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Vanguard Group Inc. Has $759.74 Million Holdings in Cousins Properties Incorporated (NYSE:CUZ)

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Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Cousins Properties Incorporated (NYSE:CUZ - Free Report) by 3.8% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 25,753,741 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after acquiring an additional 951,637 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. owned approximately 15.34% of Cousins Properties worth $759,735,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Quarry LP grew its stake in shares of Cousins Properties by 9.4% in the fourth quarter. Quarry LP now owns 4,351 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $133,000 after purchasing an additional 375 shares in the last quarter. GF Fund Management CO. LTD. grew its stake in shares of Cousins Properties by 14.8% in the first quarter. GF Fund Management CO. LTD. now owns 3,175 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $94,000 after purchasing an additional 410 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers grew its stake in shares of Cousins Properties by 2.7% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 16,377 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $483,000 after purchasing an additional 427 shares in the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC grew its stake in shares of Cousins Properties by 16.5% in the first quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 3,374 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $100,000 after purchasing an additional 477 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norinchukin Bank The grew its stake in shares of Cousins Properties by 7.5% in the fourth quarter. Norinchukin Bank The now owns 7,393 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $227,000 after purchasing an additional 513 shares in the last quarter. 94.38% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on CUZ shares. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target on Cousins Properties from $34.00 to $32.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, May 19th. Evercore ISI upped their price objective on Cousins Properties from $30.00 to $31.00 and gave the company an "in-line" rating in a report on Monday, May 19th. Truist Financial lowered Cousins Properties from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $31.00 price objective for the company. in a report on Wednesday, July 2nd. Wall Street Zen lowered Cousins Properties from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a report on Saturday, August 2nd. Finally, Mizuho boosted their target price on Cousins Properties from $30.00 to $31.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Monday, July 14th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Cousins Properties presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $32.50.

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Cousins Properties Stock Down 1.6%

NYSE:CUZ traded down $0.44 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $27.36. 1,371,786 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,507,463. The firm has a market cap of $4.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 73.95, a P/E/G ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 1.33. Cousins Properties Incorporated has a twelve month low of $24.07 and a twelve month high of $32.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72, a quick ratio of 2.45 and a current ratio of 2.45. The stock's fifty day moving average price is $28.83 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $28.67.

Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.70 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.70. The firm had revenue of $237.72 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $243.73 million. Cousins Properties had a return on equity of 1.27% and a net margin of 6.51%. Cousins Properties's quarterly revenue was up 12.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.68 earnings per share. On average, research analysts expect that Cousins Properties Incorporated will post 2.76 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Cousins Properties Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 17th. Investors of record on Monday, July 7th were given a dividend of $0.32 per share. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, July 7th. Cousins Properties's payout ratio is presently 345.95%.

Cousins Properties Company Profile

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Cousins Properties Incorporated ("Cousins") is a fully integrated, self-administered, and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company, based in Atlanta and acting through its operating partnership, Cousins Properties LP, primarily invests in Class A office buildings located in high-growth Sun Belt markets.

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