The GEO Group (STU:GEG) 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio : -1.70% (As of Dec. 2024)

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What is The GEO Group 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio?

Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.

10-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past ten years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from ten years ago to the current year. A positive ratio may indicate share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio may reflect no repurchases or potential share issuance. The GEO Group's current 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -1.70%.

STU:GEG's 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked worse than
52.91% of 550 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: -1.3 vs STU:GEG: -1.70

Competitive Comparison of The GEO Group's 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, The GEO Group's 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio data, can be viewed below:

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The GEO Group's 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, The GEO Group's 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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The GEO Group 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation

This is the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from ten years ago to the current year. The annualized percentage change is calculated with least-square regression based on the eleven years of annual data on Shares Outstanding (EOP).

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The GEO Group (STU:GEG) 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio Explanation

A negative number means the company might be issuing new shares. A positive number indicates that the company is buying back shares.

Be Aware

Investors usually like share buybacks. But as pointed by Warren Buffett, only if a company buys back shares at the prices below the stock's intrinsic value, it rewards remaining shareholders. If a company buys its overvalued stocks back, it destroys shareholder value.

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The GEO Group Business Description

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Address

4955 Technology Way, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 33431

Website

https://www.geogroup.com

The GEO Group Inc specializes in detention facilities and community reentry centers. It operates in four segments: U.S. Secure Services, which mainly encompasses U.S.-based secure services business; Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services, which conducts its services in the United States, represents services provided to adults for monitoring services and evidence-based supervision and treatment programs for community-based parolees, probationers, and pretrial defendants; Reentry Services conducts its services in the United States represents services provided to adults for residential and non-residential treatment, educational and community-based programs, pre-release and half-way house programs; and International Services.