CoreCivic CXW
NYSE CXW
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CoreCivic (CXW) Operating Margin (2009 - 2021)

Updated

CoreCivic's Operating Margin came in at 1.44% for Q1 2021, down 10.58 percentage points from 12.02% a year earlier and down 2.63 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

CoreCivic (CXW) Operating Margin (2009 - 2021) Analysis & Trends

Over the trailing twelve months to Mar 31, 2021, CoreCivic reported Operating Margin of 5.89%, down 7.55 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2020, it came in at 8.54%, down 5.68 percentage points from FY2019.

  • Operating Margin carries a five-year change of -7.11 percentage points (FY2015 to FY2020).
  • Going back by year, Operating Margin was 14.22% in FY2019 (+0.63 pp), 13.59% in FY2018 (-1.16 pp), 14.75% in FY2017 (-1.28 pp) and 16.02% in FY2016 (+0.38 pp).
  • The Q1 2021 figure represents the lowest quarterly Operating Margin in data going back to Q2 2009.
  • Year-over-year, Operating Margin has declined for six consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -4.09 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The fastest year-over-year change in Operating Margin over five years came in Q4 2016 (a gain of 2.46 percentage points), and the weakest in Q1 2021 (a drop of 10.58 percentage points).
  • Business Quant data shows CXW's Operating Margin at 4.06% (Q4 2020), 9.65% (Q3 2020) and 8.30% (Q2 2020) in the three quarters before Q1 2021.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Accenture 172.71 Bn 133.12 Bn 6.13 Bn 16.96%
2 Cintas 89.51 Bn 88.59 Bn 1.55 Bn 23.62%
3 Iron Mountain 32.96 Bn 32.48 Bn 1.07 Bn 18.41%
4 Rollins 16.86 Bn 16.41 Bn 582.90 Mn 20.45%
5 APi 16.77 Bn 13.80 Bn 703.00 Mn 7.76%
6 UL Solutions 14.87 Bn 13.66 Bn 417.00 Mn 18.38%
7 Gartner 14.80 Bn 8.50 Bn 1.19 Bn 22.59%
8 Aramark 13.84 Bn 11.86 Bn 430.34 Mn 4.26%
9 Rentokil Initial 11.56 Bn 5.07 Bn - -
10 CoreCivic 2.90 Bn 2.43 Bn - -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2021 1.44%
Dec 31, 2020 4.06%
Sep 30, 2020 9.65%
Jun 30, 2020 8.30%
Mar 31, 2020 12.02%
Dec 31, 2019 13.31%
Sep 30, 2019 13.98%
Jun 30, 2019 14.47%
Mar 31, 2019 15.14%
Dec 31, 2018 13.41%
Sep 30, 2018 13.92%
Jun 30, 2018 13.72%
Mar 31, 2018 13.31%
Dec 31, 2017 14.81%
Sep 30, 2017 13.73%
Jun 30, 2017 14.96%
Mar 31, 2017 15.49%
Dec 31, 2016 17.31%
Sep 30, 2016 15.57%
Jun 30, 2016 16.66%
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