CUZ Stock Analysis: Cousins Properties | NYSE
REIT - Office | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 5.139m USD | 12M Return: 23.2% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 42.9M
EPS Trend: -85.4%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 96.0%
Qual. Beats: 0
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Seasonality 10.5 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: -5.25m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: -0.01 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -3.45 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -25.91% < 20% (prev -40.95%; Δ 15.05% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.04 > 3% & CFO 398.0m > Net Income -5.25m |
| Net Debt (3.87b) to EBITDA (542.3m): 7.13 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.55 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (166.4m) vs 12m ago -1.30% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 57.57% > 18% (prev 68.06%; Δ -10.50% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 11.34% > 50% (prev 10.36%; Δ 0.98% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 0.72 > 6 (EBIT TTM 120.6m / Interest Expense TTM 167.6m) |
| A: -0.03 (Total Current Assets 323.9m - Total Current Liabilities 584.7m) / Total Assets 9.09b |
| B: -0.17 (Retained Earnings -1.54b / Total Assets 9.09b) |
| C: 0.01 (EBIT TTM 120.6m / Avg Total Assets 8.88b) |
| D: 0.99 (Book Value of Equity 4.51b / Total Liabilities 4.55b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 0.39 = B |
| DSRI: 1.03 (Receivables 294.4m/255.5m, Revenue 1.01b/897.8m) |
| GMI: 1.18 (GM 68.06% / 57.57%) |
| AQI: 0.99 (AQ_t 0.96 / AQ_t-1 0.97) |
| SGI: 1.12 (Revenue 1.01b / 897.8m) |
| TATA: -0.04 (NI -5.25m - CFO 398.0m) / TA 9.09b) |
| Beneish M = -2.76 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of July 28, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 32.06 with a total of 857,550 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +1.62%, over one month by +7.44%, over three months by +29.06% and over the past year by +23.24%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 31.00 (which is 3.3% 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 | 32.4 | 1.1% |
P/E Forward = 10.1215
P/S = 5.1513
P/B = 1.1614
P/EG = 1.3083
Revenue TTM = 1.01b USD
EBIT TTM = 120.6m USD
EBITDA TTM = 542.3m USD
Long Term Debt = 3.77b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 870.1m USD (from shortTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Debt = 3.87b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 50.3m
Net Debt = 3.87b USD (calculated: Debt 3.87b - CCE 6.30m)
Enterprise Value = 9.01b USD (5.14b + Debt 3.87b - CCE 6.30m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 0.72 (Ebit TTM 120.6m / Interest Expense TTM 167.6m)
EV/FCF = -73.57x (Enterprise Value 9.01b / FCF TTM -122.4m)
FCF Yield = -1.36% (FCF TTM -122.4m / Enterprise Value 9.01b)
FCF Margin = -12.16% (FCF TTM -122.4m / Revenue TTM 1.01b)
Net Margin = -0.52% (Net Income TTM -5.25m / Revenue TTM 1.01b)
Gross Margin = 57.57% ((Revenue TTM 1.01b - Cost of Revenue TTM 427.1m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 68.61% (prev 25.36%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.99 (Enterprise Value 9.01b / Total Assets 9.09b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 4.33% (Interest Expense 167.6m / Debt 3.87b)
Taxrate = 21.0% (US federal default 21%)
NOPAT = 95.3m (EBIT 120.6m * (1 - 21.00%))
Current Ratio = 0.55 (Total Current Assets 323.9m / Total Current Liabilities 584.7m)
Debt / Equity = 0.86 (Debt 3.87b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 4.51b)
Debt / EBITDA = 7.13 (Net Debt 3.87b / EBITDA 542.3m)
Debt / FCF = -31.59 (negative FCF - burning cash) (Net Debt 3.87b / FCF TTM -122.4m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 4.68b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = -0.06% (Net Income -5.25m / Total Assets 9.09b)
RoE = -0.11% (Net Income TTM -5.25m / Total Stockholder Equity 4.68b)
RoCE = 1.43% (EBIT 120.6m / Capital Employed (Equity 4.68b + L.T.Debt 3.77b))
RoIC = 1.02% (NOPAT 95.3m / Invested Capital 9.37b)
WACC = 5.70% (E(5.14b)/V(9.01b) * Re(7.42%) + D(3.87b)/V(9.01b) * Rd(4.33%) * (1-Tc(0.21)))
Discount Rate = 7.42% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 87.91 | Cagr: 4.07%
[DCF] Fair Price = unknown (Cash Flow -122.4m)
EPS Correlation: -85.41 | EPS CAGR: -29.47% | SUE: 0.31 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 95.97 | Revenue CAGR: 9.88% | SUE: 0.66 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=0.08 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=+25% | Analysts=1
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.09 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=+25% | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=0.09 | Chg30d=+3.44% | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=-61.2% | GrowthRev=+7.6%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=0.40 | Chg30d=+33.33% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+20.0% | GrowthRev=+2.9%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +17% (up=2, down=1)