GEO Group (NYSE: GEO) reported Q4 EPS of $0.66, $0.11 better than the analyst estimate of $0.55. Revenue for the quarter came in at $566.6 million versus the consensus estimate of $556.58 million.

• Net Income Attributable to GEO of $0.66 per Diluted Share
• Adjusted Net Income of $0.62 per Diluted Share
• Net Operating Income of $143.8 million
• Normalized FFO of $0.83 per Diluted Share
• AFFO of $1.04 per Diluted Share

2017 Financial Guidance

GEO issued its initial financial guidance for the full-year and first quarter of 2017. GEO expects full-year 2017 total revenue to be approximately $2.1 billion, including approximately $103 million in construction revenue associated with GEO’s contract for the development and operation of the Ravenhall, Australia project. GEO expects full-year 2017 Net Income Attributable to GEO to be in a range of $2.05 to $2.15 per diluted share. GEO expects full-year 2017 Normalized FFO in a range of $2.90 to $3.00 per diluted share and AFFO in a range of $3.70 to $3.80 per diluted share. GEO’s initial financial guidance for 2017 does not yet reflect the announced acquisition of CEC, which is expected to close the second quarter of 2017.

For the first quarter 2017, GEO expects total revenues to be in a range of $549 million to $554 million, including approximately $57 million in construction revenue associated with GEO’s contract for the development and operation of the Ravenhall, Australia project. For the first quarter 2017, GEO expects Net Income Attributable to GEO to be in a range of $0.48 to $0.50 per diluted share, Normalized FFO in a range of $0.70 to $0.72 per diluted share, and AFFO in a range of $0.90 to $0.92 per diluted share.

Compared to fourth quarter 2016 results, first quarter 2017 guidance reflects approximately $0.05 to $0.06 per diluted share in additional employment tax expense as a result of the seasonality in unemployment taxes, which are front-loaded in the first quarter of the year, as well as other normal fluctuations in federal populations which impact first quarter earnings by $0.02 to $0.03 per share.

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