The GEO Group Reports Third Quarter 2025 Results and Increases Share Repurchase Authorization to $500 Million
Third Quarter 2025 Highlights
-
Total revenues of
$682.3 million -
Net Income of
$173.9 million -
Net Income Attributable to GEO of
per diluted share$1.24 -
Adjusted Net Income of
per diluted share$0.25 -
Adjusted EBITDA of
$120.1 million -
Repurchased 1.97 million shares for
$41.6 million
For the third quarter 2025, we reported net income attributable to GEO of
Third quarter 2025 results reflect a gain on asset divestitures of
Excluding these items, we reported adjusted net income for the third quarter 2025 of
George C. Zoley, Executive Chairman of GEO, said, “During the first three quarters of 2025, we believe we have made significant progress towards meeting our growth and strategic objectives. Since the beginning of the year, we have entered into new or expanded contracts that represent over
Going forward, we expect to be able to capture additional growth opportunities with 6,000 available high security idle beds and the ability to scale up our services in our electronic monitoring and secure transportation segments. In addition to the steps we have taken to capture quality growth opportunities, we believe we have made significant progress towards strengthening our capital structure by reducing our outstanding debt, deleveraging our balance sheet, and enhancing shareholder value through capital returns.”
First Nine Months 2025 Highlights
-
Total revenues of
$1.92 billion -
Net Income of
$222.5 million -
Net Income Attributable to GEO of
per diluted share$1.58 -
Adjusted Net Income of
per diluted share$0.61 -
Adjusted EBITDA of
$338.5 million
For the first nine months of 2025, we reported net income attributable to GEO of
Recent Developments
Since the beginning of 2025, we have entered into new contracts to house ICE detainees at four facilities totaling approximately 6,000 beds. These facilities include three company-owned facilities we announced in the first half of 2025: the 1,000-bed Delaney Hall Facility in
With respect to our secure transportation services, we have also significantly expanded our footprint for ICE and the
During the third quarter of 2025, we also announced three managed-only contract awards from the Florida Department of Corrections for the assumption of management and support services at the 985-bed Bay Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility and the 1,884-bed Graceville Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility and for the continuation of management and support services at the 985-bed Moore Haven Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility. The three contracts are expected to have an initial term of three years, effective July 1, 2026, with unlimited two-year renewal option periods. On a combined basis, the three contracts are expected to generate approximately
On September 30, 2025, our wholly-owned subsidiary, BI Incorporated was awarded a new two-year contract, inclusive of option periods, by ICE for the continued provision of electronic monitoring, case management, and supervision services under the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program (“ISAP”). We believe this important contract award is a testament to the high-quality electronic monitoring and case management services BI has consistently delivered under the ISAP contract through a nationwide network of approximately 100 offices and close to 1,000 employees. BI has provided technology solutions, holistic case management, supervision, monitoring, and compliance services under the ISAP contract for over 21 years and has achieved high levels of compliance using a wide range of technologies and case management services over that time.
During the third quarter of 2025, we also completed the sale of our company-owned, 2,388-bed Lawton Correctional Facility (the “Lawton Facility”) to the
Financial Guidance
Today, we updated our financial guidance for the fourth quarter and full year 2025.
Our updated guidance for the fourth quarter 2025 incorporates our new ISAP contract. The new two-year ISAP contract includes new reduced pricing but anticipates a favorable shift in electronic monitoring technology mix, as well as higher intensity of case management services and potential higher volumes, all of which should improve the economics of the new contract. Based on these variables, the federal government assigned an estimated value to the two-year ISAP contract of over
As a result, we expect fourth quarter 2025 GAAP Net Income to be in a range of
Taking into account our updated fourth quarter 2025 guidance, we expect full year 2025 GAAP Net Income to be in a range of
We expect total Capital Expenditures for the full year 2025 to be between
Balance Sheet
During the first nine months of 2025, we have reduced our net debt by approximately
Share Repurchase Program
During the third quarter of 2025, we repurchased approximately 1.97 million shares of GEO common stock at an aggregate cost of approximately
Repurchases of GEO’s outstanding common stock will be made in accordance with applicable securities laws and may be made at our senior management’s discretion from time to time in the open market, by block purchase, through privately negotiated transactions, pursuant to a trading plan, or otherwise in compliance with Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The authorization for the share repurchase program may be extended, increased, decreased, suspended or terminated by our Board of Directors in its discretion at any time. Repurchases of the Company's common stock (and the timing thereof) will depend upon market conditions, regulatory requirements, the Company's existing obligations, including its Credit Agreement, other corporate liquidity requirements and priorities and other factors as may be considered in the Company's sole discretion. The authorization for the share repurchase program does not obligate GEO to purchase any particular amount of the Company’s common stock.
Conference Call Information
We have scheduled a conference call and webcast for today at 11:00 AM (Eastern Time) to discuss our third quarter 2025 financial results as well as our outlook. The call-in number for the
About The GEO Group
The GEO Group, Inc. (NYSE: GEO) is a leading diversified government service provider, specializing in design, financing, development, and support services for secure facilities, processing centers, and community reentry centers in
Reconciliation Tables and Supplemental Information
GEO has made available Supplemental Information which contains reconciliation tables of Net Income Attributable to GEO to Adjusted Net Income, and Net Income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, along with supplemental financial and operational information on GEO’s business and other important operating metrics.
The reconciliation tables are also presented herein. Please see the section below titled “Note to Reconciliation Tables and Supplemental Disclosure - Important Information on GEO’s Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for information on how GEO defines these supplemental Non-GAAP financial measures and reconciles them to the most directly comparable GAAP measures. GEO’s Reconciliation Tables can be found herein and in GEO’s Supplemental Information available on GEO’s investor webpage at investors.geogroup.com.
Note to Reconciliation Tables and Supplemental Disclosure –
Important Information on GEO's Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Adjusted Net Income, EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP financial measures that are presented as supplemental disclosures. GEO has presented herein certain forward-looking statements about GEO's future financial performance that include non-GAAP financial measures, including Net Debt, Net Leverage, and Adjusted EBITDA.
The determination of the amounts that are included or excluded from these non-GAAP financial measures is a matter of management judgment and depends upon, among other factors, the nature of the underlying expense or income amounts recognized in a given period.
While we have provided a high level reconciliation for the guidance ranges for full year 2025, we are unable to present a more detailed quantitative reconciliation of the forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable forward-looking GAAP financial measures because management cannot reliably predict all of the necessary components of such GAAP measures.
The quantitative reconciliation of the forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures will be provided for completed annual and quarterly periods, as applicable, calculated in a consistent manner with the quantitative reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures previously reported for completed annual and quarterly periods.
Net Debt is defined as gross principal debt less cash from restricted subsidiaries. Net Leverage is defined as Net Debt divided by Adjusted EBITDA.
EBITDA is defined as net income adjusted by adding provisions for income tax, interest expense, net of interest income, and depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as EBITDA adjusted for (gain)/loss on asset divestiture/impairment, pre-tax, net loss attributable to non-controlling interests, stock-based compensation expenses, pre-tax, non-cash contingent liability and litigation and settlement costs, pre-tax, start-up expenses, pre-tax, ATM equity program expenses, pre-tax, transaction fees, pre-tax, employee restructuring expenses, pre-tax, close-out expenses, pre-tax, other non-cash revenue and expenses, pre-tax, and certain other adjustments as defined from time to time.
Given the nature of our business as a real estate owner and operator, we believe that EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are helpful to investors as measures of our operational performance because they provide an indication of our ability to incur and service debt, to satisfy general operating expenses, to make capital expenditures, and to fund other cash needs or reinvest cash into our business.
We believe that by removing the impact of our asset base (primarily depreciation and amortization) and excluding certain non-cash charges, amounts spent on interest and taxes, and certain other charges that are highly variable from year to year, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA provide our investors with performance measures that reflect the impact to operations from trends in occupancy rates, per diem rates and operating costs, providing a perspective not immediately apparent from net income.
The adjustments we make to derive the non-GAAP measures of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA exclude items which may cause short-term fluctuations in income from continuing operations and which we do not consider to be the fundamental attributes or primary drivers of our business plan and they do not affect our overall long-term operating performance.
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA provide disclosure on the same basis as that used by our management and provide consistency in our financial reporting, facilitate internal and external comparisons of our historical operating performance and our business units and provide continuity to investors for comparability purposes.
Adjusted Net Income is defined as net income attributable to GEO adjusted for certain items which by their nature are not comparable from period to period or that tend to obscure GEO’s actual operating performance, including for the periods presented (gain)/loss on asset divestitures/impairment, pre-tax, loss on the extinguishment of debt, pre-tax, non-cash contingent liability and litigation and settlement costs, pre-tax, start-up expenses, pre-tax, ATM equity program expenses, pre-tax, transaction fees, pre-tax, employee restructuring expenses, pre-tax, close-out expenses, pre-tax, discreet tax benefits, and tax effect of adjustments to net income attributable to GEO.
Safe-Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events and future performance of GEO that involve risks and uncertainties that could materially and adversely affect actual results, including statements regarding GEO’s financial guidance for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2025, the
Third quarter and first nine months 2025 financial tables to follow: Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets* (Unaudited) |
|||||||||
| As of | As of | ||||||||
| September 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||||||||
| (unaudited) | (unaudited) | ||||||||
| ASSETS | |||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 183,945 |
$ | 76,896 |
|||||
| Restricted cash and cash equivalents | - |
2,785 |
|||||||
| Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts | 452,918 |
376,013 |
|||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 48,461 |
44,485 |
|||||||
| Total current assets | $ | 685,324 |
$ | 500,179 |
|||||
| Restricted Cash and Investments | 169,956 |
145,366 |
|||||||
| Property and Equipment, Net | 1,884,668 |
1,899,690 |
|||||||
| Operating Lease Right-of-Use Assets, Net | 73,713 |
95,327 |
|||||||
| Deferred Income Tax Assets | 9,522 |
9,522 |
|||||||
| Intangible Assets, Net (including goodwill) | 875,667 |
882,577 |
|||||||
| Other Non-Current Assets | 110,423 |
99,419 |
|||||||
| Total Assets | $ | 3,809,273 |
$ | 3,632,080 |
|||||
| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | |||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 68,719 |
$ | 67,464 |
|||||
| Accrued payroll and related taxes | 99,258 |
68,044 |
|||||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 235,454 |
177,768 |
|||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, current portion | 17,781 |
25,335 |
|||||||
| Current portion of finance lease obligations, and long-term debt | 1,422 |
1,612 |
|||||||
| Total current liabilities | $ | 422,634 |
$ | 340,223 |
|||||
| Deferred Income Tax Liabilities | 87,497 |
78,198 |
|||||||
| Other Non-Current Liabilities | 167,987 |
95,410 |
|||||||
| Operating Lease Liabilities | 58,562 |
73,638 |
|||||||
| Long-Term Debt | 1,552,613 |
1,711,197 |
|||||||
| Total Shareholders' Equity | 1,519,980 |
1,333,414 |
|||||||
| Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity | $ | 3,809,273 |
$ | 3,632,080 |
|||||
| * All figures in '000s | |||||||||
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations* (Unaudited) |
|||||||||||||
| Q3 2025 | Q3 2024 | YTD 2025 | YTD 2024 | ||||||||||
| (unaudited) | (unaudited) | (unaudited) | (unaudited) | ||||||||||
| Revenues | $ | 682,341 |
|
$ | 603,125 |
|
$ | 1,923,854 |
|
$ | 1,815,982 |
|
|
| Operating expenses | 508,881 |
|
441,917 |
|
1,438,574 |
|
1,327,121 |
|
|||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 33,039 |
|
31,756 |
|
97,907 |
|
94,434 |
|
|||||
| General and administrative expenses | 62,121 |
|
47,081 |
|
176,116 |
|
152,349 |
|
|||||
| Contingent Litigation Reserve | 37,600 |
|
- |
|
37,600 |
|
- |
|
|||||
| Operating income | 40,700 |
|
82,371 |
|
173,657 |
|
242,078 |
|
|||||
| Interest income | 2,558 |
|
3,168 |
|
7,021 |
|
7,634 |
|
|||||
| Interest expense | (38,234 |
) |
(45,498 |
) |
(122,582 |
) |
(147,437 |
) |
|||||
| (Loss) on extinguishment of debt | (7,851 |
) |
(2,920 |
) |
(8,446 |
) |
(85,298 |
) |
|||||
| Other Income | - |
|
- |
|
5,514 |
|
- |
|
|||||
| Gain(Loss) on asset divestitures/impairment | 232,381 |
|
- |
|
232,381 |
|
(2,907 |
) |
|||||
| Income before income taxes and equity in earnings of affiliates | 229,554 |
|
37,121 |
|
287,545 |
|
14,070 |
|
|||||
| Provision for/(benefit from) income taxes | 56,391 |
|
11,664 |
|
68,771 |
|
(644 |
) |
|||||
| Equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision | 759 |
|
832 |
|
3,764 |
|
1,671 |
|
|||||
| Net income | 173,922 |
|
26,289 |
|
222,538 |
|
16,385 |
|
|||||
| Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests | 18 |
|
31 |
|
68 |
|
90 |
|
|||||
| Net income attributable to The GEO Group, Inc. | $ | 173,940 |
|
$ | 26,320 |
|
$ | 222,606 |
|
$ | 16,475 |
|
|
| Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding: | |||||||||||||
| Basic | 138,283 |
|
135,961 |
|
137,992 |
|
129,682 |
|
|||||
| Diluted | 139,992 |
|
138,130 |
|
140,509 |
|
132,022 |
|
|||||
| Net income per Common Share Attributable to The GEO Group, Inc.: | |||||||||||||
| Basic: | |||||||||||||
| Net income per share — basic | $ | 1.26 |
|
$ | 0.19 |
|
$ | 1.61 |
|
$ | 0.12 |
|
|
| Diluted: | |||||||||||||
| Net income per share — diluted | $ | 1.24 |
|
$ | 0.19 |
|
$ | 1.58 |
|
$ | 0.11 |
|
|
| * All figures in '000s, except per share data | |||||||||||||
Reconciliation of Net Income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, and Net Income Attributable to GEO to Adjusted Net Income* (Unaudited) |
||||||||||||||||||
| Q3 2025 | Q3 2024 | YTD 2025 | YTD 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| (unaudited) | (unaudited) | (unaudited) | (unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
| Net Income | $ | 173,922 |
|
$ | 26,289 |
|
$ | 222,538 |
|
$ | 16,385 |
|
||||||
Add: |
||||||||||||||||||
| Income tax provision/(benefit) ** | 56,610 |
|
11,861 |
|
69,389 |
|
(132 |
) |
||||||||||
| Interest expense, net of interest income *** | 43,527 |
|
45,250 |
|
124,007 |
|
225,101 |
|
||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 33,039 |
|
31,756 |
|
97,907 |
|
94,434 |
|
||||||||||
| EBITDA | $ | 307,098 |
|
$ | 115,156 |
|
$ | 513,841 |
|
$ | 335,788 |
|
||||||
| Add (Subtract): | ||||||||||||||||||
| (Gain)/Loss on asset divestitures/impairment, pre-tax | (232,381 |
) |
- |
|
(232,381 |
) |
2,907 |
|
||||||||||
| Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests | 18 |
|
31 |
|
68 |
|
90 |
|
||||||||||
| Stock based compensation expenses, pre-tax | 7,627 |
|
3,534 |
|
19,621 |
|
12,322 |
|
||||||||||
| Non-cash contingent liability and litigation and settlement costs, pre tax | 37,661 |
|
- |
|
38,192 |
|
- |
|
||||||||||
| Start-up expenses, pre-tax | 400 |
|
- |
|
400 |
|
507 |
|
||||||||||
| ATM equity program expenses, pre tax | - |
|
- |
|
- |
|
264 |
|
||||||||||
| Transaction fees, pre-tax | 21 |
|
371 |
|
76 |
|
3,468 |
|
||||||||||
| Employee restructuring expenses, pre-tax | 41 |
|
- |
|
373 |
|
- |
|
||||||||||
| Close-out expenses, pre-tax | 748 |
|
472 |
|
1,424 |
|
2,345 |
|
||||||||||
| Other non-cash revenue & expenses, pre-tax | (1,140 |
) |
(928 |
) |
(3,159 |
) |
(2,161 |
) |
||||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 120,093 |
|
$ | 118,636 |
|
$ | 338,455 |
|
$ | 355,530 |
|
||||||
| Net Income attributable to GEO | $ | 173,940 |
|
$ | 26,320 |
|
$ | 222,606 |
|
$ | 16,475 |
|
||||||
| Add (Subtract): | ||||||||||||||||||
| (Gain)/Loss on asset divestitures/impairment, pre-tax | (232,381 |
) |
- |
|
(232,381 |
) |
2,907 |
|
||||||||||
| Loss on extinguishment of debt, pre-tax | 7,851 |
|
2,920 |
|
8,446 |
|
85,298 |
|
||||||||||
| Non-cash contingent liability and litigation and settlement costs, pre tax | 37,661 |
|
- |
|
38,192 |
|
- |
|
||||||||||
| Start-up expenses, pre-tax | 400 |
|
- |
|
400 |
|
507 |
|
||||||||||
| ATM equity program expenses, pre tax | - |
|
- |
|
- |
|
264 |
|
||||||||||
| Transaction fees, pre-tax | 21 |
|
371 |
|
76 |
|
3,468 |
|
||||||||||
| Employee restructuring expenses, pre-tax | 41 |
|
- |
|
373 |
|
- |
|
||||||||||
| Close-out expenses, pre-tax | 748 |
|
472 |
|
1,424 |
|
2,345 |
|
||||||||||
| Discrete tax benefit (1) | - |
|
(85 |
) |
- |
|
(4,605 |
) |
||||||||||
| Tax effect of adjustment to net income attributable to GEO (2) | 46,689 |
|
(946 |
) |
46,138 |
|
(23,837 |
) |
||||||||||
| Adjusted Net Income | $ | 34,970 |
|
$ | 29,052 |
|
$ | 85,274 |
|
$ | 82,822 |
|
||||||
| Weighted average common shares outstanding - Diluted | 139,992 |
|
138,130 |
|
140,509 |
|
132,022 |
|
||||||||||
| Adjusted Net Income per Diluted share | 0.25 |
|
0.21 |
|
0.61 |
|
0.63 |
|
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| * All figures in '000s. | ||||||||||||||||||
| ** Includes income tax provision on equity in earnings of affiliates. | ||||||||||||||||||
| *** Includes loss on extinguishment of debt. | ||||||||||||||||||
| (1) Discrete tax benefit primarily relates to interest deduction related to shares of common stock issued to note holders as a result of our private convertible note exchange transactions. | ||||||||||||||||||
| (2) Tax adjustment related to (gain)/loss on asset divestitures/impairment, loss on extinguishment of debt, non-cash contingent liability and litigation and settlement costs, start-up expenses, ATM equity program expenses, transaction fees, close-out expenses, and employee restructuring expenses. | ||||||||||||||||||
2025 Outlook/Reconciliation (In thousands, except per share data) (Unaudited) |
|||||||||
| FY 2025 | |||||||||
| Net Income Attributable to GEO | $ |
254,000 |
|
to |
$ |
259,000 |
|
||
| (Gain)/Loss on Asset Divestiture, pre-tax |
|
(232,400 |
) |
|
|
(232,400 |
) |
||
| Net Interest Expense |
|
150,000 |
|
|
|
152,000 |
|
||
| Loss on Extinguishment of Debt, pre-tax |
|
8,500 |
|
|
|
8,500 |
|
||
| Tax effect of Adjustments |
|
46,300 |
|
|
|
46,300 |
|
||
| Income Taxes (including income tax provision on equity in earnings of affiliates) |
|
38,500 |
|
|
|
40,500 |
|
||
| Depreciation and Amortization |
|
130,000 |
|
|
|
131,000 |
|
||
| Non-Cash Stock Based Compensation |
|
23,600 |
|
|
|
23,600 |
|
||
| Non-cash contingent liability and litigation and settlement costs, pre-tax |
|
38,000 |
|
|
|
38,000 |
|
||
| Other Non-Cash |
|
(1,500 |
) |
|
|
(1,500 |
) |
||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ |
455,000 |
|
to |
$ |
465,000 |
|
||
|
|||||||||
| Net Income Attributable to GEO Per Diluted Share | $ |
1.81 |
|
to |
$ |
1.85 |
|
||
| Adjusted Net Income Per Diluted Share | $ |
0.84 |
|
|
$ |
0.87 |
|
||
| Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding-Diluted |
|
140,100 |
|
to |
|
140,100 |
|
||
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||
| CAPEX |
|
||||||||
| Growth(1) | $ |
114,000 |
|
to |
$ |
115,000 |
|
||
| Technology |
|
34,000 |
|
|
|
35,000 |
|
||
| Facility Maintenance |
|
52,000 |
|
|
|
55,000 |
|
||
| Capital Expenditures | $ |
200,000 |
|
to |
$ |
205,000 |
|
||
| Total Debt, Net | $ |
1,500,000 |
|
$ |
1,450,000 |
|
|||
| Total Leverage, Net |
|
3.3 |
|
|
3.2 |
|
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| Note: The above outlook does not include the impact of any additional potential repurchases that may occur under GEO's share repurchase program | |||||||||
| (1) Includes |
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Pablo E. Paez (866) 301 4436
Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations
Source: The GEO Group, Inc.