Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for CDP FY2026 Earnings

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Wedbush issued their FY2026 earnings estimates for shares of COPT Defense Properties in a research note issued on Monday, February 10th. Wedbush analyst R. Anderson forecasts that the company will earn $2.72 per share for the year. The consensus estimate for COPT Defense Properties' current full-year earnings is $2.67 per share.

CDP has been the subject of a number of other research reports. 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. BTIG Research upped 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. Truist Financial upped their price target on shares of COPT Defense Properties from $31.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Finally, Evercore ISI upped their price target 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. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $32.88.

COPT Defense Properties Stock Down 2.4 %

NYSE:CDP traded down $0.67 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $27.19. 1,494,665 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 857,079. COPT Defense Properties has a 12-month low of $22.20 and a 12-month high of $34.22. The business has a 50-day moving average of $30.23 and a two-hundred day moving average of $30.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.56, a quick ratio of 2.38 and a current ratio of 2.38. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.06 billion, a PE ratio of 22.10 and a beta of 0.98.

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $0.65 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.33. COPT Defense Properties had a net margin of 18.44% and a return on equity of 9.08%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On COPT Defense Properties

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of CDP. Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its position in COPT Defense Properties by 813.0% during the fourth quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 6,247,854 shares of the company's stock worth $193,371,000 after acquiring an additional 5,563,548 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in COPT Defense Properties during the fourth quarter worth about $45,718,000. Cbre Investment Management Listed Real Assets LLC boosted its position in COPT Defense Properties by 192.9% during the fourth quarter. Cbre Investment Management Listed Real Assets LLC now owns 1,158,207 shares of the company's stock worth $35,847,000 after acquiring an additional 762,840 shares during the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. boosted its position in COPT Defense Properties by 61.2% during the fourth quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 1,906,341 shares of the company's stock worth $59,001,000 after acquiring an additional 723,486 shares during the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in COPT Defense Properties by 35.8% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,693,332 shares of the company's stock worth $81,689,000 after acquiring an additional 710,491 shares during the last quarter.

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.