Corrections Corporation of America (CXW) Stock Price Today & Analysis
CXW
Valuation
Market cap$1.79B
Price-to-sales ratio0.81
Price-to-book value1.28
Price-earnings ratio15.40
Return on Equity7.00%
Return on Sales0.10%
Return on Assets0.04%
PEG ratioN/A
Earnings Per Share
Earnings Per Share$1.09
Income Statement
Average volume1,250,469
EBITDA$333.07M
1 year high (52w)$23.54
1 year low (52w)$15.74
Dividend
Dividend yield13.10%
Solvency
Debt-to-equity ratioN/A
About Corrections Corporation of America
CoreCivic Inc is an owner and operator of private prisons and detention centers in the United States. It operates in three segments: Safety, Community, and Properties. The Community segment owns and operates residential reentry centers. The Properties segment owns properties for lease to third parties and government agencies. The vast majority of the company's revenue comes from the CoreCivic Safety segment which consists of correctional and detention facilities that are owned, or controlled via a long-term lease, and managed by the company, as well as those correctional and detention facilities owned by third parties but managed by CoreCivic.
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