Friday, February 12, 2021
CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW)
Post Call Commentary and Updated Model
CoreCivic 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 growing 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.
Joe Gomes, Senior Research Analyst, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.
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Fourth Quarter Continuing a Trend. We view the fourth quarter as continuation a trend, one across the last three quarter’s of 2020. In spite of COVID, the large reduction in detainees, the reduction in normal operations of the court system, and other impacts, CoreCivic posted relatively flat revenue and sequential adjusted EPS growth. We believe this illustrates the strength of the Company’s operating model.
Alabama, and More to Come? We highlighted in yesterday’s note CoreCivic’s award to build and lease two facilities for the State of Alabama. On the call management indicated that Hawaii has begun exploring options for new facilities. Could this be the beginning of a trend? Some 290,000 inmates are housed in facilities that are over 50 years old, or at or past the end of their …
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