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$27.00 +0.04 (+0.13%)
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CUZ vs. AAT, BDN, BXP, DEI, HIW, JBGS, KRC, PDM, SLG, and VNO

Should you be buying Cousins Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cousins Properties include American Assets Trust (AAT), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), BXP (BXP), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Highwoods Properties (HIW), JBG SMITH Properties (JBGS), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Piedmont Realty Trust (PDM), SL Green Realty (SLG), and Vornado Realty Trust (VNO). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Cousins Properties vs. Its Competitors

Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) and American Assets Trust (NYSE:AAT) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Cousins Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Cousins Properties pays out 345.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Assets Trust pays out 117.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Assets Trust has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. American Assets Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Cousins Properties had 9 more articles in the media than American Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Cousins Properties and 6 mentions for American Assets Trust. American Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Cousins Properties' score of 0.85 indicating that American Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cousins Properties
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American Assets Trust
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

American Assets Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cousins Properties. American Assets 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$925.00M4.90$45.96M$0.3772.96
American Assets Trust$452.81M2.57$72.82M$1.1616.38

American Assets Trust has a net margin of 16.26% compared to Cousins Properties' net margin of 6.51%. American Assets Trust's return on equity of 6.47% beat Cousins Properties' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cousins Properties6.51% 1.27% 0.70%
American Assets Trust 16.26%6.47%2.34%

Cousins Properties has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

94.4% of Cousins Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Cousins Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.8% of American Assets Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Cousins Properties currently has a consensus price target of $32.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.39%. American Assets Trust has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.54%. Given Cousins Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cousins Properties is more favorable than American Assets Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cousins Properties
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
American Assets Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

American Assets Trust beats Cousins Properties on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CUZ vs. The Competition

MetricCousins PropertiesREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.53B$8.35B$12.15B$20.70B
Dividend Yield4.79%6.07%5.64%3.66%
P/E Ratio72.9675.6619.8628.65
Price / Sales4.904.8526.0468.85
Price / Cash10.8917.8421.4923.59
Price / Book0.941.622.114.32
Net Income$45.96M$128.99M$1.00B$995.66M
7 Day Performance1.64%1.92%1.01%1.91%
1 Month Performance-6.95%-1.25%-0.11%-0.54%
1 Year Performance-0.79%-7.25%543.15%14.76%

Cousins Properties Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CUZ
Cousins Properties
3.9066 of 5 stars
$27.00
+0.1%
$32.50
+20.4%
+0.9%$4.53B$925.00M72.96290
AAT
American Assets Trust
3.9436 of 5 stars
$18.82
+0.6%
$21.00
+11.6%
-24.9%$1.14B$457.86M16.22220Positive News
BDN
Brandywine Realty Trust
4.1601 of 5 stars
$3.85
+0.9%
$5.00
+30.0%
-14.7%$661.79M$505.52M-2.05330Positive News
BXP
BXP
3.9486 of 5 stars
$65.74
+1.7%
$77.71
+18.2%
-2.8%$10.23B$3.41B2,192.20780
DEI
Douglas Emmett
3.9014 of 5 stars
$14.84
-0.5%
$17.78
+19.8%
-3.9%$2.50B$986.48M46.38750Positive News
Earnings Report
HIW
Highwoods Properties
3.5795 of 5 stars
$28.46
-0.6%
$32.00
+12.5%
-5.1%$3.09B$825.86M23.91340Positive News
JBGS
JBG SMITH Properties
2.0974 of 5 stars
$20.55
-1.7%
$16.00
-22.1%
+20.4%$1.29B$547.31M-10.87910
KRC
Kilroy Realty
4.1925 of 5 stars
$37.54
+2.7%
$37.91
+1.0%
+15.5%$4.32B$1.14B20.40260Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PDM
Piedmont Realty Trust
2.4419 of 5 stars
$7.61
+3.9%
$8.67
+14.0%
-7.6%$911.37M$570.32M-13.83150Positive News
SLG
SL Green Realty
3.3439 of 5 stars
$56.03
+0.5%
$67.29
+20.1%
-11.6%$3.98B$886.27M-103.761,221Positive News
VNO
Vornado Realty Trust
4.0519 of 5 stars
$38.67
+2.7%
$38.09
-1.5%
+25.2%$7.22B$1.79B74.372,996Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast

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