Greenland Capital Management LP Acquires Shares of 125,870 COPT Defense Properties $CDP

Greenland Capital Management LP bought a new position in COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 125,870 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,658,000. Greenland Capital Management LP owned approximately 0.11% of COPT Defense Properties at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Financial Consulate Inc. acquired a new position in COPT Defense Properties in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $39,000. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in COPT Defense Properties by 1,176.5% during the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,685 shares of the company’s stock valued at $46,000 after purchasing an additional 1,553 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its holdings in shares of COPT Defense Properties by 31.2% in the third quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,973 shares of the company’s stock valued at $57,000 after purchasing an additional 469 shares in the last quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of COPT Defense Properties by 59.6% in the second quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 3,193 shares of the company’s stock valued at $88,000 after purchasing an additional 1,192 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its position in shares of COPT Defense Properties by 810.7% in the second quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 3,415 shares of the company’s stock worth $94,000 after buying an additional 3,040 shares during the period.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts recently weighed in on CDP shares. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on COPT Defense Properties from $30.00 to $33.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price objective on COPT Defense Properties from $33.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Cantor Fitzgerald upped their target price on COPT Defense Properties from $33.00 to $37.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, February 9th. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of COPT Defense Properties in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of COPT Defense Properties in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, COPT Defense Properties has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $33.63.

COPT Defense Properties Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE CDP opened at $32.63 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.77, a current ratio of 3.95 and a quick ratio of 2.34. COPT Defense Properties has a one year low of $23.92 and a one year high of $32.78. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $30.06 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $29.42. The company has a market capitalization of $3.69 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.17 and a beta of 0.86.

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The company reported $0.70 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.68 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $197.36 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $188.79 million. COPT Defense Properties had a return on equity of 9.82% and a net margin of 19.94%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 7.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.65 EPS. COPT Defense Properties has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.710-2.790 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.670-0.690 EPS. Analysts anticipate that COPT Defense Properties will post 2.67 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

COPT Defense Properties Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 31st will be paid a $0.32 dividend. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.9%. This is a boost from COPT Defense Properties’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.31. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 31st. COPT Defense Properties’s dividend payout ratio is presently 90.37%.

About COPT Defense Properties

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE: CDP) is a real estate investment trust organized to own, lease and manage healthcare and life science facilities serving the United States federal government, with a particular focus on Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs tenants. The company was formed in 2016 through a spin-off from Corporate Office Properties Trust, enabling it to concentrate exclusively on medical office buildings and specialized research facilities situated on or near military and federal research campuses.

The company’s portfolio comprises purpose-built, Class A medical office and outpatient specialty clinics, as well as life science laboratories.