How to buy Cousins Properties Incorporated stock (CUZ)

Cousins Properties Incorporated is a reit - office business based in the US. Cousins Properties Incorporated shares (CUZ) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $30.24 – a decrease of 1.31% over the previous week. Cousins Properties Incorporated employs 305 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $827.9 million.

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Cousins Properties Incorporated stock price (NYSE: CUZ)

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Cousins Properties Incorporated shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-19.

Latest market close	$30.24
52-week range	$20.77 - $32.55
50-day moving average more info button	$30.93
200-day moving average more info button	$26.43
Wall St. target price	$31.27
PE ratio more info button	86.4118
Dividend yield more info button	$1.28 (4.36%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$0.34

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Cousins Properties Incorporated price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $29.83 from 2024-12-19

1 week (2024-12-13)	-2.64%
1 month (2024-11-21)	-5.36%
3 months (2024-09-20)	1.64%
6 months (2024-06-21)	28.97%

1 year (2023-12-21)	24.08%
2 years (2022-12-21)	32.51%
3 years (2021-12-21)	33.3945
5 years (2019-12-20)	32.8506

Is Cousins Properties Incorporated stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Cousins Properties Incorporated stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Cousins Properties Incorporated's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Cousins Properties Incorporated's P/E ratio

Cousins Properties Incorporated's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 86x. In other words, Cousins Properties Incorporated shares trade at around 86x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Cousins Properties Incorporated's EBITDA

Cousins Properties Incorporated's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $515.1 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Cousins Properties Incorporated's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Cousins Properties Incorporated financials

Revenue TTM	$827.9 million
Operating margin TTM	20.45%
Gross profit TTM	$507.1 million
Return on assets TTM	1.39%
Return on equity TTM	1.15%
Profit margin	6.17%
Book value	$29.03
Market Capitalization more info button	$4.9 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Cousins Properties Incorporated share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 3.88% of net profits

Recently Cousins Properties Incorporated has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Cousins Properties Incorporated shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Cousins Properties Incorporated's case, that would currently equate to about $1.28 per share.

While Cousins Properties Incorporated's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Cousins Properties Incorporated is investing more in its future growth.

Cousins Properties Incorporated's most recent dividend payout was on 14 October 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 2 October 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Cousins Properties Incorporated's shares ever split?

Cousins Properties Incorporated's shares were split on a 1:4 basis on 16 June 2019 . So if you had owned 4 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Cousins Properties Incorporated shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 300% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Cousins Properties Incorporated shares which in turn could have impacted Cousins Properties Incorporated's share price.

Cousins Properties Incorporated share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Cousins Properties Incorporated's shares have ranged in value from as little as $20.7663 up to $32.55. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Cousins Properties Incorporated's is 1.281. This would suggest that Cousins Properties Incorporated's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Cousins Properties Incorporated overview

Cousins Properties Incorporated (Cousins) is a fully integrated, self-administered, and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company, based in Atlanta and acting through its operating partnership, Cousins Properties LP, primarily invests in Class A office buildings located in high-growth Sun Belt markets. Founded in 1958, Cousins creates shareholder value through its extensive expertise in the development, acquisition, leasing, and management of high-quality real estate assets. The Company has a comprehensive strategy in place based on a simple platform, trophy assets, and opportunistic investments. .

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of Cousins Properties Incorporated is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.677% of Cousins Properties Incorporated shares are held by insiders and 89.434% by institutions. How many people work for Cousins Properties Incorporated?
Latest data suggests 305 work at Cousins Properties Incorporated. When does the fiscal year end for Cousins Properties Incorporated?
Cousins Properties Incorporated's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Cousins Properties Incorporated based?
Cousins Properties Incorporated's address is: 3344 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta, GA, United States, 30326-4802 What is Cousins Properties Incorporated's ISIN number?
Cousins Properties Incorporated's international securities identification number is: US2227955026 What is Cousins Properties Incorporated's CUSIP number?
Cousins Properties Incorporated's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 222795502