$CXW

GARFINKLE DAVID sold $1.7M of CXW

GARFINKLE DAVID (EVP & Chief Financial Officer) sold 50,000 shares of CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW) at $33.76 ($1.69M total) on 2026-08-17.

Original reporting
SEC EDGAR · GARFINKLE DAVID
Published Aug 18, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC
Analysis
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Primary signal
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Neutral
medium confidence
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Relevance
6/10
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Decision brief

The 30-second read

$CXWNeutralLow
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Why it matters

Traders may monitor insider activity as a sentiment input, but this disclosure alone does not change CoreCivic’s earnings outlook or near-term cash-flow expectations.

02

Market read

A new insider sale by the CFO is disclosed, which can slightly influence sentiment but lacks fundamental triggers in the provided text.

03

What to watch

The text does not state a 10b5-1 plan and provides only the sale details, not total compensation, prior sale history, or whether other insiders sold/bought around the same time.

Relevance 6/10Novelty 3/10Timing: filed 2026-08-18 after-hours; transaction dated 2026-08-17

Background

The article is a SEC Form 4 insider transaction disclosure for CoreCivic, filed by the CFO.

Company-level read

Ticker impact

$CXWNeutralMedium confidence
Context

CoreCivic CFO sold 50,000 shares in an open-market transaction at $33.7647 on 2026-08-17, per a new Form 4 filing.

Expected impact

Likely limited near-term impact; any effect is more sentiment-driven than earnings or guidance-driven.

Evidence & confidence

This is a routine Form 4 insider transaction with no 10b5-1 plan stated and no accompanying company-specific operational or financial update in the text.

Market effects

Insider selling in a corrections/real-estate operator is not a sector-wide signal from this single filing.

None indicated.

None indicated.

Counterpoint

The sale could be driven by diversification, taxes, or pre-planned liquidity needs, so it may not reflect negative fundamentals.

Key entities

  • CoreCivic, Inc.

    Subject of the Form 4 insider sale by its EVP and CFO.

  • GARFINKLE DAVID

    EVP and Chief Financial Officer who sold 50,000 shares.

Full insider trading history

This story covers one filing. See everything behind it: every insider buy and sell on record, 10b5-1 plans, late filings, and which officers and directors are trading.

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