65 of 144 46 #52 of 96 57 #62 of 144
Profitability 86 #20 of 140 51 #46 of 93 99 #2 of 140
Financial Health 37 #92 of 146 38 #78 of 126 88 #18 of 146
Shareholder Returns 84 #22 of 132 82 #13 of 67 92 #12 of 132
Overall 64 54 85
  • EPR ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • CXW ranked among 130 companies in Business Services
  • VICI ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodEPRCXWVICISPY
1 month -1.7%-7.0%+0.2% -1.0%
3 months -11.9%-4.1%-11.2% +2.9%
6 months +0.7%+46.4%-16.4% +6.4%
Year to date +12.1%+57.1%-15.5% +11.4%
1 year +3.1%+60.4%-24.4% +13.1%
3 years +34.9%+139.9%-15.0% +79.4%
3 years, per year +10.5%+33.9%-5.3% +21.5%
5 years +8.7%+233.7%-21.3% +67.7%
5 years, per year +1.7%+27.3%-4.7% +10.9%
10 years -25.6%+114.7%— +255.2%
10 years, per year -2.9%+7.9%— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureEPRCXWVICISPY
Volatility, 1Y 22.7%41.9%19.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 23.1%43.8%20.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.070.36-0.02 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.141.44-1.26 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.5%-39.7%-36.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -13.0%-15.5%-24.4% -2.5%
52-week high $64.31$35.53$31.42 $779.14
52-week low $48.71$16.13$22.54 $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.

MultipleEPRCXWVICI
P/E now vs peer median 17.9xmedian 27.0x 23.2xmedian 21.0x 9.4xmedian 27.0x
P/S now vs peer median 5.8xmedian 4.1x 1.2xmedian 0.9x 6.4xmedian 4.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 12.6xmedian 14.5x 10.8xmedian 12.3x 11.7xmedian 14.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median -21.3xmedian 23.7x 51.8xmedian 15.1x 10.6xmedian 23.7x
P/B now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 1.3x 2.1xmedian 2.4x 0.9xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.95median 2.07 3.27median 1.02 1.55median 2.07

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 monthsEPRCXWVICI
Revenue $742.59M $2.48B $4.10B
Gross profit – – $4.07B
Operating income $409.10M – $3.61B
Net income $263.27M $127.90M $2.81B
Free cash flow -$200.99M $57.32M $2.47B
EPS (diluted) $3.10 $1.29 $2.54
Cash & equivalents $16.20M $108.93M $288.06M
Total debt $3.29B $5.01B $16.93B
Shares (diluted) 77.02M 98.89M 1.09B
Enterprise value $4.13B $2.48B $24.28B

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
MetricEPRCXWVICI
P/E 17.9x 23.2x 9.4x
P/FCF -21.3x 51.8x 10.6x
P/Operating cash flow 9.7x 14.8x 9.9x
P/S 5.8x 1.2x 6.4x
P/B 1.9x 2.1x 0.9x
P/Tangible book 1.9x 2.1x 0.9x
EV/EBITDA 12.6x 10.8x 11.7x
EV/EBIT 18.5x 17.0x 11.9x
EV/Revenue 10.2x 1.7x 10.4x
EV/FCF -37.6x 73.4x 17.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 17.2x 21.0x 16.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.95 3.27 1.55

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEPRCXWVICI
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.5% 24.3% 4.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.8% 10.2% 7.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 4.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 7.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 16.6% – 0.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 11.0% – 8.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 46.5% 22.9% 0.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 17.0% 2.2% 8.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 52.8% 35.1% -2.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 18.8% 7.1% 6.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 9.8% -26.4% 7.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -0.4% 2.6% 8.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -171.2% -66.4% 7.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -39.2% -19.8% 6.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEPRCXWVICI
Gross margin – – 99.3%
EBITDA margin 80.6% 15.6% 89.2%
Operating margin 55.1% – 88.0%
Pretax margin 35.8% 7.0% 68.6%
Net margin 32.2% 5.1% 67.5%
FCF margin -27.1% 2.3% 60.4%
Operating cash flow margin 59.4% 8.1% 64.4%
Return on equity 11.4% 9.0% 9.6%
Return on assets 4.5% 3.7% 5.9%
Return on invested capital 7.5% 6.6% 7.8%
Return on capital employed – 8.5% –
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.7x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.7x 1.6x 0.9x
Stock comp / revenue 2.1% 1.1% 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEPRCXWVICI
Debt / assets 54.4% 39.0% 35.1%
Debt / equity 1.4x 0.9x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 5.5x 3.2x 4.6x
Debt / FCF -16.4x 23.5x 6.8x
Liabilities / assets 61.8% 58.4% 38.7%
Equity / assets 38.2% 41.6% 61.3%
Interest coverage 2.9x 3.3x 4.3x
Current ratio – 1.3x –
Quick ratio – 1.1x –
Cash ratio – 0.2x –
Altman Z-score – 1.87 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEPRCXWVICI
Dividend yield 6.5% – 7.6%
Net buyback yield 0.3% 6.4% –
Shareholder yield 6.8% 6.4% 7.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 68.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 77.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 5.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 11.4%

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.

ConsensusEPRCXWVICI
Forward P/E 18.7xFY2026 1.8xFY2026 8.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.00FY2026 $16.94FY2026 $2.83FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -8.5%FY2026 +1,468.5%FY2026 +8.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +8.7% -85.4% -1.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $692.89MFY2026 $2.85BFY2026 $4.00BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +13.8%FY2026 +29.1%FY2026 -0.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.9% -0.2% +15.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEPRCXWVICI
Held by institutions 82.8% 87.5% 95.7%
Institutions holding 486 278 946
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.0% +0.2% +2.7%
Institutions buying 246 155 518
Institutions selling 157 86 342
Buyers to sellers 1.57 1.80 1.51

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

EPRCXWVICI
EPR 1.00 0.08 0.52
CXW 0.08 1.00 -0.05
VICI 0.52 -0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EPR, CXW and VICI?

Vici Properties (VICI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Epr Properties (EPR) $4.32B, CoreCivic (CXW) $2.96B, Vici Properties (VICI) $26.16B.

Which stock is cheaper, EPR, CXW and VICI?

Vici Properties (VICI) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Epr Properties (EPR) 18.1x, CoreCivic (CXW) 23.1x, Vici Properties (VICI) 9.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, CoreCivic (CXW) is cheapest (Epr Properties (EPR) 18.7x, CoreCivic (CXW) 1.8x, Vici Properties (VICI) 8.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

CoreCivic (CXW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Epr Properties (EPR) +4.5%, CoreCivic (CXW) +24.3%, Vici Properties (VICI) +4.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Vici Properties (VICI) has the highest net margin (Epr Properties (EPR) 32.2%, CoreCivic (CXW) 5.1%, Vici Properties (VICI) 67.5%). On return on invested capital, Vici Properties (VICI) leads (Epr Properties (EPR) 7.5%, CoreCivic (CXW) 6.6%, Vici Properties (VICI) 7.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year CoreCivic (CXW) returned the most: Epr Properties (EPR) +3.1%, CoreCivic (CXW) +60.4%, Vici Properties (VICI) -24.4%. Over five years, CoreCivic (CXW) compounded fastest (Epr Properties (EPR) +1.7%/yr, CoreCivic (CXW) +27.3%/yr, Vici Properties (VICI) -4.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Epr Properties (EPR) 0.00%, CoreCivic (CXW) 0.00%, Vici Properties (VICI) 0.07%. Epr Properties (EPR) and CoreCivic (CXW) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Vici Properties (VICI) has been the steadiest (Epr Properties (EPR) 22.7%, CoreCivic (CXW) 41.9%, Vici Properties (VICI) 19.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, EPR, CXW and VICI?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Vici Properties (VICI) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.