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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Basic and diluted earnings per share

Basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) from continuing operations were calculated for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, and 2014 respectively, as follows:

Fiscal Year	2016				2015				2014
	(In thousands, except per share data)
Net Income	$	148,498			$	139,315			$	143,840
Loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	217				123				90
Net income attributable to The GEO Group, Inc.	$	148,715			$	139,438			$	143,930
Basic earnings per share attributable to The GEO Group, Inc.:
Weighted average shares outstanding	74,043				73,696				72,270
Per share amount	$	2.01			$	1.89			$	1.99
Diluted earnings per share attributable to The GEO Group, Inc.:
Weighted average shares outstanding	74,043				73,696				72,270
Dilutive effect of equity incentive plans	280				299				277
Weighted average shares assuming dilution	74,323				73,995				72,547
Per share amount	$	2.00			$	1.88			$	1.98

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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