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CoreCivic, Inc.
Industrials · Security & Protection Services · NYQ
$23.21
Data: 2026-05-28
✓ ETHICAL PASS

Unknown MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$2.1B
Total market value of the company
17.23
Reasonably valued
10.65
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+25.8%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
5.5%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
9.0%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$30.00
+29% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
STRONG_BUY
Consensus view from 5 analysts covering this stock
About CoreCivic, Inc.

CoreCivic, Inc. owns and operates partnership correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities in the United States. It operates through three segments: CoreCivic Safety, CoreCivic Community, and CoreCivic Properties. The company provides a range of solutions to government partners that serve the public good through corrections and detention management, a network of residential reentry centers to help address recidivism crisis, and government real estate solutions. Its correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities offer rehabilitation and educational programs, including basic education, faith-based services, life skills and employment training, and substance abuse treatment; food services; and work and recreational programs as well as health care services, including medical, dental, and mental health services. The company was founded in 1983 and is based in Brentwood, Tennessee.

https://www.corecivic.com

Country: United States Employees: 13,651 Industry: Security & Protection Services
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
0.0% N/A
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0% N/A
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
0.0% N/A
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

MARKUP
Price trending up with increasing momentum
0.618
Good returns relative to risk taken
0.0463
Modest edge detected — smaller position warranted
0.624
Acceptable balance between returns and drawdown risk
Annual Return
20.4%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-32.6%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
BEAR
Statistical model detects bearish conditions
Days in State
67
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

0.68
Less volatile than the market — more defensive
52W High
$23.19
-0% below the year high
52W Low
$15.74
47% above the year low
Avg Volume
1,128,991
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
2.3
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
2.9%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
N/A
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$1.23
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

101.99
Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline
2.44
Strong balance sheet — comfortably covers short-term obligations
Quick Ratio
2.26
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
23.6%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
11.4%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$-31,822,376
Negative — the business is spending more than it generates
Revenue (TTM)
$2.3B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$129M
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
5
Target High
$32.00
Target Median
$30.00
Target Low
$28.00
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-28

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