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CoreCivic, Inc. earns 7.2% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.
7.2%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 1.8 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value
- Operating margin
- 9.9%
Operating margin · Security & Protection Services median 18% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Cash conversion
- 0.46×
Cash conversion · 1.65× a year ago · some of the reported profit has not turned into cash yet
- Share count, year on year
- −9.0%
Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 8.5% |
| FY2021 | 10% |
| FY2022 | 9.2% |
| FY2023 | 8.9% |
| FY2024 | 9.4% |
| FY2025 | 9.9% |
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- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 9.9%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 5.1%
- Free cash flow margin
- 2.4%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $2.48B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $59M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $128M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 7.2%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Security & Protection Services
Ranks #7 of 7 by Smart Score