CXWCoreCivic, Inc.

$32.94+58% 1Y

$32.94

$16.1352 weeks$35.54

Is the price fair?

Fair

Neither cheap nor expensive: cheap vs its sector, but priced for +18% a year vs +10% a year delivered and at the top of its own P/E range.

1 good, 2 to watch

What the price assumes~+18% a year

Priced for ~18% a year FCF growth. The price demands more than its three-year revenue growth of 10% a year, priced for acceleration.

Vs its own P/E rangedearest in 37 quartersderived

Expensive vs its own history: P/E 26.6 vs a 12.7 median over 37 quarters (+109% vs median).

Vs sector (EV/EBIT)16.9×

Sector median 23.3× across 246 covered peers. EV/EBIT counts debt as part of the price, so a cash-rich and a borrowed company can be compared on the same footing.

Unless marked, from derived, as of Jun 30, 2026.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

P/E (valuation)middle of the market

FCF yieldbehind 85% of the market

Where this answer is blind. The growth-implied estimate assumes a fixed discount rate; capital-heavy sectors look structurally rich on it.

What CXW's price assumes

CoreCivic, Inc. trades at 26.6× earnings against 24.0× for the median Security & Protection Services name, more expensive than its own group.

26.6

Trailing P/E · Security & Protection Services median 24.0 · 1.11× the median: the market pays up for this one

Price / sales: 1.17
Price / sales · today's price, trailing year to Jun 30, 2026
Free cash flow yield: 2.0%
Free cash flow yield · Security & Protection Services median 4.4%
Growth the price implies: +18%
Growth the price implies · The price pays for +18% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered −20% a year over the last three.