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$27.72 +0.33 (+1.19%)
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CUZ vs. VNO, LXP, AAT, WSR, GOOD, OLP, GYRO, ESS, SUI, and KIM

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), Sun Communities (SUI), and Kimco Realty (KIM). 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 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.

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$1.79B3.81$70.39M$0.04887.50
Cousins Properties$856.76M5.42$45.96M$0.3092.23

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.

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%

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.

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)
2.09
Cousins Properties
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70

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.

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

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Vornado Realty TrustOutperform Votes
524
58.94%
Underperform Votes
365
41.06%
Cousins PropertiesOutperform Votes
285
56.89%
Underperform Votes
216
43.11%

Summary

Cousins Properties beats Vornado Realty Trust on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CUZ vs. The Competition

MetricCousins PropertiesReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.65B$6.79B$11.14B$18.90B
Dividend Yield4.78%7.30%5.92%4.15%
P/E Ratio92.2358.5022.1032.40
Price / Sales5.426.5925.8428.59
Price / Cash12.2617.3217.6017.53
Price / Book0.951.632.634.44
Net Income$45.96M$177.71M$1.04B$1.02B
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CUZ
Cousins Properties
4.304 of 5 stars
$27.67
+1.0%
$32.70
+18.2%
+19.7%$4.65B$856.76M92.23290Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
VNO
Vornado Realty Trust
3.719 of 5 stars
$33.12
-4.0%
$38.00
+14.7%
+32.5%$6.36B$1.79B828.003,150News Coverage
Positive News
LXP
LXP Industrial Trust
4.6593 of 5 stars
$7.60
-2.1%
$11.33
+49.1%
-8.3%$2.25B$358.46M58.4770Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
AAT
American Assets Trust
3.7494 of 5 stars
$18.79
-1.4%
$23.00
+22.4%
-12.5%$1.15B$457.85M21.11220Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
WSR
Whitestone REIT
2.633 of 5 stars
$13.05
-1.6%
$16.00
+22.6%
+15.5%$664.18M$155.51M31.8390Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
News Coverage
GOOD
Gladstone Commercial
2.9221 of 5 stars
$14.11
-0.4%
$15.00
+6.3%
+5.4%$645.63M$149.39M54.2770Dividend Announcement
Positive News
OLP
One Liberty Properties
3.3015 of 5 stars
$24.09
-0.7%
$28.00
+16.2%
+6.0%$520.03M$90.56M14.879Positive News
GYRO
Gyrodyne
N/A$7.93
flat
N/A-1.9%$17.43M$4.86M0.006Gap Up
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.4966 of 5 stars
$271.23
-1.5%
$307.11
+13.2%
+11.8%$17.45B$1.77B23.501,770Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
SUI
Sun Communities
3.5188 of 5 stars
$121.19
-1.7%
$135.70
+12.0%
+1.6%$15.46B$3.20B65.167,590Positive News
KIM
Kimco Realty
4.4265 of 5 stars
$20.08
-2.5%
$24.75
+23.3%
+10.3%$13.64B$2.04B35.86N/AUpcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Positive News

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