COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP - Get Free Report) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.640-0.660 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.650. The company issued revenue guidance of -. COPT Defense Properties also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.620-2.700 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have commented on CDP shares. Truist Financial raised their price objective on COPT Defense Properties from $31.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. BTIG Research boosted their price target on shares of COPT Defense Properties from $33.00 to $38.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. Evercore ISI raised their price objective on shares of COPT Defense Properties from $33.00 to $36.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group decreased their target price on shares of COPT Defense Properties from $37.00 to $35.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, January 2nd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $32.88.

COPT Defense Properties Stock Down 2.3 %

Shares of NYSE CDP traded down $0.68 during trading on Monday, hitting $28.83. The stock had a trading volume of 1,081,538 shares, compared to its average volume of 877,017. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $30.67 and a two-hundred day moving average of $30.54. The company has a market capitalization of $3.25 billion, a PE ratio of 23.43 and a beta of 0.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.56, a current ratio of 2.38 and a quick ratio of 2.38. COPT Defense Properties has a 12 month low of $22.20 and a 12 month high of $34.22.

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $0.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.32 by $0.33. COPT Defense Properties had a net margin of 18.44% and a return on equity of 9.08%. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that COPT Defense Properties will post 2.67 EPS for the current fiscal year.

COPT Defense Properties Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st were given a dividend of $0.295 per share. This represents a $1.18 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.09%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. COPT Defense Properties's payout ratio is 95.93%.

COPT Defense Properties Company Profile

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.