Cousins Properties - CUZ Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cousins Properties in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 4 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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7 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Cousins Properties' shares. Their CUZ share price forecasts range from $22.00 to $36.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $28.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.3% from the stock's current price.
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Cousins Properties' stock was trading at $25.29 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, CUZ stock has increased by 8.3% and is now trading at $27.40.
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Cousins Properties saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,990,000 shares, an increase of 6.9% from the December 15th total of 4,670,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,290,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.9 days. Currently, 3.3% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 9th 2023.
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Cousins Properties will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, February 10th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 877-344-7529 with passcode "4901640".

Cousins Properties Incorporated (NYSE:CUZ) issued its earnings results on Thursday, April, 28th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.19 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.67 by $0.48. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $186.90 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $184.82 million. Cousins Properties had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.71% and a net margin of 40.90%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 1.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.69 earnings per share.

Cousins Properties announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.32 per share on Friday, January 13th. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.67%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, January 3rd.
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Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.87%. 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 61.84%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CUZ will have a dividend payout ratio of 49.04% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Cousins Properties issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.69-$2.73 for the period. 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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.27%), Capital Investment Advisors LLC (0.18%), Strs Ohio (0.15%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), Yousif Capital Management LLC (0.05%) and Natixis Advisors L.P. (0.05%). Insiders that own company stock include 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 $27.40.

Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) has a market capitalization of $4.15 billion and generates $757.90 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $278.59 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.07 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.