Both in Construction

The GEO Group vs Argan

Over the past year GEO returned +65.2% and AGX returned +20.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.07.

GEO +65.2% AGX +20.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricGEOAGX
Price$27.57$352.69
Market cap$3.63B$4.95B
Today−2.48%+3.42%
1 month−10.9%−6.8%
6 months+45.5%−44.0%
Year to date+71.0%+12.6%
1 year+62.3%+19.6%
Revenue growth (YoY)+15.1%+61.5%
Gross margin100.0%19.3%
Net margin6.5%13.9%
P/E (TTM)12.4×27.6×
Price / sales1.3×4.2×
Net cash-$1.49B$1.03B
Dividend yield—0.79%
Volatility (60d)39.4%53.7%
Short % of float7.8%8.0%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).