NYSE:CUZCousins Properties Stock Price, Forecast & News

Cousins Properties' stock was trading at $31.15 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CUZ stock has increased by 4.5% and is now trading at $32.54. 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) issued its earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.18 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' 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 business's revenue for the quarter was up 52.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.69%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 2nd. This is an increase from Cousins Properties's previous quarterly dividend of $0.29. View Cousins Properties' dividend history.

3 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Cousins Properties' stock. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate Cousins Properties' stock price to reach $39.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Cousins Properties.

News headlines about CUZ stock have trended very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media 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 positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Cousins Properties earned a media sentiment score of -3.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutCousins Properties.

Cousins Properties saw a increase in short interest during 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 trading volume, of 1,080,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.6 days. Approximately 3.4% of the company's shares are short sold. 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 many different 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 purchased 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 $32.54.

Cousins Properties has a market capitalization of $4.83 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]