CUZ vs. VNO, LXP, AAT, GOOD, WSR, OLP, GYRO, ESS, SUI, and KIM
Should you be buying Cousins Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cousins Properties include Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), American Assets Trust (AAT), Gladstone Commercial (GOOD), Whitestone REIT (WSR), One Liberty Properties (OLP), Gyrodyne (GYRO), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Sun Communities (SUI), and Kimco Realty (KIM). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Cousins Properties vs.
Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) and Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Cousins Properties has a net margin of 5.36% compared to Vornado Realty Trust's net margin of 3.94%. Vornado Realty Trust's return on equity of 1.60% beat Cousins Properties' return on equity.
Vornado Realty Trust received 237 more outperform votes than Cousins Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.81% of users gave Vornado Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 56.72% of users gave Cousins Properties an outperform vote.
Cousins Properties has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vornado Realty Trust has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
94.4% of Cousins Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Cousins Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cousins Properties currently has a consensus target price of $32.20, indicating a potential upside of 20.67%. Vornado Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.21%. Given Cousins Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Cousins Properties is more favorable than Vornado Realty Trust.
Vornado Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Cousins Properties. Vornado Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cousins Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cousins Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Vornado Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Cousins Properties pays out 387.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vornado Realty Trust pays out 142.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Cousins Properties had 2 more articles in the media than Vornado Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Cousins Properties and 16 mentions for Vornado Realty Trust. Cousins Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Vornado Realty Trust's score of 1.02 indicating that Cousins Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Cousins Properties and Vornado Realty Trust tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CUZ) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff