Cousins Properties (CUZ) Competitors

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

Is CUZ or VNO a better dividend stock?

Cousins Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Vornado Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Cousins Properties pays out 387.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vornado Realty Trust pays out -255.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CUZ or VNO?

Vornado Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Cousins Properties. Vornado Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cousins Properties, 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
Cousins Properties	$828.41M	5.77	$82.96M	$0.33	91.64
Vornado Realty Trust	$1.77B	4.47	$105.49M	-$0.29	-143.14

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CUZ or VNO?

Vornado Realty Trust received 244 more outperform votes than Cousins Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.30% of users gave Vornado Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 56.82% of users gave Cousins Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cousins Properties	Outperform Votes 279 56.82%	Underperform Votes 212 43.18%
Vornado Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 523 59.30%	Underperform Votes 359 40.70%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CUZ or VNO?

94.4% of Cousins Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Cousins Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, CUZ or VNO?

Cousins Properties has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vornado Realty Trust has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CUZ or VNO more profitable?

Cousins Properties has a net margin of 6.17% compared to Vornado Realty Trust's net margin of 0.46%. Vornado Realty Trust's return on equity of 1.72% beat Cousins Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cousins Properties	6.17%	1.14%	0.66%
Vornado Realty Trust	0.46%	1.72%	0.48%

Do analysts rate CUZ or VNO?

Cousins Properties currently has a consensus price target of $33.14, indicating a potential upside of 9.60%. Vornado Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $36.58, indicating a potential downside of 11.89%. Given Cousins Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Cousins Properties is more favorable than Vornado Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cousins Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Vornado Realty Trust	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer CUZ or VNO?

In the previous week, Cousins Properties had 12 more articles in the media than Vornado Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Cousins Properties and 4 mentions for Vornado Realty Trust. Vornado Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Cousins Properties' score of 0.72 indicating that Vornado Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cousins Properties	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vornado Realty Trust	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

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