With 1.06 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.97 million shares. During the session, the Security & Protection Services company that operates in wider Industrials sector, reached to the highest price of $20.72 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $20.45. The 52-week range on CXW shows that it touched its highest point at $24.99 and its lowest point at $12.13 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $30.92. CXW paid its most recent dividend on 1585612800, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1585612800. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.81.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of CXW was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.30%, but this was down by -4.39% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -5.15% while six-month performance rose 6.67%. The stock lost -5.89% in the past year, while it has gained 62.25% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CXW yields 0.95 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.55. For the next quarter, that number is 0.28. This implies an EPS growth rate of 86.56% for this year and 33.66% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 107.31 million CXW shares are outstanding with a float of 104.04 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-07-31, short shares totaled 3.16 million, which was 294.0 higher than short shares on 1751241600. In addition to Mr. Damon T. Hininger as the firm’s CEO & Director, Mr. Patrick Swindle serves as its President & COO.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-06-30, CXW reported revenue of $538165000.0 and operating income of $64833000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $95906000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.35.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for CXW since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With CXW analysts setting a high price target of 38.0 and a low target of 28.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 31.5. Based on these targets, CXW could surge 85.73% to reach the target high and rise by 36.85% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 53.96% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $0.5453 being high and $0.51601 being low. For CXW, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.542.
