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$26.68 -0.26 (-0.95%)
Closing price 05/22/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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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.

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%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cousins PropertiesOutperform Votes
287
56.72%
Underperform Votes
219
43.28%
Vornado Realty TrustOutperform Votes
524
58.81%
Underperform Votes
367
41.19%

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.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cousins Properties$897.85M4.99$45.96M$0.3380.86
Vornado Realty Trust$1.81B3.94$70.39M$0.5271.50

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cousins Properties
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Vornado Realty Trust
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Cousins Properties and Vornado Realty Trust tied by winning 10 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$4.48B$6.84B$11.47B$19.30B
Dividend Yield4.47%6.71%5.45%3.83%
P/E Ratio88.9560.0922.4234.53
Price / Sales4.998.3127.6334.84
Price / Cash12.2617.3217.6217.51
Price / Book0.921.642.774.69
Net Income$45.96M$177.71M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-6.94%-3.35%-1.34%-2.43%
1 Month Performance-2.68%1.08%5.24%6.27%
1 Year Performance16.76%2.86%538.04%5.78%

Cousins Properties Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CUZ
Cousins Properties
4.3887 of 5 stars
$26.69
-0.9%
$32.20
+20.7%
+13.2%$4.48B$897.85M88.95290Positive News
Analyst Forecast
VNO
Vornado Realty Trust
2.6932 of 5 stars
$39.17
-1.2%
$38.00
-3.0%
+54.8%$7.52B$1.81B979.253,150Positive News
Analyst Revision
LXP
LXP Industrial Trust
4.6005 of 5 stars
$8.40
flat
$11.00
+31.0%
-4.9%$2.48B$361.07M64.6270Positive News
AAT
American Assets Trust
3.1383 of 5 stars
$20.14
+1.0%
$21.00
+4.3%
-12.3%$1.23B$455.77M22.63220Positive News
GOOD
Gladstone Commercial
3.0433 of 5 stars
$14.29
+0.3%
$15.00
+5.0%
-4.5%$661.38M$151.17M54.9670Positive News
Dividend Announcement
WSR
Whitestone REIT
3.4034 of 5 stars
$12.68
-0.4%
$15.00
+18.3%
-4.3%$645.36M$156.07M30.9390
OLP
One Liberty Properties
3.1675 of 5 stars
$24.53
+0.2%
$28.00
+14.1%
+0.1%$529.70M$92.04M15.149Positive News
GYRO
Gyrodyne
N/A$9.36
+24.0%
N/A+6.2%$20.58M$4.86M0.006Gap Up
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.2246 of 5 stars
$286.31
-0.8%
$312.17
+9.0%
+4.1%$18.43B$1.81B24.811,770Positive News
Analyst Revision
SUI
Sun Communities
4.3448 of 5 stars
$123.45
+0.1%
$138.70
+12.4%
-2.8%$15.76B$3.20B66.377,590Positive News
Analyst Forecast
KIM
Kimco Realty
4.4692 of 5 stars
$21.67
-0.1%
$24.68
+13.9%
+8.3%$14.66B$2.07B38.70N/APositive News

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