GEO GROUP INC NEW GEO
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 36162J106 · ISIN US36162J1060
American institutional facilities company
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryGeneral Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs
- HeadquartersBoca Raton, FL
- Founded1984
- Websitegeogroup.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($335.2k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 133.6m as of 2026-05-04, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $16.81. Options: 17 managers hold calls ($138.4m notional), 15 hold puts ($57.4m).
Trends to Q1 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 218 |
| Q4 2022 | 231 |
| Q1 2023 | 221 |
| Q2 2023 | 198 |
| Q3 2023 | 201 |
| Q4 2023 | 203 |
| Q1 2024 | 225 |
| Q2 2024 | 227 |
| Q3 2024 | 240 |
| Q4 2024 | 284 |
| Q1 2025 | 300 |
| Q2 2025 | 289 |
| Q3 2025 | 283 |
| Q4 2025 | 275 |
| Q1 2026 | 260 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 116 | 106 |
| Q3 2024 | 125 | 106 |
| Q4 2024 | 152 | 126 |
| Q1 2025 | 149 | 151 |
| Q2 2025 | 143 | 155 |
| Q3 2025 | 128 | 159 |
| Q4 2025 | 130 | 147 |
| Q1 2026 | 124 | 145 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | $384.0m | $174.1m | 0.45 |
| Q3 2025 | $431.9m | $160.3m | 0.37 |
| Q4 2025 | $264.6m | $62.7m | 0.24 |
| Q1 2026 | $138.4m | $57.4m | 0.41 |
Biggest buyers
| UBS Group AG | Added | +6.0m |
| Pentwater Capital Management LP | Added | +3.7m |
| Park West Asset Management LLC | New | +1.5m |
| CONTINENTAL GENERAL INSURANCE CO | Added | +1.0m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +968.4k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | +861.0k |
| COOPER CREEK PARTNERS MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +661.3k |
| Hodges Capital Management Inc. | Added | +574.8k |
| KCM Capital Inc | Added | +535.0k |
| LEE DANNER & BASS INC | Added | +420.0k |
Biggest sellers
| BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC | Reduced | -4.0m |
| Turiya Advisors Asia Ltd | Reduced | -1.1m |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. | Sold out | -1.0m |
| CARRONADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP | Sold out | -992.9k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -842.5k |
| Perpetual Ltd | Sold out | -841.4k |
| Windward Management LP | Sold out | -797.4k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | Reduced | -774.4k |
| LMR Partners LLP | Sold out | -638.1k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Reduced | -534.2k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $28.4m1.7m shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $22.2m1.3m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $19.2m1.1m shares |
| Windward Management LP | Unchanged | $18.5m1.1m shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Added | $18.1m1.1m shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $8.1m482.5k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $7.1m421.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $6.0m357.9k shares |
| Shay Capital LLC | Added | $2.5m150.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $1.6m92.3k shares |
Biggest puts
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Reduced | $20.4m1.1m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $16.1m957.2k shares |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | New | $4.4m259.2k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $3.8m225.8k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $2.5m147.7k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $2.3m134.6k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Added | $2.2m130.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $1.9m110.3k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | New | $1.3m76.1k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Reduced | $822.0k48.9k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| Pentwater Capital Management LP 13G · institution new · filed 2026-05-15 | 7.2% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.7% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: CONTINENTAL GENERAL INSURANCE CO (3.7%, 2026-08-13), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2026
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $109.7k | $37.5k |
| Q3 2024 | 1 | $3.1m | 1 | $43.8k | $43.8k |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $141.4k | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $373.0k | $225.0k |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $8.1m | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 1 | $101.1k | $101.1k |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | KERNAN SCOTT MICHAEL Director | Sold plan | $101.1k6.6k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 20.6m $346.1m | Reduced -162.7k |
| Pentwater Capital Management LP 1.14% of their portfolio | 9.6m $160.8m | Added +3.7m |
| UBS Group AG 0.03% of their portfolio | 9.4m $157.8m | Added +6.0m |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 7.5m $125.3m | First filing |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.8m $96.9m | First filing |
| CONTINENTAL GENERAL INSURANCE CO 13.84% of their portfolio | 5.7m $96.0m | Added +1.0m |
| COOPER CREEK PARTNERS MANAGEMENT LLC 4.30% of their portfolio | 5.3m $89.3m | Added +661.3k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.9m $82.4m | Reduced -58.0k |
| Turiya Advisors Asia Ltd 15.40% of their portfolio | 4.5m $76.4m | Reduced -1.1m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.2m $70.1m | Reduced -439.2k |
| Rubric Capital Management LP 0.77% of their portfolio | 3.7m $62.9m | Added +256.3k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.2m $54.2m | Reduced -29.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.2m $53.3m | Added +968.4k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.2m $37.4m | Added +120.4k |
| KCM Capital Inc 6.27% of their portfolio | 2.0m $33.5m | Added +535.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.8m $29.9m | Added +387.0k |
| Philosophy Capital Management LLC 3.37% of their portfolio | 1.7m $28.9m | Added +92.2k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.5m $24.9m | Added +16.4k |
| Park West Asset Management LLC 2.16% of their portfolio | 1.5m $24.5m | New |
| DISCOVERY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC / CT 1.25% of their portfolio | 1.4m $24.0m | Added +114.0k |
| Hodges Capital Management Inc. 1.57% of their portfolio | 1.1m $19.0m | Added +574.8k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.0m $17.5m | Added +113.0k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.0m $17.4m | Added +861.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.0m $17.3m | Reduced -842.5k |
| CAPITOLIS LIQUID GLOBAL MARKETS LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.0m $16.8m | First filing |
| Kore Advisors LP 18.67% of their portfolio | 975.6k $16.4m | Added +136.2k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 943.9k $15.9m | First filing |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 928.9k $15.6m | Added +224.9k |
| FINDELL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 4.33% of their portfolio | 875.0k $14.7m | Added +225.0k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 850.3k $14.3m | Added +346.8k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 782.4k $13.2m | Reduced -33.9k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 779.8k $13.1m | Reduced -117.9k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.01% of their portfolio | 737.4k $12.4m | Reduced -204.5k |
| LEE DANNER & BASS INC 0.72% of their portfolio | 685.5k $11.5m | Added +420.0k |
| ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC 0.31% of their portfolio | 682.7k $11.5m | Reduced -74.7k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 668.3k $11.2m | Added +14.6k |
| Militia Capital Management LLC 0.82% of their portfolio | 648.6k $10.9m | First filing |
| THOMPSON SIEGEL & WALMSLEY LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 634.3k $10.7m | Added +207.7k |
| River Road Asset Management, LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 622.6k $10.5m | Reduced -290 |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 483.6k $8.1m | Added +383.6k |
| CenterBook Partners LP 0.40% of their portfolio | 441.5k $7.4m | Added +12.7k |
| Shay Capital LLC 0.90% of their portfolio | 378.1k $6.4m | Added +129.2k |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 373.0k $6.3m | Reduced -10.0k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 360.3k $6.1m | Reduced -8.3k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 346.8k $5.8m | Added +181.1k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 328.5k $5.5m | Reduced -42.2k |
| Ballast Asset Management, LP 2.40% of their portfolio | 320.7k $5.4m | Added +62.9k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 320.4k $5.4m | Added +227.4k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 305.4k $5.1m | Added +7.7k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 304.5k $5.1m | Reduced -36.9k |
| GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 302.9k $5.1m | New |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 295.2k $4.8m | Reduced -80.5k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 275.4k $4.6m | Reduced -3.6k |
| Harber Asset Management LLC 2.87% of their portfolio | 267.0k $4.5m | Reduced -213.1k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 236.6k $4.0m | Reduced -12.7k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 235.2k $4.0m | Added +102.7k |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 234.8k $3.9m | New |
| Tejara Capital Ltd 1.18% of their portfolio | 213.0k $3.6m | Reduced -19.7k |
| BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 205.7k $3.5m | Reduced -522.9k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 176.3k $3.0m | Added +132.7k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 169.3k $2.8m | Reduced -84.3k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 162.6k $2.6m | Added +2.5k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 159.7k $2.7m | Added +24.1k |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 142.6k $2.4m | Reduced -375.6k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 139.5k $2.3m | Added +9.7k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 135.2k $2.3m | Added +98.2k |
| Clearline Capital LP 0.18% of their portfolio | 134.3k $2.3m | Unchanged |
| Walleye Trading LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 134.2k $2.3m | Added +33.5k |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 130.2k $2.2m | Added +57.3k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 124.0k $2.1m | Reduced -534.2k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 118.7k $2.0m | Reduced -6.5k |
| Saba Capital Management, L.P. 0.06% of their portfolio | 117.0k $2.0m | Reduced -50.0k |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.02% of their portfolio | 112.0k $1.9m | Added +1.2k |
| Havemeyer Place LP 0.21% of their portfolio | 109.7k $1.8m | Added +73.5k |
| VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 103.6k $1.7m | First filing |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 103.1k $1.7m | Reduced -4.4k |
| INTRINSIC EDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.31% of their portfolio | 100.0k $1.7m | New |
| TECTONIC ADVISORS LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 98.8k $1.7m | Added +9.5k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 97.2k $1.6m | Added +42.7k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% of their portfolio | 91.3k $1.5m | Reduced -2.7k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 88.1k $1.5m | Reduced -231.6k |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 80.4k $1.4m | Reduced -200.7k |
| JB CAPITAL PARTNERS LP 0.23% of their portfolio | 80.0k $1.3m | Unchanged |
| Neo Ivy Capital Management 0.34% of their portfolio | 77.6k $1.3m | Added +71.3k |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 74.9k $1.3m | Added +312 |
| Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 0.02% of their portfolio | 74.3k $1.2m | Added +3.3k |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 72.7k $1.2m | First filing |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 71.5k $1.2m | Reduced -1.9k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.01% of their portfolio | 69.5k $1.2m | Reduced -774.4k |
| First Dallas Securities Inc. 0.43% of their portfolio | 68.6k $1.2m | Added +5.2k |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 67.6k $1.1m | New |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 66.5k $1.1m | Reduced -100.3k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 62.8k $1.1m | Unchanged |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 62.5k $1.1m | Reduced -351 |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 61.8k $1.0m | Reduced -2.2k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 61.5k $1.0m | Reduced -30.3k |
| Louisiana State Employees Retirement System 0.02% of their portfolio | 60.6k $1.0m | Reduced -2.0k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 59.9k $1.0m | Added +1.2k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 58.8k $988.6k | Reduced -3.7k |
| Verdence Capital Advisors LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 55.3k $929.4k | New |