NYSE:CUZCousins Properties Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Cousins Properties Inc Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $32.54 +1.39 (+4.46 %) (As of 06/2/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$31.39Now: $32.54▼$32.7750-Day Range$24.33MA: $28.74▼$32.9152-Week Range$21.15Now: $32.54▼$42.99Volume962,832 shsAverage Volume1.09 million shsMarket Capitalization$4.83 billionP/E Ratio16.95Dividend Yield3.85%Beta0.97 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media Cousins Properties is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company, based in Atlanta, GA and acting through its operating partnership, Cousins Properties LP, primarily invests in Class A office towers located in high-growth Sun Belt markets. Founded in 1958, Cousins creates shareholder value through its extensive expertise in the development, acquisition, leasing and management of high-quality real estate assets. The Company has a comprehensive strategy in place based on a simple platform, trophy assets and opportunistic investments.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 2.5 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingCousins Properties has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $39.00, Cousins Properties has a potential upside of 19.9% from its current price of $32.54.Amount of Analyst CoverageCousins Properties has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days. Previous Next 2.3 Community Rank Outperform VotesCousins Properties has received 250 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesCousins Properties has received 300 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentCousins Properties has received 54.55% “underperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Cousins Properties and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe CUZ will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe CUZ will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 4.2 Dividend Strength Dividend LeadershipCousins Properties is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.85%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthCousins Properties has been increasing its dividend for 6 years.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Cousins Properties is 40.82 %. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, Cousins Properties will have a dividend payout ratio of 43.80 % next year. This indicates that Cousins Properties will be able to sustain or increase its dividend. Previous Next 4.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Cousins Properties insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $63,525.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 0.67% of the stock of Cousins Properties is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions96.04% of the stock of Cousins Properties is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company. Previous Next 1.3 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Cousins Properties are expected to grow by 0.37% in the coming year, from $2.73 to $2.74 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Cousins Properties is 16.95, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 15.73.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Cousins Properties is 16.95, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 19.00.Price to Earnings Growth RatioCousins Properties has a PEG Ratio of 4.23. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioCousins Properties has a P/B Ratio of 1.08. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 2.5Community Rank: 2.3Dividend Strength: 4.2Insider Behavior: 4.0Valuation: 1.3 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™2.84 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Real estate investment trusts Sub-IndustryDiversified REITs SectorFinance Current SymbolNYSE:CUZ Previous Symbol CUSIP22279510 CIK25232 Webwww.cousins.com Phone404-407-1000Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.43 Current Ratio1.82 Quick Ratio1.82Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio16.95 Forward P/E Ratio11.92 P/E Growth4.23 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$657.52 million Price / Sales7.35 Cash Flow$2.92 per share Price / Cash Flow11.16 Book Value$30.16 per share Price / Book1.08Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$2.94 Net Income$150.42 million Net Margins40.35% Return on Equity6.55% Return on Assets4.23%Miscellaneous Employees257 Outstanding Shares148,540,000Market Cap$4.83 billion Next Earnings Date7/22/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable CUZ Rates by TradingView Receive CUZ News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for CUZ and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) Frequently Asked Questions How has Cousins Properties' stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Cousins Properties' stock was trading at $31.15 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CUZ shares have increased by 4.5% and is now trading at $32.54. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Cousins Properties? 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. When is Cousins Properties' next earnings date? Cousins Properties is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Cousins Properties. How were Cousins Properties' earnings last quarter? Cousins Properties Inc (NYSE:CUZ) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 30th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.18 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.20 earnings per share. View Cousins Properties' earnings history. How often does Cousins Properties pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Cousins Properties? Cousins Properties announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 18th. Stockholders 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 yield of 3.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 2nd. This is an increase from Cousins Properties's previous quarterly dividend of $0.29. View Cousins Properties' dividend history. What price target have analysts set for CUZ? 3 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Cousins Properties' stock. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $42.00. On average, they expect Cousins Properties' share price to reach $39.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Cousins Properties. Has Cousins Properties been receiving favorable news coverage? News stories about CUZ stock have been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Cousins Properties earned a media sentiment score of -3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles 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 company's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutCousins Properties. Are investors shorting Cousins 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 trading volume, of 1,080,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.6 days. Approximately 3.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Cousins Properties' Current Options Chain. Who are some of Cousins Properties' key competitors? Some companies that are related to Cousins Properties include Duke Realty (DRE), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), PS Business Parks (PSB), Spirit Realty Capital (SRC), Lexington Realty Trust (LXP), Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRE), American Assets Trust (AAT), Investors Real Estate Trust Reit (IRET), Gladstone Commercial (GOOD), One Liberty Properties (OLP), Whitestone REIT (WSR) and Gyrodyne (GYRO). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Cousins Properties own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Cousins Properties investors own include Hawkins (HWKN), CA (CA), Endologix (ELGX), BlackRock (BLK), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Genocea Biosciences (GNCA), Honeywell International (HON) and Micron Technology (MU). Who are Cousins Properties' key executives? Cousins Properties' management team includes the following people: Mr. Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III, Exec. Chairman (Age 63)Mr. Michael Colin Connolly, Pres, CEO & Director (Age 42)Mr. Gregg D. Adzema, Exec. VP & CFO (Age 54)Ms. Pamela F. Roper, Exec. VP, Gen. Counsel & Corp. Sec. (Age 45)Mr. John S. McColl, Exec. VP of Devel. (Age 56) What is Cousins Properties' stock symbol? Cousins Properties trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CUZ." Who are Cousins Properties' major shareholders? Cousins Properties' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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. Which institutional investors are selling Cousins Properties stock? 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. Which institutional investors are buying Cousins Properties stock? 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. How do I buy shares of 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. What is Cousins Properties' stock price today? One share of CUZ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.54. How big of a company is Cousins Properties? 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. What is Cousins Properties' official website? The official website for Cousins Properties is www.cousins.com. How can I contact Cousins Properties? 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] This page was last updated on 6/2/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff
