Cousins Properties (CUZ) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, VNO or CUZ?

Vornado Realty Trust has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cousins Properties has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is VNO or CUZ a better dividend stock?

Vornado Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Cousins Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Vornado Realty Trust pays out -103.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Does the media prefer VNO or CUZ?

In the previous week, Cousins Properties had 3 more articles in the media than Vornado Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Cousins Properties and 6 mentions for Vornado Realty Trust. Vornado Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Cousins Properties' score of 1.16 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	6 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in VNO or CUZ?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Cousins Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate VNO or CUZ?

Vornado Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $34.07, suggesting a potential downside of 16.11%. Cousins Properties has a consensus target price of $31.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.77%. Given Cousins Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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	3 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.91
Cousins Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VNO or CUZ?

Vornado Realty Trust received 247 more outperform votes than Cousins Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.36% of users gave Vornado Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Cousins Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vornado Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 523 59.36%	Underperform Votes 358 40.64%
Cousins Properties	Outperform Votes 276 56.67%	Underperform Votes 211 43.33%

Which has better earnings and valuation, VNO or CUZ?

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
Vornado Realty Trust	$1.81B	4.27	$105.49M	-$0.29	-140.03
Cousins Properties	$828.41M	5.63	$82.96M	$0.33	92.88

Is VNO or CUZ 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
Vornado Realty Trust	0.46%	1.72%	0.48%
Cousins Properties	6.17%	1.14%	0.66%

Summary

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