CoreCivic, Inc. owns and operates partnership correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities in the United States. It operates through three segments: CoreCivic Safety, CoreCivic Community, and CoreCivic Properties. The company provides a range of solutions to government partners that serve the public good through corrections and detention management, a network of residential reentry centers to help address recidivism crisis, and …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 1.00), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
CoreCivic, Inc. ranks #9 of 27
scored companies in Security & Protection Services by moat score — the top 33%.
The widest moat in the group is NAPCO Security Technologies, In (NSSC)
at 84/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near CXW in Security & Protection Services
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 82
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 69
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 69
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 42
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 28
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW) scores 60 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #9 of 27 scored companies in Security & Protection Services, the top 33%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 26 companies in Security & Protection Services. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (82/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (28/100).
How does CoreCivic, Inc. compare with other Security & Protection Services companies?
CoreCivic, Inc. ranks #9 of 27 scored companies in Security & Protection Services by moat score. The widest moat in Security & Protection Services is NAPCO Security Technologies, In (NSSC) at 84/100. The companies ranked closest are Senstar Technologies Corporatio (SNT) at 64 just above it and Geo Group Inc (The) REIT (GEO) at 58 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 26 companies in Security & Protection Services. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is CoreCivic, Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for CoreCivic, Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and CXW scores: Pricing Power (66), Cost Advantage (82), Customer Stickiness (69), Capital Efficiency (69), Resilience (42), Scale & Market Position (28). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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