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CoreCivic (CXW) Operating Margin (2016 - 2021)

CoreCivic has reported Operating Margin over the past 13 years, most recently at 1.44% for Q1 2021.

  • Quarterly results put Operating Margin at 1.44% for Q1 2021, down 1058.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Mar 2021 was 5.89% (down 755.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 1.49%, up 51.0%.
  • Operating Margin for Q1 2021 was 1.44% at CoreCivic, down from 4.06% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for CXW hit a ceiling of 15.49% in Q1 2017 and a floor of 1.44% in Q1 2021.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 5 years was 13.72% (2018), compared with a mean of 12.1%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: skyrocketed 182bps in 2019 and later tumbled -1058bps in 2021.
  • CoreCivic's Operating Margin stood at 14.81% in 2017, then fell by -9bps to 13.41% in 2018, then fell by -1bps to 13.31% in 2019, then tumbled by -69bps to 4.06% in 2020, then crashed by -65bps to 1.44% in 2021.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Margin were 1.44% (Q1 2021), 4.06% (Q4 2020), and 9.65% (Q3 2020) per Business Quant data.