CoreCivic, Inc. financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
CXW on NYSE
Location
Brentwood, TN
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
20 Feb 2026

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CXW - CoreCivic, Inc. Financial Facts

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Context
Latest metrics period: Q4 2025
Latest reported value
Return On Equity 8%

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open metric pages to inspect the reported history.

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Quick Takeaways

  • CXW - CoreCivic, Inc. financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 8%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-green-600">+73%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 13 Feb 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Source Evidence

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open company facts to inspect the reported metric history.

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Latest SEC snapshot (2026-02-13) highlights Return On Equity 8.0%, Return On Assets 3.8%, and Current Ratio 1.66x.

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Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

53.7/100

Caution Confidence medium

Return On Equity

8%

Metric score 0.2/100

Return On Assets

3.8%

Metric score 22.1/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
1.66x
Quick Ratio
1.48x
Debt to Equity
1.13x

Strengths

Current Ratio, Quick Ratio, and Revenues YoY

Watchpoints

Return On Equity and Return On Assets

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

8%

YoY: +73%

Industry median: 3.2% (n=269)

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Return On Assets

3.8%

YoY: +65%

Industry median: 1% (n=278)

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Current Ratio

1.66x

YoY: +5.3%

Industry median: 0.86x (n=16)

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Debt-to-equity

1.13x

YoY: +12%

Industry median: 1.54x (n=241)

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Revenues YoY

13%

YoY:

Industry median: 2.8% (n=231)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 8% +73%
Return On Assets 3.8% +65%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 1.66x +5.3%
Quick Ratio 1.48x +6.4%
Debt-to-equity 1.13x +12%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 13%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 97,709,228 -10%
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 100,051,000 -8.9%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $1,001,000 -8.9%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 107,028,000 -3.5%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 107,028,000 -3.5%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
General and Administrative Expense $169,580,000 +12%
Costs and Expenses $1,992,495,000 +12%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $157,176,000 +71%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $40,673,000 +76%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 1.09 +76%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 1.08 +74%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $97,929,000 -8.9%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $446,224,000 +55%
Assets, Current $611,087,000 +36%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $2,132,206,000 +3.5%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $136,990,000 +223%
Goodwill $8,551,000 +77%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $322,420,000 +44%
Assets $3,256,743,000 +11%
Liabilities, Current $368,874,000 +29%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Noncurrent $8,719,000 -30%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $98,364,000 +10%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $100,079,000 +464%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $170,500,000 +118%
Liabilities $1,851,494,000 +29%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $123,476,000 +49%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $1,405,249,000 -5.9%
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest $1,405,249,000 -5.9%
Liabilities and Equity $3,256,743,000 +11%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 300,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 100,051,000 -8.9%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.01 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $112,446,000 -7.9%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $1,066,000 0%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $101,334,000 +30%
Operating Lease, Liability $123,938,000 +491%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $143,015,000 +481%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $4,144,559,000 +4.5%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $23,859,000 +633%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $33,134,000 +678%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $33,668,000 +636%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $19,077,000 +428%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $32,685,000 +802%
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued 0
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 50,000,000 0%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $32,215,000 +910%
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding 0
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $100,268,000 +31%
Interest Expense $62,229,000 -7.7%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.01 0%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY