Cousins Properties (CUZ) Competitors $27.72 +0.33 (+1.19%) As of 04/24/2025 03:53 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock CUZ vs. VNO, LXP, AAT, WSR, GOOD, OLP, GYRO, ESS, SUI, and KIMShould 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), Sun Communities (SUI), and Kimco Realty (KIM). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector. Cousins Properties vs. Vornado Realty Trust LXP Industrial Trust American Assets Trust Whitestone REIT Gladstone Commercial One Liberty Properties Gyrodyne Essex Property Trust Sun Communities Kimco Realty Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) and Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends. Which has preferable valuation & earnings, VNO or CUZ? 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 RatioVornado Realty Trust$1.79B3.81$70.39M$0.04887.50Cousins Properties$856.76M5.42$45.96M$0.3092.23 Is VNO or CUZ a better dividend stock? Vornado Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Cousins Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. 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. Is VNO or CUZ more profitable? 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% Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 endowments, large money managers 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 price target of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.04%. Cousins Properties has a consensus price target of $32.70, indicating a potential upside of 18.18%. Given Cousins Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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) 2.09Cousins Properties 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.70 Which has more volatility and risk, VNO or CUZ? Vornado Realty Trust has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cousins Properties has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor VNO or CUZ? In the previous week, Vornado Realty Trust and Vornado Realty Trust both had 9 articles in the media. Vornado Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Cousins Properties' score of 1.39 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 5 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Cousins Properties 8 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Does the MarketBeat Community favor VNO or CUZ? Vornado Realty Trust received 239 more outperform votes than Cousins Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.94% of users gave Vornado Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 56.89% of users gave Cousins Properties an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformVornado Realty TrustOutperform Votes52458.94% Underperform Votes36541.06% Cousins PropertiesOutperform Votes28556.89% Underperform Votes21643.11% SummaryCousins Properties beats Vornado Realty Trust on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Cousins Properties News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CUZ and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart CUZ vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricCousins PropertiesReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$4.65B$6.79B$11.14B$18.90BDividend Yield4.78%7.30%5.92%4.15%P/E Ratio92.2358.5022.1032.40Price / Sales5.426.5925.8428.59Price / Cash12.2617.3217.6017.53Price / Book0.951.632.634.44Net Income$45.96M$177.71M$1.04B$1.02B7 Day Performance3.16%0.69%2.57%3.36%1 Month Performance-8.88%-7.88%-2.20%-5.77%1 Year Performance19.68%2.76%536.10%3.58% Cousins Properties Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CUZCousins Properties4.304 of 5 stars$27.67+1.0%$32.70+18.2%+19.7%$4.65B$856.76M92.23290Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsVNOVornado Realty Trust3.719 of 5 stars$33.12-4.0%$38.00+14.7%+32.5%$6.36B$1.79B828.003,150News CoveragePositive NewsLXPLXP Industrial Trust4.6593 of 5 stars$7.60-2.1%$11.33+49.1%-8.3%$2.25B$358.46M58.4770Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsAATAmerican Assets Trust3.7494 of 5 stars$18.79-1.4%$23.00+22.4%-12.5%$1.15B$457.85M21.11220Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastPositive NewsWSRWhitestone REIT2.633 of 5 stars$13.05-1.6%$16.00+22.6%+15.5%$664.18M$155.51M31.8390Upcoming EarningsDividend IncreaseNews CoverageGOODGladstone Commercial2.9221 of 5 stars$14.11-0.4%$15.00+6.3%+5.4%$645.63M$149.39M54.2770Dividend AnnouncementPositive NewsOLPOne Liberty Properties3.3015 of 5 stars$24.09-0.7%$28.00+16.2%+6.0%$520.03M$90.56M14.879Positive NewsGYROGyrodyneN/A$7.93flatN/A-1.9%$17.43M$4.86M0.006Gap UpESSEssex Property Trust4.4966 of 5 stars$271.23-1.5%$307.11+13.2%+11.8%$17.45B$1.77B23.501,770Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsSUISun Communities3.5188 of 5 stars$121.19-1.7%$135.70+12.0%+1.6%$15.46B$3.20B65.167,590Positive NewsKIMKimco Realty4.4265 of 5 stars$20.08-2.5%$24.75+23.3%+10.3%$13.64B$2.04B35.86N/AUpcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastPositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Vornado Realty Trust Competitors LXP Industrial Trust Competitors American Assets Trust Competitors Whitestone REIT Competitors Gladstone Commercial Competitors One Liberty Properties Competitors Gyrodyne Competitors Essex Property Trust Competitors Sun Communities Competitors Kimco Realty Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:CUZ) was last updated on 4/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | SponsoredGet Your Bank Account “Fed Invasion” Ready with THESE 4 Simple StepsStarting as soon as a few months from now, the United States government will make a sweeping change to bank ac...Weiss Ratings | SponsoredAltucher: Turn $900 into $108,000 in just 12 months?We are entering the final Trump Bump of our lives. 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