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COPT Defense Properties (CDP) Competitors

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$27.99 +0.17 (+0.60%)
Closing price 07/25/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$28.02 +0.03 (+0.12%)
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CDP vs. JEF, HST, FRHC, LINE, GLXY, REXR, HLNE, BRX, BULL, and STEP

Should you be buying COPT Defense Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of COPT Defense Properties include Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Freedom (FRHC), Lineage (LINE), Galaxy Digital (GLXY), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Webull (BULL), and StepStone Group (STEP). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.

COPT Defense Properties vs. Its Competitors

Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF) and COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Jefferies Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. COPT Defense Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Jefferies Financial Group pays out 60.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. COPT Defense Properties pays out 97.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Jefferies Financial Group has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

COPT Defense Properties has a net margin of 18.86% compared to Jefferies Financial Group's net margin of 7.70%. COPT Defense Properties' return on equity of 9.19% beat Jefferies Financial Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Jefferies Financial Group7.70% 6.59% 1.02%
COPT Defense Properties 18.86%9.19%3.33%

Jefferies Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than COPT Defense Properties. Jefferies Financial Group 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
Jefferies Financial Group$10.41B1.14$743.38M$2.6521.75
COPT Defense Properties$747.86M4.22$138.93M$1.2522.39

Jefferies Financial Group has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, COPT Defense Properties has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Jefferies Financial Group presently has a consensus target price of $66.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.51%. COPT Defense Properties has a consensus target price of $33.14, suggesting a potential upside of 18.43%. Given COPT Defense Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe COPT Defense Properties is more favorable than Jefferies Financial Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Jefferies Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
COPT Defense Properties
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

60.9% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of COPT Defense Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Jefferies Financial Group had 45 more articles in the media than COPT Defense Properties. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Jefferies Financial Group and 4 mentions for COPT Defense Properties. COPT Defense Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Jefferies Financial Group's score of 0.67 indicating that COPT Defense Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Jefferies Financial Group
15 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
23 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
COPT Defense Properties
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

COPT Defense Properties beats Jefferies Financial Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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$3.14B$8.59B$12.28B$21.10B
Dividend Yield4.35%5.70%5.54%3.59%
P/E Ratio22.3937.2119.0328.44
Price / Sales4.224.9226.1058.59
Price / Cash10.3918.3021.6322.92
Price / Book2.051.682.204.69
Net Income$138.93M$128.99M$997.25M$995.51M
7 Day Performance0.60%1.68%0.60%1.65%
1 Month Performance0.17%1.98%3.44%4.54%
1 Year Performance-1.04%-7.99%536.57%9.99%

COPT Defense Properties Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CDP
COPT Defense Properties
3.0038 of 5 stars
$27.99
+0.6%
$33.14
+18.4%
+0.7%$3.14B$747.86M22.39400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
JEF
Jefferies Financial Group
4.5243 of 5 stars
$55.73
-0.9%
$66.00
+18.4%
+2.6%$11.60B$7.03B21.037,822Trending News
HST
Host Hotels & Resorts
3.5166 of 5 stars
$16.08
-0.4%
$17.96
+11.7%
-3.7%$11.20B$5.68B16.75160News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FRHC
Freedom
0.4962 of 5 stars
$176.84
-1.1%
N/A+111.1%$10.48B$2.05B127.228,764High Trading Volume
LINE
Lineage
4.5639 of 5 stars
$42.50
+2.7%
$61.35
+44.4%
N/A$9.46B$5.34B-13.2026,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
GLXY
Galaxy Digital
N/A$27.45
+1.2%
$31.33
+14.1%
N/A$9.41BN/A0.00528News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
REXR
Rexford Industrial Realty
3.91 of 5 stars
$36.95
+1.2%
$39.82
+7.8%
-22.0%$8.64B$936.41M27.37220Positive News
HLNE
Hamilton Lane
3.2425 of 5 stars
$151.87
-1.8%
$164.43
+8.3%
+10.6%$8.28B$712.96M28.18530Analyst Forecast
BRX
Brixmor Property Group
4.16 of 5 stars
$25.53
-0.1%
$30.30
+18.7%
+5.9%$7.82B$1.30B24.32500Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
BULL
Webull
N/A$14.62
-13.4%
N/AN/A$7.80B$390.23M91.381,194High Trading Volume
STEP
StepStone Group
2.1835 of 5 stars
$61.26
-2.5%
$63.43
+3.5%
+27.9%$7.31B$1.17B-25.631,130News Coverage
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