NYSE:CUZCousins Properties Stock Price, Forecast & News

Cousins Properties' stock was trading at $31.15 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CUZ stock has decreased by 0.1% and is now trading at $31.12. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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.

Cousins Properties is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Cousins Properties.

Cousins Properties Inc (NYSE:CUZ) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.70 by $0.48. The real estate investment trust earned $189.13 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $183.92 million. Cousins Properties had a net margin of 40.35% and a return on equity of 6.55%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 52.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.20 EPS. View Cousins Properties' earnings history.

Cousins Properties announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 18th. Shareholders of record on Friday, April 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Wednesday, April 15th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.86%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 2nd. This is a positive change from Cousins Properties's previous quarterly dividend of $0.29. View Cousins Properties' dividend history.

3 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Cousins Properties' shares. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $42.00. On average, they expect Cousins Properties' share price to reach $39.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 25.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Cousins Properties.

News coverage about CUZ stock has trended extremely negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Cousins Properties earned a daily sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage 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 stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutCousins Properties.

Cousins Properties saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,920,000 shares, an increase of 17.4% from the April 15th total of 4,190,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,080,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.6 days. Currently, 3.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Cousins Properties' Current Options Chain.

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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.34%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (5.61%), State Street Corp (4.80%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.66%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (2.47%) and Deutsche Bank AG (2.13%). Company insiders that own Cousins Properties stock include John S Mccoll, Lawrence L Gellerstedt III and Richard G Iv Hickson. 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., Cbre Clarion Securities LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Cohen & Steers Inc., Cipher Capital LP, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Alliancebernstein L.P.. View insider buying and selling activity for Cousins Properties.

CUZ stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Centersquare Investment Management LLC, Aew Capital Management L P, Deutsche Bank AG, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Balyasny Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Morgan Stanley, and Morgan Stanley. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $31.12.

Cousins Properties has a market capitalization of $4.62 billion and generates $657.52 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $150.42 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.94 on an earnings per share basis. Cousins Properties employs 257 workers across the globe.

The official website for Cousins Properties is 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]