Jefferies Financial Group Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) Stock

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDPGet Free Report) had its price objective raised by stock analysts at Jefferies Financial Group from $32.00 to $33.00 in a report released on Monday, MarketBeat Ratings reports. The firm presently has a “buy” rating on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s price target indicates a potential upside of 18.72% from the company’s current price.

Several other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on CDP. Evercore ISI lowered their price objective on shares of COPT Defense Properties from $36.00 to $35.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, September 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on shares of COPT Defense Properties from $30.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 17th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of COPT Defense Properties in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. New Street Research set a $33.00 target price on shares of COPT Defense Properties in a report on Monday. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald started coverage on shares of COPT Defense Properties in a report on Wednesday, October 1st. They set an “overweight” rating and a $35.00 target price for the company. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, COPT Defense Properties presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $33.75.

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COPT Defense Properties Price Performance

Shares of CDP stock opened at $27.80 on Monday. COPT Defense Properties has a 1 year low of $23.92 and a 1 year high of $34.22. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $29.04 and its 200-day moving average is $27.91. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.72 and a beta of 0.94. The company has a current ratio of 2.96, a quick ratio of 2.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.58.

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDPGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 28th. The company reported $0.68 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.67 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $175.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $186.55 million. COPT Defense Properties had a net margin of 19.23% and a return on equity of 9.38%. COPT Defense Properties’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.64 earnings per share. COPT Defense Properties has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.660-0.680 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 2.650-2.690 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that COPT Defense Properties will post 2.67 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other COPT Defense Properties news, Director Lisa G. Trimberger sold 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.52, for a total value of $91,560.00. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 1.42% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of COPT Defense Properties

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Quarry LP lifted its stake in shares of COPT Defense Properties by 102.0% during the 1st quarter. Quarry LP now owns 1,186 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 599 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its stake in shares of COPT Defense Properties by 59.5% during the 2nd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,504 shares of the company’s stock worth $41,000 after buying an additional 561 shares during the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of COPT Defense Properties by 1,176.5% during the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,685 shares of the company’s stock worth $46,000 after buying an additional 1,553 shares during the last quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group lifted its stake in shares of COPT Defense Properties by 9,030.4% during the 1st quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 2,100 shares of the company’s stock worth $57,000 after buying an additional 2,077 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new stake in shares of COPT Defense Properties during the 1st quarter worth about $74,000.

About COPT Defense Properties

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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.

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