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
- 5.2/10
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 5.2/10; 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)
- Momentum score 4.0/10 — below 4.5 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
- $33.66
- Price target
- $36.37
- Stop
- $31.30
- Upside to target
- +8.1%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.0:1
The stock trades at 25.9× trailing but 14.3× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-04 — 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
- $3.22B
- P/E (fwd)
- 14.3
- P/E (ttm)
- 25.9
- 52-week range
- $15.74–$34.86
- Off 52-week high
- 3.4%
- RSI (14)
- 55
- Volume vs avg
- 1.01×
- Score today
- 5.2/10