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

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

Cousins Properties Stock Up 1.6 %

Cousins Properties stock opened at $30.62 on Friday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $30.35 and a 200 day simple moving average of $29.59. The company has a current ratio of 1.17, a quick ratio of 1.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60. Cousins Properties has a 1-year low of $21.58 and a 1-year high of $32.55. 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 released its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.07 by $0.62. Cousins Properties had a net margin of 6.17% and a return on equity of 1.14%. Research analysts anticipate that Cousins Properties will post 2.68 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Cousins Properties Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, January 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 3rd were given a dividend of $0.32 per share. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.18%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 3rd. Cousins Properties’s payout ratio is 387.88%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Barclays cut their price target on Cousins Properties from $36.00 to $35.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday. KeyCorp upgraded Cousins Properties from a “sector weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $34.00 price target for the company in a research note on Tuesday, December 17th. Robert W. Baird boosted their target price on shares of Cousins Properties from $33.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, December 12th. BMO Capital Markets lowered shares of Cousins Properties from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $31.00 to $32.00 in a research note on Tuesday, December 3rd. Finally, Mizuho raised Cousins Properties from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $22.00 to $30.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Cousins Properties currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $33.11.

About Cousins Properties

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.