Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on GEO Group ( GEO ) .

And retail traders should know.

We noticed this today when the positions showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with GEO, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 13 options trades for GEO Group ( GEO ).

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 61% bullish and 38%, bearish.

Out of all of the options we uncovered, there was 1 put, for a total amount of $85,050, and 12, calls, for a total amount of $2,135,780.

What's The Price Target?

Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $23.0 to $29.5 for GEO Group ( GEO ) over the last 3 months.

Analyzing Volume & Open Interest

Examining the volume and open interest provides crucial insights into stock research. This information is key in gauging liquidity and interest levels for GEO Group's ( GEO ) options at certain strike prices. Below, we present a snapshot of the trends in volume and open interest for calls and puts across GEO Group's ( GEO ) significant trades, within a strike price range of $23.0 to $29.5, over the past month.

GEO Group Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Largest Options Trades Observed:

About GEO Group

The GEO Group Inc ( GEO ) specializes in detention facilities and community reentry centers. It operates in four segments: U.S. Secure Services, which mainly encompasses U.S.-based secure services business; Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services, which conducts its services in the United States, represents services provided to adults for monitoring services and evidence-based supervision and treatment programs for community-based parolees, probationers, and pretrial defendants; Reentry Services conducts its services in the United States represents services provided to adults for residential and non-residential treatment, educational and community-based programs, pre-release and half-way house programs; and International Services.

GEO Group's Current Market Status

With a trading volume of 578,814, the price of GEO is down by -0.31%, reaching $28.94.

Current RSI values indicate that the stock is may be approaching overbought.

Next earnings report is scheduled for 41 days from now.

Professional Analyst Ratings for GEO Group

A total of 3 professional analysts have given their take on this stock in the last 30 days, setting an average price target of $55.0.

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* Reflecting concerns, an analyst from Jones Trading lowers its rating to Buy with a new price target of $55.

* An analyst from Jones Trading persists with their Buy rating on GEO Group ( GEO ), maintaining a target price of $55.

* An analyst from Jones Trading persists with their Buy rating on GEO Group ( GEO ), maintaining a target price of $55.

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