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CoreCivic (CXW) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

CoreCivic has reported FCF Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 6.76% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put FCF Margin at 6.76% for Q4 2025, down 1062.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 2.77% (down 777.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 2.77%, down 777.0%.
  • FCF Margin for Q4 2025 was 6.76% at CoreCivic, down from 3.31% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Margin for CXW hit a ceiling of 39.92% in Q3 2021 and a floor of 9.48% in Q4 2021.
  • Median FCF Margin over the past 5 years was 4.1% (2023), compared with a mean of 7.7%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Margin: soared 2312bps in 2021 and later plummeted -3770bps in 2022.
  • CoreCivic's FCF Margin stood at 9.48% in 2021, then soared by 124bps to 2.29% in 2022, then tumbled by -133bps to 0.75% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 612bps to 3.86% in 2024, then plummeted by -275bps to 6.76% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Margin were 6.76% (Q4 2025), 3.31% (Q3 2025), and 11.79% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.