CUZ Stock Analysis: Cousins Properties | NYSE
REIT - Office | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 4.847m USD | 12M Return: 4.6% | US2227955026 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 38.5M
EPS Trend: -15.9%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 97.8%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
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Seasonality 11.6 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
Cousins Properties Incorporated (NYSE: CUZ) is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) that primarily invests in Class A office buildings in high-growth Sun Belt markets. The company operates through its subsidiary, Cousins Properties LP, and creates value through developing, acquiring, leasing, and managing high-quality real estate assets under a strategy centered on a simple platform, trophy assets, and opportunistic investments.
As a REIT, Cousins Properties is required to distribute the majority of its taxable income to shareholders in exchange for favorable tax treatment, and the company is classified within the Diversified REITs sub-industry of the Real Estate sector. Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Cousins has built a regional focus on Sun Belt markets, which have historically attracted population and corporate migration due to favorable business climates and lower costs.
- Sun Belt corporate relocations fuel office leasing demand
- Higher interest rates pressure REIT valuations and dividend yield
- Hybrid work trends weigh on office occupancy and rental rates
| Net Income: 6.58m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: -0.01 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -2.89 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 21.28% < 20% (prev 8.72%; Δ 12.56% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.05 > 3% & CFO 431.9m > Net Income 6.58m |
| Net Debt (3.78b) to EBITDA (566.3m): 6.67 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.73 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (165.3m) vs 12m ago -2.06% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 57.72% > 18% (prev 68.62%; Δ -10.90% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 11.44% > 50% (prev 10.22%; Δ 1.22% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 0.80 > 6 (EBIT TTM 140.7m / Interest Expense TTM 176.1m) |
| A: 0.02 (Total Current Assets 522.2m - Total Current Liabilities 302.0m) / Total Assets 9.04b |
| B: -0.17 (Retained Earnings -1.57b / Total Assets 9.04b) |
| C: 0.02 (EBIT TTM 140.7m / Avg Total Assets 9.05b) |
| D: 0.99 (Book Value of Equity 4.49b / Total Liabilities 4.55b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 0.74 = B |
| DSRI: 0.98 (Receivables 292.0m/265.9m, Revenue 1.03b/925.0m) |
| GMI: 1.19 (GM 68.62% / 57.72%) |
| AQI: 0.06 (AQ_t 0.06 / AQ_t-1 0.92) |
| SGI: 1.12 (Revenue 1.03b / 925.0m) |
| TATA: -0.05 (NI 6.58m - CFO 431.9m) / TA 9.04b) |
| Beneish M = -3.35 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of September 05, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 29.11 with a total of 949,609 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -1.12%, over one month by -5.82%, over three months by +5.99% and over the past year by +4.59%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 28.10 (which is 3.5% or 1.5 ATR below the current price).
Cousins Properties has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.33. Therefore, it is recommended to buy CUZ.
- StrongBuy: 7
- Buy: 2
- Hold: 3
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 33.6 | 15.6% |
P/E Trailing = 736.0
P/E Forward = 10.1215
P/S = 4.7263
P/B = 1.0826
P/EG = 1.3083
Revenue TTM = 1.03b USD
EBIT TTM = 140.7m USD
EBITDA TTM = 566.3m USD
Long Term Debt = 3.73b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 870.1m USD (from shortTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Debt = 3.78b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 50.2m
Net Debt = 3.78b USD (calculated: Debt 3.78b - CCE 6.70m)
Enterprise Value = 8.62b USD (4.85b + Debt 3.78b - CCE 6.70m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 0.80 (Ebit TTM 140.7m / Interest Expense TTM 176.1m)
EV/FCF = -95.28x (Enterprise Value 8.62b / FCF TTM -90.5m)
FCF Yield = -1.05% (FCF TTM -90.5m / Enterprise Value 8.62b)
FCF Margin = -8.74% (FCF TTM -90.5m / Revenue TTM 1.03b)
Net Margin = 0.64% (Net Income TTM 6.58m / Revenue TTM 1.03b)
Gross Margin = 57.72% ((Revenue TTM 1.03b - Cost of Revenue TTM 437.6m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 68.47% (prev 68.61%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.95 (Enterprise Value 8.62b / Total Assets 9.04b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 4.66% (Interest Expense 176.1m / Debt 3.78b)
Taxrate = 21.0% (US federal default 21%)
NOPAT = 111.2m (EBIT 140.7m * (1 - 21.00%))
Current Ratio = 1.73 (Total Current Assets 522.2m / Total Current Liabilities 302.0m)
Debt / Equity = 0.84 (Debt 3.78b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 4.49b)
Debt / EBITDA = 6.67 (Net Debt 3.78b / EBITDA 566.3m)
Debt / FCF = -41.72 (negative FCF - burning cash) (Net Debt 3.78b / FCF TTM -90.5m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 4.60b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 0.07% (Net Income 6.58m / Total Assets 9.04b)
RoE = 0.14% (Net Income TTM 6.58m / Total Stockholder Equity 4.60b)
RoCE = 1.69% (EBIT 140.7m / Capital Employed (Equity 4.60b + L.T.Debt 3.73b))
RoIC = 1.16% (NOPAT 111.2m / Invested Capital 9.60b)
WACC = 5.56% (E(4.85b)/V(8.63b) * Re(7.02%) + D(3.78b)/V(8.63b) * Rd(4.66%) * (1-Tc(0.21)))
Discount Rate = 7.02% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 80.38 | Cagr: 3.68%
[DCF] Fair Price = unknown (Cash Flow -90.5m)
EPS Correlation: -15.92 | EPS CAGR: -6.08% | SUE: 0.32 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 97.77 | Revenue CAGR: 11.00% | SUE: 0.55 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.09 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=+25% | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=0.18 | Chg30d=+92.05% | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=-25.5% | GrowthRev=+7.5%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=0.40 | Chg30d=+33.33% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+20.0% | GrowthRev=+2.6%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +0% (up=1, down=1)