Cousins Properties - CUZ Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cousins Properties in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" CUZ shares.
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8 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Cousins Properties' shares. Their CUZ share price forecasts range from $22.00 to $32.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $27.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 40.8% 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 stock has decreased by 23.8% and is now trading at $19.26.
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Cousins Properties saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 6,200,000 shares, an increase of 6.9% from the February 13th total of 5,800,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,260,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.9 days. Currently, 4.1% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 27th 2023.
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Cousins Properties Incorporated (NYSE:CUZ) issued its quarterly 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 earned $186.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $184.82 million. Cousins Properties had a net margin of 21.88% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 3.60%. The business's revenue was down 1.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.69 earnings per share.

Cousins Properties declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 20th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 5th will be given a dividend of $0.32 per share on Friday, April 14th. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.65%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 4th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) stock in their portfolio include Invesco MSCI Green Building ETF (GBLD), Global X Green Building ETF (GRNR), U.S. Diversified Real Estate ETF (PPTY), WisdomTree New Economy Real Estate Fund (WTRE), Invesco S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value ETF (RFV), Invesco Active U.S. Real Estate ETF (PSR), First Trust Horizon Managed Volatility Small/Mid ETF (HSMV) and iShares Cohen & Steers REIT ETF (ICF).

Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.92%. 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 115.32%. 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 46.55% 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, February, 9th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.52-$2.64 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $2.60. 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Principal Financial Group Inc. (6.88%), Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (3.13%), Boston Partners (2.86%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.21%), Centersquare Investment Management LLC (1.84%) and Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (1.78%). Insiders that own company stock include John S Mccoll, Richard G Iv Hickson 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 $19.26.

Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) has a market capitalization of $2.92 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 $1.11 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 294 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.