Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 2.730-2.830 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 2.730. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Cousins Properties Stock Performance

NYSE CUZ traded up $0.47 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $30.62. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,798,541 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,153,350. Cousins Properties has a 12 month low of $21.58 and a 12 month high of $32.55. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $30.38 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $29.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60, a current ratio of 1.17 and a quick ratio of 1.17. The company has a market cap of $4.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 92.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.94 and a beta of 1.29.

Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.69 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.07 by $0.62. Cousins Properties had a net margin of 6.17% and a return on equity of 1.14%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Cousins Properties will post 2.68 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Cousins Properties Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, January 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 3rd were paid a $0.32 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 3rd. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.18%. Cousins Properties’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 387.88%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have weighed in on CUZ shares. StockNews.com downgraded Cousins Properties from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday, January 9th. Barclays dropped their price objective on shares of Cousins Properties from $36.00 to $35.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday. Robert W. Baird upped their target price on shares of Cousins Properties from $33.00 to $34.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, December 12th. Truist Financial lifted their price target on shares of Cousins Properties from $30.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 18th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets lowered Cousins Properties from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $31.00 to $32.00 in a research note on Tuesday, December 3rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $33.11.

Cousins Properties Company Profile

Cousins Properties Incorporated ("Cousins") is a fully integrated, self-administered, and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company, based in Atlanta and acting through its operating partnership, Cousins Properties LP, primarily invests in Class A office buildings located in high-growth Sun Belt markets.