How to buy CoreCivic stock

CoreCivic, Inc is a reit-specialty business based in the US. CoreCivic shares (CXW) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

How to buy shares in CoreCivic

1. Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for CoreCivic. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: CXW. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until CoreCivic reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of CoreCivic, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of CoreCivic. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

CoreCivic share price

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CoreCivic shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-24.

52-week range	USD$5.76 - USD$15.9604
50-day moving average	USD$7.1297
200-day moving average	USD$7.6934
Wall St. target price	USD$15.3
PE ratio	16.6889
Dividend yield	USD$0.44 (5.8%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.45

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CoreCivic financials

Revenue TTM	USD$1.9 billion
Operating margin TTM	11.75%
Gross profit TTM	USD$499.1 million
Return on assets TTM	3.73%
Return on equity TTM	3.97%
Profit margin	2.84%
Book value	$11.62
Market capitalisation	USD$898.5 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting CoreCivic shares

There are currently 7.4 million CoreCivic shares held short by investors – that's known as CoreCivic's "short interest". This figure is 3.2% up from 7.1 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting CoreCivic shares can be evaluated.

CoreCivic's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

CoreCivic's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of CoreCivic shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of CoreCivic shares traded daily (recently around 3.8 million). CoreCivic's SIR currently stands at 1.96. In other words for every 100,000 CoreCivic shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1960 shares are currently held short.

However CoreCivic's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of CoreCivic shares, or, against the total number of tradable CoreCivic shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case CoreCivic's short interest could be expressed as 0.06% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 CoreCivic shares in existence, roughly 60 shares are currently held short) or 0.0861% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable CoreCivic shares, roughly 86 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against CoreCivic.

Find out more about how you can short CoreCivic stock.

Have CoreCivic's shares ever split?

CoreCivic's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 9 July 2007. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your CoreCivic shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for CoreCivic shares which in turn could have impacted CoreCivic's share price.

CoreCivic share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, CoreCivic's shares have ranged in value from as little as $5.76 up to $15.9604. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while CoreCivic's is 1.3554. This would suggest that CoreCivic's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

CoreCivic overview

The Company is a diversified government solutions company with the scale and experience needed to solve tough government challenges in flexible, cost-effective ways. We provide a broad range of solutions to government partners that serve the public good through corrections and detention management, a network of residential reentry centers to help address America's recidivism crisis, and government real estate solutions. We are a publicly traded real estate investment trust and the nation's largest owner of partnership correctional, detention and residential reentry facilities. We also believe we are the largest private owner of real estate used by U.S. government agencies. The Company has been a flexible and dependable partner for government for more than 35 years. Our employees are driven by a deep sense of service, high standards of professionalism and a responsibility to help government better the public good.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of CoreCivic is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 1.004% of CoreCivic shares are held by insiders and 74.218% by institutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for CoreCivic?

  CoreCivic's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is CoreCivic based?

  CoreCivic's address is: 5501 Virginia Way, Brentwood, TN, United States, 37027

• What is CoreCivic's ISIN number?

  CoreCivic's international securities identification number is: US21871N1019

• What is CoreCivic's CUSIP number?

  CoreCivic's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 21871N101