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$26.01 -1.15 (-4.23%)
Closing price 04/4/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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CUZ vs. VNO, LXP, AAT, WSR, GOOD, OLP, GYRO, ESS, MAA, and SUI

Should you be buying Cousins Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cousins Properties include Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), American Assets Trust (AAT), Whitestone REIT (WSR), Gladstone Commercial (GOOD), One Liberty Properties (OLP), Gyrodyne (GYRO), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), and Sun Communities (SUI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Cousins Properties vs.

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

Vornado Realty Trust received 240 more outperform votes than Cousins Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.01% of users gave Vornado Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 56.91% of users gave Cousins Properties an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Vornado Realty TrustOutperform Votes
524
59.01%
Underperform Votes
364
40.99%
Cousins PropertiesOutperform Votes
284
56.91%
Underperform Votes
215
43.09%

Cousins Properties has a net margin of 5.36% compared to Vornado Realty Trust's net margin of 3.94%. Vornado Realty Trust's return on equity of 1.60% beat Cousins Properties' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vornado Realty Trust3.94% 1.60% 0.44%
Cousins Properties 5.36%1.00%0.58%

Vornado Realty Trust has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cousins Properties has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Vornado Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $38.55, suggesting a potential upside of 16.95%. Cousins Properties has a consensus price target of $32.89, suggesting a potential upside of 26.45%. Given Cousins Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.09
Cousins Properties
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Vornado Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Cousins Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Vornado Realty Trust pays out 1,850.0% 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 426.7% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vornado Realty Trust$1.79B3.52$70.39M$0.04823.98
Cousins Properties$856.76M5.10$45.96M$0.3086.70

In the previous week, Vornado Realty Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Cousins Properties. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Vornado Realty Trust and 13 mentions for Cousins Properties. Vornado Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Cousins Properties' score of 1.53 indicating that Vornado Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Cousins Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Vornado Realty Trust and Cousins Properties tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CUZ vs. The Competition

MetricCousins PropertiesReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.37B$6.59B$10.34B$17.75B
Dividend Yield4.32%6.72%5.42%3.79%
P/E Ratio86.7056.8621.4029.96
Price / Sales5.106.5225.0124.27
Price / Cash12.2617.3217.6317.53
Price / Book0.901.602.564.13
Net Income$45.96M$177.71M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-11.86%-6.88%-5.35%-8.65%
1 Month Performance-12.70%-9.88%494.71%-10.75%
1 Year Performance15.27%0.91%527.87%-5.27%

Cousins Properties Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CUZ
Cousins Properties
4.3427 of 5 stars
$26.01
-4.2%
$32.89
+26.4%
+15.0%$4.37B$856.76M86.70290Positive News
Gap Down
VNO
Vornado Realty Trust
4.2848 of 5 stars
$37.07
+0.8%
$38.55
+4.0%
+20.6%$7.08B$1.79B926.853,150Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Down
LXP
LXP Industrial Trust
4.3907 of 5 stars
$8.66
-1.1%
$11.33
+30.9%
-9.7%$2.56B$358.46M66.5870News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
AAT
American Assets Trust
3.9303 of 5 stars
$20.13
+0.4%
$23.00
+14.3%
-10.3%$1.23B$457.85M22.62220News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
WSR
Whitestone REIT
2.5685 of 5 stars
$14.61
+0.5%
$16.00
+9.6%
+16.0%$743.32M$155.51M35.6290Ex-Dividend
GOOD
Gladstone Commercial
2.9882 of 5 stars
$14.98
+0.5%
$15.00
+0.1%
+6.5%$685.44M$149.39M57.6270
OLP
One Liberty Properties
2.3414 of 5 stars
$26.32
+0.7%
$28.00
+6.4%
+11.6%$568.06M$90.56M16.249
GYRO
Gyrodyne
N/A$8.33
+0.2%
N/A-2.6%$18.31M$4.86M0.006
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.4136 of 5 stars
$306.95
+0.3%
$307.16
+0.1%
+15.2%$19.74B$1.77B26.601,770News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
4.3968 of 5 stars
$167.60
+1.0%
$168.90
+0.8%
+21.0%$19.59B$2.19B37.412,390Insider Trade
Positive News
SUI
Sun Communities
2.6709 of 5 stars
$128.53
-1.3%
$136.60
+6.3%
+1.2%$16.40B$3.20B69.107,590Positive News
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