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COPT Defense Properties (CDP) Competitors

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$28.72 -0.49 (-1.69%)
Closing price 10/2/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$28.78 +0.07 (+0.23%)
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CDP vs. GLPI, DOC, REG, AMH, GLXY, HST, FRHC, REXR, RGTI, and LINE

Should you be buying COPT Defense Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of COPT Defense Properties include Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Healthpeak Properties (DOC), Regency Centers (REG), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Galaxy Digital (GLXY), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Freedom (FRHC), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), Rigetti Computing (RGTI), and Lineage (LINE). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.

COPT Defense Properties vs. Its Competitors

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) and Gaming and Leisure Properties (NASDAQ:GLPI) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

Gaming and Leisure Properties has higher revenue and earnings than COPT Defense Properties. Gaming and Leisure Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than COPT Defense Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
COPT Defense Properties$753.27M4.31$138.93M$1.2822.44
Gaming and Leisure Properties$1.57B8.42$784.62M$2.5818.05

In the previous week, Gaming and Leisure Properties had 8 more articles in the media than COPT Defense Properties. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Gaming and Leisure Properties and 9 mentions for COPT Defense Properties. COPT Defense Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Gaming and Leisure Properties' score of 0.73 indicating that COPT Defense Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
COPT Defense Properties
2 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Gaming and Leisure Properties
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

91.1% of Gaming and Leisure Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of COPT Defense Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Gaming and Leisure Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

COPT Defense Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Gaming and Leisure Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. COPT Defense Properties pays out 95.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gaming and Leisure Properties pays out 120.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gaming and Leisure Properties has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Gaming and Leisure Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

COPT Defense Properties has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gaming and Leisure Properties has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

COPT Defense Properties presently has a consensus target price of $33.57, indicating a potential upside of 16.90%. Gaming and Leisure Properties has a consensus target price of $52.71, indicating a potential upside of 13.16%. Given COPT Defense Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe COPT Defense Properties is more favorable than Gaming and Leisure Properties.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
COPT Defense Properties
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Gaming and Leisure Properties
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.42

Gaming and Leisure Properties has a net margin of 46.32% compared to COPT Defense Properties' net margin of 19.23%. Gaming and Leisure Properties' return on equity of 15.43% beat COPT Defense Properties' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
COPT Defense Properties19.23% 9.38% 3.39%
Gaming and Leisure Properties 46.32%15.43%5.76%

Summary

Gaming and Leisure Properties beats COPT Defense Properties on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CDP vs. The Competition

MetricCOPT Defense PropertiesREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.30B$8.58B$12.63B$21.74B
Dividend Yield4.18%5.43%5.51%3.56%
P/E Ratio22.4482.02246.8929.69
Price / Sales4.315.2731.0064.43
Price / Cash10.9118.6822.4924.69
Price / Book2.111.672.264.60
Net Income$138.93M$130.30M$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-1.87%-0.18%-0.30%1.43%
1 Month Performance-4.05%-0.92%1.00%3.87%
1 Year Performance-7.90%-9.67%540.80%13.76%

COPT Defense Properties Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CDP
COPT Defense Properties
3.3519 of 5 stars
$28.72
-1.7%
$33.57
+16.9%
-7.2%$3.30B$753.27M22.44400Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
GLPI
Gaming and Leisure Properties
4.5776 of 5 stars
$45.77
-1.8%
$52.85
+15.5%
-8.9%$13.19B$1.53B17.7420Trending News
Analyst Forecast
DOC
Healthpeak Properties
4.9074 of 5 stars
$18.54
+0.4%
$21.45
+15.8%
-14.2%$12.84B$2.70B77.23200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
REG
Regency Centers
4.378 of 5 stars
$70.73
+0.7%
$78.42
+10.9%
+1.2%$12.76B$1.45B33.05440
AMH
American Homes 4 Rent
4.9295 of 5 stars
$33.37
-0.2%
$39.83
+19.4%
-14.4%$12.40B$1.73B30.061,730Analyst Upgrade
GLXY
Galaxy Digital
2.3098 of 5 stars
$33.69
+2.5%
$35.63
+5.7%
N/A$12.37BN/A0.00528Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
HST
Host Hotels & Resorts
4.0433 of 5 stars
$17.17
-1.4%
$17.77
+3.5%
-2.6%$11.98B$5.68B18.27160Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
FRHC
Freedom
1.8548 of 5 stars
$167.45
-1.4%
N/A+77.2%$10.13B$2.05B126.868,764News Coverage
Positive News
REXR
Rexford Industrial Realty
4.286 of 5 stars
$42.18
+0.5%
$41.09
-2.6%
-15.5%$9.94B$936.41M31.24220Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
RGTI
Rigetti Computing
1.6764 of 5 stars
$28.37
-0.5%
$19.71
-30.5%
+4,531.1%$9.25B$10.79M-37.33160Gap Up
LINE
Lineage
4.5214 of 5 stars
$40.40
+0.0%
$50.50
+25.0%
-47.3%$9.24B$5.34B-14.4826,000Ex-Dividend

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