Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ - Get Free Report) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.730-2.830 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.730. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Cousins Properties Stock Performance

Shares of Cousins Properties stock traded down $0.69 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $30.52. 1,539,054 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,186,379. Cousins Properties has a 1 year low of $21.58 and a 1 year high of $32.55. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 101.75, a P/E/G ratio of 3.95 and a beta of 1.29. The company has a current ratio of 1.17, a quick ratio of 1.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60. The business has a 50-day moving average of $30.33 and a 200-day moving average of $29.74.

Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.69 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.07 by $0.62. Cousins Properties had a net margin of 5.36% and a return on equity of 1.03%. As a group, analysts expect that Cousins Properties will post 2.73 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Cousins Properties Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, January 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 3rd were given a $0.32 dividend. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.19%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 3rd. Cousins Properties's payout ratio is 426.67%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on CUZ. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on shares of Cousins Properties from $31.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Truist Financial increased their target price on shares of Cousins Properties from $30.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, December 18th. KeyCorp raised Cousins Properties from a "sector weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and set a $34.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, December 17th. Jefferies Financial Group raised Cousins Properties from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and raised their price objective for the company from $33.00 to $36.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 2nd. Finally, Robert W. Baird upped their target price on Cousins Properties from $33.00 to $34.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, December 12th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $33.11.

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.