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

Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) updated its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.870-2.970 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 1.320. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on CUZ shares. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their target price on Cousins Properties from $32.00 to $30.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, November 10th. Jefferies Financial Group cut Cousins Properties from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $34.00 to $27.00 in a research note on Monday, October 13th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Cousins Properties in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Barclays set a $34.00 price target on shares of Cousins Properties in a report on Tuesday, January 13th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on shares of Cousins Properties from $37.00 to $33.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $30.50.

Cousins Properties Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:CUZ traded down $0.03 during trading on Thursday, reaching $25.97. 1,461,438 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,736,972. The firm has a market cap of $4.36 billion, a PE ratio of 74.19, a P/E/G ratio of 1.95 and a beta of 1.21. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $25.70 and a 200-day simple moving average of $26.81. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70. Cousins Properties has a fifty-two week low of $24.07 and a fifty-two week high of $31.36.

Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.71 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.71. The company had revenue of $255.03 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $252.18 million. Cousins Properties had a return on equity of 1.20% and a net margin of 5.98%.Cousins Properties’s quarterly revenue was up 13.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.69 earnings per share. Cousins Properties has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.870-2.970 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Cousins Properties will post 2.76 earnings per share for the current year.

Cousins Properties Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 14th. Shareholders of record on Monday, January 5th were given a dividend of $0.32 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, January 5th. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.9%. Cousins Properties’s dividend payout ratio is currently 365.71%.

Institutional Trading of Cousins Properties

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in Cousins Properties by 153.2% in the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,170,386 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $91,751,000 after buying an additional 1,918,393 shares in the last quarter. Woodline Partners LP purchased a new position in shares of Cousins Properties in the third quarter valued at approximately $29,341,000. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. lifted its position in shares of Cousins Properties by 1,369.1% in the third quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 905,831 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $26,215,000 after acquiring an additional 844,171 shares in the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Cousins Properties in the third quarter worth approximately $19,803,000. Finally, UBS Group AG increased its position in shares of Cousins Properties by 143.5% during the third quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 835,966 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $24,193,000 after purchasing an additional 492,709 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.38% of the company’s stock.

Cousins Properties Company Profile

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.