Is the price fair?
What CXW's price assumes
CoreCivic, Inc. trades at 27.4× earnings against 25.9× for the median Security & Protection Services name, more expensive than its own group.
27.4
Trailing P/E · Security & Protection Services median 25.9 · 1.06× the median: the market pays up for this one
- Price / sales
- 0.80
Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1
- Free cash flow yield
- 2.1%
Free cash flow yield · Security & Protection Services median 4.7%
- Growth the price implies
- +17%
Growth the price implies · The price pays for +17% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered −20% a year over the last three.
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- Price / book2026-Q1
- 1.34
- EV / sales2026-Q1
- 1.30
- Industrials median P/E346 names
- 29.9
- Security & Protection Services median P/E7 names
- 25.9
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $59M
- Market capitalisation
- $2.86B
- 3-year revenue growth
- +10%
- 3-year free cash flow growth
- −20%
| Method | Per share |
|---|---|
| Its own P/E history, lower quartile | $13.80 |
| Its own P/E history, median | $15.86 |
| Its own P/E history, upper quartile | $24.61 |
| 52-week range | $16.13 – $34.00 |
| Today | $33.98 |
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.
Security & Protection Services
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