GEO — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of GEO's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-08-06 vs the prior 10-Q · 2026-05-07
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +36 | −5 | ~37 | 103 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~2 | 2 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 2 |
| Legal proceedings | Text added/removed | +4 | −3 | ~4 | 12 |
| Risk factors | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Other information | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 0 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-06
On July 29, 2026, we announced that we have entered into a five-year support services contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) for the activation of a federal immigration processing center at the company-owned 1,320-bed Rivers Facility (the “Rivers Facility”) in Winton, North C…
On July 13, 2026, we announced that we have entered into a five-year support services contract with ICE for the activation of a federal immigration processing center at the 1,188-bed Big Horn Facility (the “Big Horn Facility”) in Hudson, Colorado. We have entered into a lease agreement with the Big …
International Services segment primarily consists of our public-private partnership secure services operations in Australia and South Africa.
We are currently marketing (or awaiting activation) 6,646 vacant beds at eight idle facilities to potential customers. The carrying values of these idle facilities totaled $188.1 million as of June 30, 2026, excluding equipment and other assets that can be easily transferred for use at other facilit…
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. As such, we are required to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions that we believe are reasonable based upon the information availabl…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-07
We are currently marketing (or awaiting activation) 6,646 vacant beds at eight idle facilities to potential customers. The carrying values of these idle facilities totaled $189.8 million as of March 31, 2026, excluding equipment and other assets that can be easily transferred for use at other facili…
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. As such, we are required to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions that we believe are reasonable based upon the information availabl…
Operating expenses for Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services were relatively consistent in First Quarter 2026 compared to First Quarter 2025.
The provision for income taxes and the effective tax rate increased in First Quarter 2026 compared to First Quarter 2025 principally due to an increase in pre-tax income and a decrease in discrete tax benefits. In First Quarter 2026, there was a $0.9 million net discrete tax benefit as compared to a…
First Quarter 2025. We estimate our 2026 annual effective tax rate to be in the range of approximately 29% to 31%, exclusive of any discrete items.
Legal proceedings
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-06
enjoining the enforcement of House Bill 1470 against GEO as the operator of the Northwest ICE Processing Center. On April 29, 2024, the State of Washington filed a Notice of Appeal of the order preliminarily enjoining the enforcement of House Bill 1470. On February 14, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeal…
On June 8, 2026, the Company filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against the State of Colorado for declaratory and injunctive relief challenging the State of Colorado’s newly enacted law – House Bill 1276 which purports to empower Colorado state agencies with new …
A New Mexico non-income tax audit completed in 2016 included tax periods for which the state tax authority had previously processed a substantial tax refund. At the completion of the audit fieldwork, the Company received a notice of audit findings
disallowing deductions that were previously claimed by the Company that were approved by the state tax authority and served as the basis for the approved refund claim. In early January 2017, the Company received a formal Notice of Assessment of Taxes and Demand for Payment from the taxing authority …
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-07
August 18, 2025, the Ninth Circuit denied GEO’s motion to dismiss the appeal, vacated the District Court’s grant of a preliminary injunction, and remanded the case to the District Court for further proceedings. On September 16, 2025, GEO filed a Petition for Rehearing En Banc. On February 11, 2026, …
A New Mexico non-income tax audit completed in 2016 included tax periods for which the state tax authority had previously processed a substantial tax refund. At the completion of the audit fieldwork, the Company received a notice of audit findings disallowing deductions that were previously claimed …
favorable adjustment for penalties and interest related to the post-audit period of approximately $6.3 million in the third quarter of 2024. The managed audit is ongoing at this time.
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice