Cousins Properties - CUZ Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cousins Properties in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 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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5 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Cousins Properties' shares. Their CUZ share price forecasts range from $31.00 to $43.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $35.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.1% from the stock's current price.
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Cousins Properties' stock was trading at $40.28 at the start of the year. Since then, CUZ stock has decreased by 23.9% and is now trading at $30.67.
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Cousins Properties saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 5,760,000 shares, an increase of 11.4% from the July 15th total of 5,170,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 852,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 6.8 days. Approximately 3.8% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 27th 2022.
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Cousins Properties Incorporated (NYSE:CUZ) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 28th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.19 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates 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 trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.20% and a net margin of 37.71%. The firm'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 Tuesday, June 21st. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 6th will be given a dividend of $0.32 per share on Friday, July 15th. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.17%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, July 5th.
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Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.27%. 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 67.37%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CUZ will have a dividend payout ratio of 45.39% 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 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.67-$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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Principal Financial Group Inc. (7.98%), Nuance Investments LLC (1.59%), FMR LLC (1.06%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.00%), Jennison Associates LLC (1.01%) and CORDA Investment Management LLC. (0.33%). 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 $30.67.

Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) has a market capitalization of $4.64 billion and generates $755.07 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $278.59 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.90 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 294 workers across the globe.

Cousins Properties was founded in 1958.

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.