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CUZ vs. VNO, LXP, AAT, WSR, GOOD, OLP, GYRO, WY, ESS, and SUI

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), Whitestone REIT (WSR), Gladstone Commercial (GOOD), One Liberty Properties (OLP), Gyrodyne (GYRO), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Essex Property Trust (ESS), and Sun Communities (SUI).

Cousins Properties vs.

Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) and Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cousins Properties5.36% 1.00% 0.58%
Vornado Realty Trust 3.94%1.60%0.44%

Cousins Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Vornado Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Cousins Properties pays out 426.7% 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 1,850.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cousins Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Cousins Properties has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vornado Realty Trust has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% 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. 1.4% of Cousins Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Vornado Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Cousins Properties. Cousins Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vornado Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cousins Properties$856.76M5.53$45.96M$0.3094.13
Vornado Realty Trust$1.79B4.00$70.39M$0.04931.75

In the previous week, Cousins Properties had 8 more articles in the media than Vornado Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Cousins Properties and 14 mentions for Vornado Realty Trust. Vornado Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Cousins Properties' score of 1.26 indicating that Vornado Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cousins Properties
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Vornado Realty Trust
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Vornado Realty Trust received 239 more outperform votes than Cousins Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.94% of users gave Vornado Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 56.77% of users gave Cousins Properties an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cousins PropertiesOutperform Votes
285
56.77%
Underperform Votes
217
43.23%
Vornado Realty TrustOutperform Votes
524
58.94%
Underperform Votes
365
41.06%

Cousins Properties currently has a consensus price target of $32.70, indicating a potential upside of 15.79%. Vornado Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.96%. Given Cousins Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cousins Properties is more favorable than Vornado Realty Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cousins Properties
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
Vornado Realty Trust
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.09

Summary

Cousins Properties beats Vornado Realty Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CUZ vs. The Competition

MetricCousins PropertiesReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.74B$7.02B$11.28B$19.22B
Dividend Yield4.58%7.05%5.76%4.00%
P/E Ratio94.1360.5522.3933.45
Price / Sales5.538.4226.5329.18
Price / Cash12.2617.3217.5917.52
Price / Book0.971.682.714.55
Net Income$45.96M$177.71M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.84%2.62%1.91%2.18%
1 Month Performance-4.34%-4.42%0.53%-2.05%
1 Year Performance19.71%4.75%538.80%5.45%

Cousins Properties Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CUZ
Cousins Properties
4.2611 of 5 stars
$28.24
+1.7%
$32.70
+15.8%
+21.2%$4.74B$856.76M94.13290Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
VNO
Vornado Realty Trust
3.832 of 5 stars
$36.47
+2.0%
$38.00
+4.2%
+40.9%$7.00B$1.79B911.753,150Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
LXP
LXP Industrial Trust
4.5226 of 5 stars
$7.93
+1.4%
$11.33
+42.9%
-4.9%$2.35B$358.46M61.0070Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
AAT
American Assets Trust
4.2198 of 5 stars
$19.00
+1.7%
$21.00
+10.5%
-12.1%$1.16B$457.85M21.35220Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
WSR
Whitestone REIT
4.0642 of 5 stars
$13.22
+0.7%
$16.00
+21.0%
+8.1%$672.83M$155.51M32.2490Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
GOOD
Gladstone Commercial
2.5271 of 5 stars
$14.10
-0.1%
$15.00
+6.4%
+3.4%$645.17M$149.39M54.2370Upcoming Earnings
OLP
One Liberty Properties
3.8468 of 5 stars
$24.21
+0.8%
$28.00
+15.7%
+5.3%$522.62M$90.56M14.949Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
GYRO
Gyrodyne
1.3667 of 5 stars
$7.84
-1.1%
N/A+1.2%$17.23M$4.86M0.006Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
WY
Weyerhaeuser
4.1724 of 5 stars
$25.56
+3.0%
$33.75
+32.0%
-14.4%$18.55B$7.12B46.479,260Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.0718 of 5 stars
$277.70
+0.8%
$307.11
+10.6%
+15.9%$17.86B$1.77B24.061,770Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
SUI
Sun Communities
3.2669 of 5 stars
$123.50
+1.0%
$135.70
+9.9%
+15.7%$15.76B$3.20B66.407,590Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓

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This page (NYSE:CUZ) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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