Cousins Properties (CUZ) Competitors

Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) and Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend VNO or CUZ?

Vornado Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $24.45, suggesting a potential downside of 0.27%. Cousins Properties has a consensus price target of $23.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.32%. Given Vornado Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cousins Properties is more favorable than Vornado Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vornado Realty Trust	5 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.55
Cousins Properties	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VNO or CUZ?

90.0% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Cousins Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Cousins Properties shares are owned by 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.

Is VNO or CUZ a better dividend stock?

Vornado Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Cousins Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Vornado Realty Trust pays out 200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cousins Properties pays out 261.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cousins Properties has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Cousins Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is VNO or CUZ more profitable?

Cousins Properties has a net margin of 9.15% compared to Cousins Properties' net margin of 5.07%. Cousins Properties' return on equity of 3.02% beat Vornado Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vornado Realty Trust	5.07%	3.02%	0.87%
Cousins Properties	9.15%	1.62%	0.97%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VNO or CUZ?

Vornado Realty Trust received 250 more outperform votes than Cousins Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.56% of users gave Vornado Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 56.39% of users gave Cousins Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vornado Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 519 60.56%	Underperform Votes 338 39.44%
Cousins Properties	Outperform Votes 269 56.39%	Underperform Votes 208 43.61%

Which has more volatility & risk, VNO or CUZ?

Vornado Realty Trust has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cousins Properties has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer VNO or CUZ?

In the previous week, Vornado Realty Trust and Vornado Realty Trust both had 3 articles in the media. Vornado Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Cousins Properties' score of 0.75 indicating that Cousins Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vornado Realty Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cousins Properties	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, VNO or CUZ?

Vornado Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Cousins Properties. Cousins Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vornado Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vornado Realty Trust	$1.80B	2.59	$105.49M	$0.15	163.47
Cousins Properties	$809.39M	4.35	$82.96M	$0.49	47.20

Summary

Cousins Properties beats Vornado Realty Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.