Nippon Building Fund (OTCMKTS:NBFJF) vs. Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) Head-To-Head Comparison

Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) and Nippon Building Fund (OTCMKTS:NBFJF) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Cousins Properties and Nippon Building Fund, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cousins Properties	2	0	4	0	2.33
Nippon Building Fund	0	0	0	0	N/A

Cousins Properties currently has a consensus price target of $23.67, indicating a potential upside of 5.77%. Given Cousins Properties’ higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cousins Properties is more favorable than Nippon Building Fund.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

94.4% of Cousins Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.3% of Nippon Building Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Cousins Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Cousins Properties and Nippon Building Fund’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cousins Properties	$802.87 million	4.24	$82.96 million	$0.55	40.68
Nippon Building Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Cousins Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Nippon Building Fund.

Profitability

This table compares Cousins Properties and Nippon Building Fund’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cousins Properties	10.33%	1.81%	1.09%
Nippon Building Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Cousins Properties beats Nippon Building Fund on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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. Founded in 1958, Cousins creates shareholder value through its extensive expertise in the development, acquisition, leasing, and management of high-quality real estate assets. The Company has a comprehensive strategy in place based on a simple platform, trophy assets, and opportunistic investments.

About Nippon Building Fund

NBF (Nippon Building Fund Inc.) is Japan's largest real estate investment trust (J-REIT) which invests in office buildings primarily in Tokyo as well as nationwide. its objective is to source the solid growth of the stable revenues from its assets through exploitation of Mitsui Fudossan's know-how.