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

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have weighed in on CUZ shares. Jefferies Financial Group raised Cousins Properties from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price target for the company from $33.00 to $36.00 in a report on Thursday, January 2nd. StockNews.com cut Cousins Properties from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 9th. Barclays lowered their price target on Cousins Properties from $36.00 to $35.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday. KeyCorp upgraded Cousins Properties from a “sector weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $34.00 price objective for the company in a report on Tuesday, December 17th. Finally, Robert W. Baird increased their price target on Cousins Properties from $33.00 to $34.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, December 12th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $33.11.

Cousins Properties Trading Up 1.6 %

Shares of CUZ stock opened at $30.62 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60, a quick ratio of 1.17 and a current ratio of 1.17. Cousins Properties has a 52-week low of $21.58 and a 52-week high of $32.55. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $30.35 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $29.59. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.84 billion, a PE ratio of 92.80, a PEG ratio of 3.94 and a beta of 1.29.

Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) last posted its 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 return on equity of 1.14% and a net margin of 6.17%. On average, analysts predict that Cousins Properties will post 2.68 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Cousins Properties Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, January 14th. Investors of record on Friday, January 3rd were given 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 yield of 4.18%. Cousins Properties’s dividend payout ratio is presently 387.88%.

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.