Cousins Properties (CUZ) Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cousins Properties in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" CUZ shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CUZ, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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9 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Cousins Properties' shares. Their CUZ share price forecasts range from $19.00 to $32.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $25.70 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.0% from the stock's current price.
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Cousins Properties' stock was trading at $25.29 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, CUZ shares have decreased by 18.0% and is now trading at $20.73.
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Cousins Properties saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,550,000 shares, an increase of 13.2% from the August 15th total of 4,020,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,450,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.1 days. Currently, 3.0% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 26th 2023.
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Cousins Properties Incorporated (NYSE:CUZ) posted its earnings results on Thursday, April, 28th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.48. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $186.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $184.82 million. Cousins Properties had a net margin of 18.77% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 3.23%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 1.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.69 EPS.

Cousins Properties announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 19th. Investors of record on Wednesday, October 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.32 per share on Friday, October 13th. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.17%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, October 3rd.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) stock in their portfolio include iShares Focused Value Factor ETF (FOVL), Invesco MSCI Green Building ETF (GBLD), Global X Green Building ETF (GRNR), WisdomTree New Economy Real Estate Fund (WTRE), U.S. Diversified Real Estate ETF (PPTY), Private Real Estate Strategy via Liquid REITs ETF (PRVT), iShares Cohen & Steers REIT ETF (ICF) and iShares Environmentally Aware Real Estate ETF (ERET).

Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.73%. CUZ has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 5 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 129.29%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, CUZ will have a dividend payout ratio of 48.30% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Cousins Properties updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 27th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.57-$2.65 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.59. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

12 employees have rated Cousins Properties Chief Executive Officer Thomas G. Cousins on Glassdoor.com. Thomas G. Cousins has an approval rating of 88% among the company's employees.

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Cousins Properties trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CUZ."

Cousins Properties' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.18%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (10.97%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (7.11%), APG Asset Management US Inc. (5.62%), State Street Corp (5.55%) and Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (3.08%). Insiders that own company stock include John S Mccoll and Scott W Fordham.
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Shares of CUZ stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CUZ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.73.

Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) has a market capitalization of $3.15 billion and generates $762.29 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $166.79 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.99 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 286 workers across the globe.

Cousins Properties' mailing address is 3344 Peachtree Road NE Suite1800, ATLANTA GA, 30326. The official website for the company is www.cousins.com. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (404) 407-1000, via email at rimbeaux@cousins.com, or via fax at 770-857-2360.