CUZ Stock Analysis: Cousins Properties | NYSE
REIT - Office | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 4.422m USD | 12M Return: 9.7% | US2227955026 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 40.1M
EPS Trend: -15.9%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 97.8%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
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Seasonality 11.7 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 fully integrated, self-administered, and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1958, the company primarily invests in Class A office buildings located in high-growth Sun Belt markets, creating shareholder value through expertise in the development, acquisition, leasing, and management of high-quality real estate assets.
The companys strategy is built around a simple platform focused on trophy assets and opportunistic investments. As a REIT, Cousins Properties benefits from a tax structure that requires the distribution of at least 90% of taxable income to shareholders in the form of dividends, a defining feature of the sector.
Cousins Properties operates through its operating partnership, Cousins Properties LP, and has been publicly traded since its IPO in 1990. The company is classified within the Diversified REITs sub-industry, reflecting its focus on office properties across multiple Sun Belt markets rather than a single geographic concentration.
- Sun Belt office occupancy recovery drives same-property NOI growth
- Federal Reserve rate path impacts cap rates and FFO valuation
- Capital recycling through trophy asset acquisitions and non-core dispositions
- Major tenant lease events in Atlanta and Dallas tech hubs
| Net Income: 6.42m 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 6.42m |
| 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: 57.70% > 18% (prev 68.62%; Δ -10.92% > 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% / 57.70%) |
| AQI: 0.06 (AQ_t 0.06 / AQ_t-1 0.92) |
| SGI: 1.12 (Revenue 1.03b / 925.0m) |
| TATA: -0.05 (NI 6.42m - CFO 431.9m) / TA 9.04b) |
| Beneish M = -3.35 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of October 21, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 27.79 with a total of 885,822 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -0.11%, over one month by -1.92%, over three months by -10.90% and over the past year by +9.72%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 26.60 (which is 4.3% or 1.8 ATR below the current price).
Cousins Properties has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.64. Therefore, it is recommended to buy CUZ.
- StrongBuy: 8
- Buy: 2
- Hold: 1
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 33.6 | 21.1% |
P/E Trailing = 671.5
P/E Forward = 10.1215
P/S = 4.3121
P/B = 1.0371
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 = 8.20b USD (4.42b + Debt 3.78b - CCE 6.70m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 0.80 (Ebit TTM 140.7m / Interest Expense TTM 176.1m)
EV/FCF = -90.59x (Enterprise Value 8.20b / FCF TTM -90.5m)
FCF Yield = -1.10% (FCF TTM -90.5m / Enterprise Value 8.20b)
FCF Margin = -8.74% (FCF TTM -90.5m / Revenue TTM 1.03b)
Net Margin = 0.62% (Net Income TTM 6.42m / Revenue TTM 1.03b)
Gross Margin = 57.70% ((Revenue TTM 1.03b - Cost of Revenue TTM 437.8m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 68.41% (prev 68.61%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.91 (Enterprise Value 8.20b / 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 6.42m / Total Assets 9.04b)
RoE = 0.14% (Net Income TTM 6.42m / 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 = 5.24% (E(4.42b)/V(8.20b) * Re(6.57%) + D(3.78b)/V(8.20b) * Rd(4.66%) * (1-Tc(0.21)))
Discount Rate = 6.57% (= 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=0.10 | Chg30d=+11.11% | Revisions=+25% | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=0.22 | Chg30d=+20.53% | Revisions=+40% | GrowthEPS=-10.2% | GrowthRev=+7.6%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=0.46 | Chg30d=+15.00% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+20.0% | GrowthRev=+2.4%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +50% (up=3, down=0)