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CoreCivic (CXW) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)

CoreCivic has reported Operating Expenses over the past 17 years, most recently at $548.2 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Operating Expenses at $548.2 million for Q4 2025, up 247.08% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $1.9 billion (up 34.55% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $2.0 billion, up 33.42%.
  • Operating Expenses for Q4 2025 was $548.2 million at CoreCivic, up from $529.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Expenses for CXW hit a ceiling of $548.2 million in Q4 2025 and a floor of $3.5 million in Q1 2022.
  • Median Operating Expenses over the past 5 years was $408.9 million (2021), compared with a mean of $383.7 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Expenses: tumbled 99.22% in 2022 and later soared 10029.63% in 2023.
  • CoreCivic's Operating Expenses stood at $332.9 million in 2021, then rose by 25.98% to $419.4 million in 2022, then decreased by 12.13% to $368.6 million in 2023, then plummeted by 57.15% to $157.9 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 247.08% to $548.2 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Expenses were $548.2 million (Q4 2025), $529.7 million (Q3 2025), and $398.3 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.