CoreCivic (CXW) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $0.38
- Estimate
- $0.34
- Surprise
- +11.8%
- Score today
- 5.6/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
CoreCivic (CXW) beat the $0.34 estimate with diluted EPS of $0.38 — a large 11.8% upside surprise.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CXW Sell at 5.6/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +11.8% surprise compares with a +17.6% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-04.
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Customer: federal correctional, detention and residential reentry authorities (54.0%)
- Quality below floor (3.5 < 4.0)
- Reward/Risk 0.7:1 at current price — below 1.5:1 minimum
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $34.23
- Price target
- $36.37
- Stop
- $31.83
- Upside to target
- +6.3%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.7:1
The stock trades at 27.7× trailing but 14.7× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-14 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
CXW at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Security & Protection Services
- Market cap
- $3.45B
- P/E (fwd)
- 14.7
- P/E (ttm)
- 27.7
- 52-week range
- $15.74–$35.30
- Off 52-week high
- 3.0%
- RSI (14)
- 53
- Volume vs avg
- 1.05×
- Score today
- 5.6/10