What is Wedbush’s Forecast for CDP Q2 Earnings?

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) – Analysts at Wedbush issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for COPT Defense Properties in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, May 12th. Wedbush analyst R. Anderson forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.66 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for COPT Defense Properties’ current full-year earnings is $2.67 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for COPT Defense Properties’ Q3 2025 earnings at $0.68 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.67 EPS.

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group began coverage on shares of COPT Defense Properties in a report on Monday, March 17th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $31.00 target price on the stock. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, COPT Defense Properties currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $33.43.

COPT Defense Properties Stock Up 2.9%

CDP opened at $27.21 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $26.47 and its 200-day simple moving average is $28.92. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.56, a quick ratio of 2.38 and a current ratio of 2.47. COPT Defense Properties has a twelve month low of $23.47 and a twelve month high of $34.22. The firm has a market cap of $3.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.12 and a beta of 0.86.

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April 28th. The company reported $0.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.65. The firm had revenue of $187.86 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $186.37 million. COPT Defense Properties had a net margin of 18.44% and a return on equity of 9.07%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.62 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new stake in shares of COPT Defense Properties in the 4th quarter valued at about $16,063,000. KBC Group NV boosted its holdings in shares of COPT Defense Properties by 33.4% in the 4th quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 5,081 shares of the company’s stock valued at $157,000 after buying an additional 1,271 shares during the last quarter. Cbre Investment Management Listed Real Assets LLC boosted its holdings in shares of COPT Defense Properties by 192.9% in the 4th quarter. Cbre Investment Management Listed Real Assets LLC now owns 1,158,207 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,847,000 after buying an additional 762,840 shares during the last quarter. Resona Asset Management Co. Ltd. acquired a new stake in shares of COPT Defense Properties in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $1,397,000. Finally, Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC boosted its holdings in shares of COPT Defense Properties by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC now owns 1,359,335 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,071,000 after buying an additional 5,031 shares during the last quarter.

COPT Defense Properties Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 16th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 31st were given a dividend of $0.305 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 31st. This is an increase from COPT Defense Properties’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. This represents a $1.22 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.48%. COPT Defense Properties’s dividend payout ratio is presently 97.60%.

About COPT Defense Properties

COPT Defense Properties is a real estate investment trust. It acquires, develops, manages, sells, and leases out office properties and data centers. The firm operates through the following segments: Defense/Information Technology Locations, Regional Office, Wholesale Data Center, and Other. The company was founded on January 22,1988 and is headquartered in Columbia, MD.