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 -.

Cousins Properties Price Performance

NYSE CUZ opened at $31.22 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.17, a current ratio of 1.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60. The company has a market cap of $4.94 billion, a PE ratio of 94.61, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.94 and a beta of 1.29. Cousins Properties has a 52 week low of $21.58 and a 52 week high of $32.55. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $30.35 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $29.59.

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, beating 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%. Research analysts predict that Cousins Properties will post 2.68 earnings per share for the current year.

Cousins Properties Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, January 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 3rd were given a $0.32 dividend. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.10%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 3rd. Cousins Properties’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 387.88%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have commented on CUZ. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded Cousins Properties from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $33.00 to $36.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 2nd. KeyCorp raised shares of Cousins Properties from a “sector weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $34.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Tuesday, December 17th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on shares of Cousins Properties from $31.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th. StockNews.com lowered shares of Cousins Properties from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 9th. Finally, Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on Cousins Properties from $33.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. One investment 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. According to MarketBeat, Cousins Properties currently 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.