Cousins Properties (CUZ) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vornado Realty Trust	$1.79B	4.14	$70.39M	$0.04	970.10
Cousins Properties	$856.76M	5.89	$45.96M	$0.30	100.30

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VNO or CUZ?

Vornado Realty Trust received 242 more outperform votes than Cousins Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.21% of users gave Vornado Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 56.85% of users gave Cousins Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vornado Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 524 59.21%	Underperform Votes 361 40.79%
Cousins Properties	Outperform Votes 282 56.85%	Underperform Votes 214 43.15%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in VNO or CUZ?

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

Do analysts prefer VNO or CUZ?

Vornado Realty Trust presently has a consensus target price of $37.98, indicating a potential downside of 2.13%. Cousins Properties has a consensus target price of $33.11, indicating a potential upside of 10.04%. Given Cousins Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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	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

Which has more risk & volatility, VNO or CUZ?

Vornado Realty Trust has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cousins Properties has a beta of 1.29, indicating 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 $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Cousins Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 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.

Does the media favor VNO or CUZ?

In the previous week, Vornado Realty Trust had 9 more articles in the media than Cousins Properties. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Vornado Realty Trust and 6 mentions for Cousins Properties. Vornado Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Cousins Properties' score of 0.91 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	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Cousins Properties	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 Trust	3.94%	1.60%	0.44%
Cousins Properties	5.36%	1.00%	0.58%

Summary

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