SKYH vs EPR vs CXW Stock Comparison

Sky Harbour, Epr Properties and CoreCivic Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SKYH Sky Harbour Group Corp
$9.52 -4.3% 1M -6.9% 1Y
Market cap
$329.41M
P/E
13.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$31.80M
Div. yield
–
Specialty REITs Real Estate
4 wins
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
4 wins
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
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Epr Properties leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Epr Properties 4, Sky Harbour 4, CoreCivic 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSKYHEPRCXWLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $329.41M $4.32B $2.96B EPR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 13.8x 18.1x 23.1x SKYH
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 18.7x 1.8x CXW
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +52.0% +4.5% +24.3% SKYH
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 75.3% 32.2% 5.1% SKYH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 7.5% 6.6% EPR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -7.7x 5.5x 3.2x SKYH
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -6.9% +3.1% +60.4% CXW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -1.2%/yr +1.7%/yr +27.3%/yr CXW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 35.8% 22.7% 41.9% EPR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 33/100 64/100 54/100 EPR

Percentile Scorecard

SKYHEPRCXW

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

AxisSKYHEPRCXW
Valuation 5 #138 of 145 59 #60 of 145 51 #56 of 112
Growth 95 #8 of 144 55 #65 of 144 46 #52 of 96
Profitability 17 #116 of 140 86 #20 of 140 51 #46 of 93
Financial Health 17 #122 of 146 37 #92 of 146 38 #78 of 126
Shareholder Returns – 84 #22 of 132 82 #13 of 67
Overall 33 64 54
  • SKYH ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • EPR ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • 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

PeriodSKYHEPRCXWSPY
1 month -4.3%-1.7%-7.0% -1.0%
3 months -6.4%-11.9%-4.1% +2.9%
6 months -9.7%+0.7%+46.4% +6.4%
Year to date +6.1%+12.1%+57.1% +11.4%
1 year -6.9%+3.1%+60.4% +13.1%
3 years +52.3%+34.9%+139.9% +79.4%
3 years, per year +15.1%+10.5%+33.9% +21.5%
5 years -5.9%+8.7%+233.7% +67.7%
5 years, per year -1.2%+1.7%+27.3% +10.9%
10 years —-25.6%+114.7% +255.2%
10 years, per year —-2.9%+7.9% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureSKYHEPRCXWSPY
Volatility, 1Y 35.8%22.7%41.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 36.0%23.1%43.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.970.070.36 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.190.141.44 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -92.9%-38.5%-39.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -16.9%-13.0%-15.5% -2.5%
52-week high $11.46$64.31$35.53 $779.14
52-week low $8.30$48.71$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.

MultipleSKYHEPRCXW
P/E now vs peer median 13.7xmedian 27.0x 17.9xmedian 27.0x 23.2xmedian 21.0x
P/S now vs peer median 22.9xmedian 4.1x 5.8xmedian 4.1x 1.2xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -44.5xmedian 14.5x 12.6xmedian 14.5x 10.8xmedian 12.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 23.7x -21.3xmedian 23.7x 51.8xmedian 15.1x
P/B now vs peer median 4.4xmedian 1.3x 1.9xmedian 1.3x 2.1xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.21median 2.07 0.95median 2.07 3.27median 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 monthsSKYHEPRCXW
Revenue $31.80M $742.59M $2.48B
Operating income -$27.97M $409.10M –
Net income $12.08M $263.27M $127.90M
Free cash flow – -$200.99M $57.32M
EPS (diluted) $0.70 $3.10 $1.29
Cash & equivalents $164.03M $16.20M $108.93M
Total debt $316.34M $3.29B $5.01B
Shares (diluted) 34.46M 77.02M 98.89M
Enterprise value $59.78M $4.13B $2.48B

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
MetricSKYHEPRCXW
P/E 13.7x 17.9x 23.2x
P/FCF – -21.3x 51.8x
P/Operating cash flow – 9.7x 14.8x
P/S 22.9x 5.8x 1.2x
P/B 4.4x 1.9x 2.1x
P/Tangible book 4.5x 1.9x 2.1x
EV/EBITDA -44.5x 12.6x 10.8x
EV/EBIT -31.5x 18.5x 17.0x
EV/Revenue 27.7x 10.2x 1.7x
EV/FCF – -37.6x 73.4x
EV/Operating cash flow – 17.2x 21.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.21 0.95 3.27

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSKYHEPRCXW
Revenue growth (1Y) 52.0% 4.5% 24.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 101.7% 2.8% 10.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) -13.8% 16.6% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -17.9% 11.0% –
Net income growth (1Y) 138.4% 46.5% 22.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 41.2% 17.0% 2.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 358.1% 52.8% 35.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 65.8% 18.8% 7.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 9.8% -26.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -0.4% 2.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -171.2% -66.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -39.2% -19.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSKYHEPRCXW
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin -62.2% 80.6% 15.6%
Operating margin -88.0% 55.1% –
Pretax margin -96.0% 35.8% 7.0%
Net margin 75.3% 32.2% 5.1%
FCF margin – -27.1% 2.3%
Operating cash flow margin – 59.4% 8.1%
Return on equity 7.2% 11.4% 9.0%
Return on assets 1.7% 4.5% 3.7%
Return on invested capital – 7.5% 6.6%
Return on capital employed – – 8.5%
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.1x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.7x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 2.1% 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSKYHEPRCXW
Debt / assets 38.4% 54.4% 39.0%
Debt / equity 1.9x 1.4x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA -7.7x 5.5x 3.2x
Debt / FCF – -16.4x 23.5x
Liabilities / assets 80.1% 61.8% 58.4%
Equity / assets 19.9% 38.2% 41.6%
Interest coverage -10.9x 2.9x 3.3x
Current ratio – – 1.3x
Quick ratio – – 1.1x
Cash ratio – – 0.2x
Altman Z-score – – 1.87

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSKYHEPRCXW
Dividend yield – 6.5% –
Net buyback yield – 0.3% 6.4%
Shareholder yield – 6.8% 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.

ConsensusSKYHEPRCXW
Forward P/E – 18.7xFY2026 1.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.40FY2026 $3.00FY2026 $16.94FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -544.4%FY2026 -8.5%FY2026 +1,468.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +8.7% -85.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $42.16MFY2026 $692.89MFY2026 $2.85BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +53.1%FY2026 +13.8%FY2026 +29.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +57.5% -2.9% -0.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSKYHEPRCXW
Held by institutions 15.4% 82.8% 87.5%
Institutions holding 90 486 278
Change in shares held, QoQ +15.7% +4.0% +0.2%
Institutions buying 55 246 155
Institutions selling 18 157 86
Buyers to sellers 3.06 1.57 1.80

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.

SKYHEPRCXW
SKYH 1.00 0.14 0.20
EPR 0.14 1.00 0.08
CXW 0.20 0.08 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SKYH, EPR and CXW?

Epr Properties (EPR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Sky Harbour (SKYH) $329.41M, Epr Properties (EPR) $4.32B, CoreCivic (CXW) $2.96B.

Which stock is cheaper, SKYH, EPR and CXW?

Sky Harbour (SKYH) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Sky Harbour (SKYH) 13.8x, Epr Properties (EPR) 18.1x, CoreCivic (CXW) 23.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, CoreCivic (CXW) is cheapest (Epr Properties (EPR) 18.7x, CoreCivic (CXW) 1.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Sky Harbour (SKYH) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Sky Harbour (SKYH) +52.0%, Epr Properties (EPR) +4.5%, CoreCivic (CXW) +24.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Sky Harbour (SKYH) has the highest net margin (Sky Harbour (SKYH) 75.3%, Epr Properties (EPR) 32.2%, CoreCivic (CXW) 5.1%). On return on invested capital, Epr Properties (EPR) leads (Epr Properties (EPR) 7.5%, CoreCivic (CXW) 6.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year CoreCivic (CXW) returned the most: Sky Harbour (SKYH) -6.9%, Epr Properties (EPR) +3.1%, CoreCivic (CXW) +60.4%. Over five years, CoreCivic (CXW) compounded fastest (Sky Harbour (SKYH) -1.2%/yr, Epr Properties (EPR) +1.7%/yr, CoreCivic (CXW) +27.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Epr Properties (EPR) has been the steadiest (Sky Harbour (SKYH) 35.8%, Epr Properties (EPR) 22.7%, CoreCivic (CXW) 41.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Epr Properties (EPR) leads on 4. 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.