---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-266966"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CXW"
cik: "0001070985"
company_name: "CoreCivic, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-11-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T00:10:15.394824+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CoreCivic Q3 rev +18% EPS $0.24; cuts FY2025 guidance on start-up costs

## Summary
- Total revenue $580.4M vs $491.4M Q3 2024; net income $26.3M ($0.24 diluted EPS).
- Adjusted diluted EPS $0.24 vs $0.20 prior year; Normalized FFO per share $0.48.
- FY2025 diluted EPS guidance cut to $0.99-$1.05 from $1.08-$1.15; Adjusted EBITDA $355-359M.
- Four idle-facility activations awarded; expected annual revenue ~$320M once stabilized.
- Repurchased 1.9M shares for $40M in Q3; $197.9M remaining under buyback program.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-266966
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CXW
- cik: 0001070985
- company_name: CoreCivic, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-11-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070985/000119312525266966/0001193125-25-266966-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070985/000119312525266966/d70428d8k.htm

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