Cousins Properties (CUZ) Stock Price, News & Analysis

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cousins Properties in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" CUZ shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CUZ, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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7 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Cousins Properties' stock. Their CUZ share price targets range from $19.00 to $27.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $23.29 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.0% from the stock's current price.
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Cousins Properties' stock was trading at $24.35 at the start of the year. Since then, CUZ stock has decreased by 8.9% and is now trading at $22.18.
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Cousins Properties saw a drop in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,830,000 shares, a drop of 24.5% from the March 15th total of 3,750,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,630,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.7 days. Currently, 1.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2024.
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Cousins Properties will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, April 26th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 888-660-6345 with passcode "19613#".

Cousins Properties Incorporated (NYSE:CUZ) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 7th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.12 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.53. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $197 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $198.47 million. Cousins Properties had a net margin of 10.33% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1.81%. Cousins Properties's revenue for the quarter was up 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.66 earnings per share.

Cousins Properties declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.32 per share on Monday, April 15th. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 3rd.
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Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.80%. CUZ has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 232.73%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, CUZ will have a dividend payout ratio of 47.94% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) stock in their portfolio include iShares Focused Value Factor ETF (FOVL), Invesco MSCI Green Building ETF (GBLD), U.S. Diversified Real Estate ETF (PPTY), Global X Green Building ETF (GRNR), WisdomTree New Economy Real Estate Fund (WTRE), Invesco S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value ETF (RFV), Invesco MSCI Sustainable Future ETF (PZD) and iShares US Credit Bond ETF (CRED).

Cousins Properties updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 7th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.570-2.670 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.580. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

12 employees have rated Cousins Properties Chief Executive Officer Thomas G. Cousins on Glassdoor.com. Thomas G. Cousins has an approval rating of 88% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Cousins Properties investors own include Hawkins (HWKN), Xtrackers California Municipal Bond ETF (CA), Endologix (ELGX), BlackRock (BLK), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Genocea Biosciences (GNCA), Micron Technology (MU).

Cousins Properties' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.11%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), Register Financial Advisors LLC (0.03%), State of Michigan Retirement System (0.02%), Pensionfund Sabic (0.01%) and Oak Thistle LLC (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include John S Mccoll and Scott W Fordham.
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Shares of CUZ stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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