NYSE:CUZ - Cousins Properties Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Cousins Properties declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 18th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.29 per share on Monday, January 13th. This represents a $1.16 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 2nd. View Cousins Properties' Dividend History.

Cousins Properties Inc (NYSE:CUZ) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.55. The real estate investment trust earned $180.83 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $174.03 million. Cousins Properties had a net margin of 9.50% and a return on equity of 1.55%. Cousins Properties's revenue was up 56.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.15 EPS. View Cousins Properties' Earnings History.

Cousins Properties is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Cousins Properties.

Cousins Properties will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 5th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Cousins Properties issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.71-2.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.78.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Cousins Properties' shares. Their forecasts range from $11.00 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate Cousins Properties' stock price to reach $31.67 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 24.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for Cousins Properties.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cousins Properties in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Cousins Properties.

Press coverage about CUZ stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cousins Properties earned a coverage optimism score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Cousins Properties.

Cousins Properties saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,510,000 shares, an increase of 8.7% from the December 15th total of 4,150,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 838,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.4 days. Currently, 3.1% of the company's stock are sold short. View Cousins Properties' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Cousins Properties include Duke Realty (DRE), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Liberty Property Trust (LPT), Spirit Realty Capital (SRC), PS Business Parks (PSB), American Assets Trust (AAT), Lexington Realty Trust (LXP), Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRE), Investors Real Estate Trust Reit (IRET), Gladstone Commercial (GOOD), One Liberty Properties (OLP), Whitestone REIT (WSR), Gyrodyne (GYRO) and RAIT Financial Trust (RAS).

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Cousins Properties' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.70%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.33%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.20%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%) and AE Wealth Management LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Cousins Properties stock include Edward Manuel Casal, John S Mccoll and Lawrence L Gellerstedt III. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Cousins Properties.

CUZ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Manning & Napier Group LLC, AE Wealth Management LLC and Alpha Cubed Investments LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cousins Properties.

CUZ stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cousins Properties.

Shares of CUZ can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CUZ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $41.71.

Cousins Properties has a market capitalization of $6.12 billion and generates $475.21 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $79.16 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.52 on an earnings per share basis. Cousins Properties employs 257 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Cousins Properties.

The official website for Cousins Properties is http://www.cousins.com/.

Cousins Properties' mailing address is 3344 Peachtree Road NE Suite1800, ATLANTA GA, 30326. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 404-407-1000 or via email at [email protected]