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Corrections Corp of America (NYSE:CXW)

CAPS Rating: 3 out of 5

The Company is an owner and operator of privatized correctional and detention facilities and prison operator in the United States behind only the federal government and three states.

Current Price $23.61 Mkt Cap $2.53B
Open $23.98 P/E Ratio 14.50
Prev. Close $24.15 Div. (Yield) N/A (N/A)
Daily Range $23.57 - $24.04 Volume 105,222
52-Wk Range $18.41 - $26.43 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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wuff3t (98.72)
Submitted February 23, 2010

I didn't even realise there were private prisons! What a wonderful arena for capitalists! Take on the dirtiest job that the public sector doesn't want to do, do it cheaper and better (CXW builds its institutions more quickly and for less money then… More

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greenwave3 (93.04)
Submitted June 04, 2010

Something about this industry rubs me the wrong way. Somehow this is worse than war profiteering since these companies profit from causing pain, misery, and starvation.

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Member Avatar taylor4u (20.87) Submitted: 1/4/2011 8:07:45 PM : Outperform Start Price: $24.54 CXW Score: -9.92

CXW has several trends working in their favor. An Increasing population means more prisoners. The last census showed most of the growth was in the south and west where CXW has most of its operations. Also, budget conscious governments will look to private prisons to save money. They also say they pay unemployment taxes which will decrease if the number of claims decrease which should happen eventually. Add that to the already overpopulated prisons and CXW looks like a buy.

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Member Avatar awu3210 (< 20) Submitted: 12/28/2010 10:02:53 AM : Outperform Start Price: $18.73 CXW Score: -5.85

Basically part of a duopoly--the other being GEO, Except CCA's got excess beds in its inventory waiting to capitalize on the problems states are facing, namely prison overcrowding and pension problems.

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Member Avatar srimox (< 20) Submitted: 12/9/2010 7:37:24 PM : Outperform Start Price: $20.90 CXW Score: -9.61

Private prisons are a great way to fix budget defecits (because they cost less to build and operate), create jobs, solve the problem of overfilled public prisons, and according to the Department of Justice improve the quality of prisons. CXW is the best of all the companies, since it is the biggest company, because it provides the best quality care and because they have the highest profit margin. I wrote a whole article about CXW, and why i reccomend it as a buy on my blog. Feel free to read the article by clicking this link: http://teenstockadvisor.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/corrections-corporation-of-america-cxw/

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Score Leader

aparker385

aparker385 (< 20) Score: +101.09

The Score Leader is the player with the highest score across all their picks in CXW.

Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		Index
Gain 		Score Commentary
ScottHBiram 99.70 2/10/2009 Outperform 5Y $11.00 +114.27% +64.23% +50.04 0 Comment
scoobamang < 20 11/2/2009 Underperform NS $23.96 -1.63% +28.81% +30.44 2 Comments
rofgile 23.00 11/12/2009 Underperform 5Y $25.24 -6.60% +22.55% +29.15 0 Comment
Spelunkin < 20 10/20/2009 Underperform 5Y $24.51 -3.84% +21.99% +25.83 0 Comment
RoMeLaFool < 20 11/17/2008 Outperform NS $12.73 +85.15% +59.51% +25.65 0 Comment
GoodbyeForNow 98.92 10/8/2009 Underperform 5Y $23.49 +0.34% +25.88% +25.54 0 Comment
peter1103 57.34 11/13/2008 Outperform 5Y $13.68 +72.30% +50.54% +21.76 0 Comment
mcampbell8 61.91 7/10/2007 Underperform NS $32.26 -26.94% -7.09% +19.85 0 Comment
kevinottofro 98.81 5/4/2009 Outperform 3Y $13.69 +72.17% +53.06% +19.11 1 Comment
cklamarre 27.68 3/17/2008 Underperform 3M $25.64 -8.07% +8.71% +16.79 0 Comment
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Wall Street

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Player Name Player
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackBarclaysCap 93.35 12/13/2011 Outperform NS $22.26 +6.11% +7.71% -1.60 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.14 9/26/2011 Outperform 3W $23.38 +1.03% +15.37% -14.35 0 Comment
TrackGaryBSmith 89.90 7/9/2010 Outperform 3W $18.85 +25.04% +24.24% +0.80 0 Comment
TrackSunTrustRH 92.39 10/23/2009 Outperform NS $25.83 -8.75% +22.28% -31.03 0 Comment
TrackBillAckman 76.62 9/30/2009 Outperform NS $22.65 +4.06% +30.89% -26.83 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.14 9/25/2009 Underperform 3W $21.14 +10.60% +10.97% +0.37 9/26/2011 @ $23.38 0 Comment
TrackRBCCapMkts 93.35 4/24/2009 Outperform NS $13.29 +77.35% +57.62% +19.73 0 Comment
TrackBarclaysCap 93.35 2/11/2009 Outperform NS $11.69 +116.34% +46.44% +69.89 11/9/2010 @ $25.29 0 Comment
TrackZacks 71.06 11/3/2008 Outperform 3M $19.20 -4.22% +9.46% -13.68 7/8/2010 @ $18.39 1 Comment
TrackDreman 90.15 3/31/2008 Outperform NS $27.52 -14.35% +5.40% -19.75 1 Comment
TrackZacks 71.06 2/11/2008 Outperform 3M $25.45 -26.76% -26.12% -0.63 10/20/2008 @ $18.64 1 Comment
TrackAvondale 91.43 10/9/2007 Outperform NS $26.55 -11.22% -9.52% -1.70 0 Comment
TrackRonBaron 88.33 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $26.17 -9.94% -7.90% -2.04 1 Comment
TrackLehmanBros 88.94 5/4/2007 Outperform NS $29.61 -20.40% -6.00% -14.40 0 Comment
TrackFirstAnalys 96.96 4/27/2007 Outperform NS $28.93 -18.53% -4.84% -13.68 0 Comment
TrackJefferies 84.68 11/7/2006 Outperform NS $24.25 -2.80% +3.01% -5.81 0 Comment
TrackBofASec 96.91 11/7/2006 Outperform NS $24.25 -2.80% +3.01% -5.81 0 Comment

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