Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) Issues FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) issued an update on its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.900-2.980 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 2.930. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

CUZ has been the subject of a number of research reports. Mizuho set a $27.00 target price on Cousins Properties in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Cousins Properties from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Monday, February 23rd. Evercore restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Cousins Properties in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Barclays dropped their target price on shares of Cousins Properties from $34.00 to $28.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Capital One Financial set a $27.00 target price on shares of Cousins Properties in a research report on Thursday, March 12th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $28.73.

Cousins Properties Price Performance

Shares of CUZ stock traded down $0.55 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $25.06. 2,263,644 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,160,364. Cousins Properties has a fifty-two week low of $21.03 and a fifty-two week high of $30.81. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $23.23 and its two-hundred day moving average is $24.77. The company has a market cap of $4.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 104.42, a P/E/G ratio of 1.99 and a beta of 1.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 0.93 and a quick ratio of 0.93.

Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.06 by $0.67. Cousins Properties had a net margin of 4.08% and a return on equity of 0.85%. The company had revenue of $263.11 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $256.45 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.74 earnings per share. Cousins Properties’s quarterly revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. Cousins Properties has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.900-2.980 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Cousins Properties will post 2.93 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Cousins Properties Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 7th were paid a dividend of $0.32 per share. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, April 7th. Cousins Properties’s payout ratio is 533.33%.

Cousins Properties announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Tuesday, February 17th that allows the company to buyback $250.00 million in shares. This buyback authorization allows the real estate investment trust to purchase up to 6.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Cousins Properties

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Arax Advisory Partners bought a new stake in shares of Cousins Properties during the fourth quarter worth approximately $39,000. Danske Bank A S bought a new stake in shares of Cousins Properties during the third quarter worth approximately $52,000. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Cousins Properties by 55.9% during the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,100 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $63,000 after buying an additional 753 shares during the last quarter. State of Wyoming bought a new stake in shares of Cousins Properties during the fourth quarter worth approximately $61,000. Finally, Quadrant Capital Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Cousins Properties during the third quarter worth approximately $80,000. 94.38% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About Cousins Properties

Cousins Properties Incorporated (NYSE: CUZ) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) specializing in the development, acquisition and management of high-quality office and mixed-use properties. Headquartered in Atlanta, the company focuses on urban infill and suburban markets across the Sun Belt, with a strong presence in metropolitan areas such as Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, Nashville, Orlando and Tampa. Its core activities encompass full-service property leasing, asset management and construction oversight, serving a diverse mix of corporate and institutional tenants.

Founded in 1958 as a privately held real estate concern, Cousins Properties completed its initial public offering in 1992.