Stocks · Real Estate · REIT - Office
Cousins Properties Incorporated CUZ
$28.01 +1.38% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $4.61B
Expensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.04, down 88.8% year over year.
- The shares trade at 684.8× trailing earnings, higher than 95% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Net debt is 6.6× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Real Estate sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth29Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 31%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 14%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 10%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 33%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 40%
Quality58Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 32%
- Gross marginTop 31%
- Operating marginBottom 41%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 13%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 32%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 40%
- Interest coverBottom 42%
Value18Very weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 31%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 19%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 44%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 40%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 3%
Momentum74Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 44%
- 6-month returnTop 10%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 43%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 25%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 19%
Revisions46Neutral
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 17%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 48%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 14%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 49%
Stability45Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 29%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 42%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 22%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 40%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 12.1% | 11.9% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -110.1% | -88.8% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 68.6% | 65.9% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 22.6% | 18.9% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 18.5% | -8.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 11.9% | 12.1% | ↓ | Top 31% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -88.8% | -110.1% | ↑ | Bottom 14% |
| Gross margin | 65.9% | 68.6% | ↓ | Top 31% |
| Operating margin | 18.9% | 22.6% | ↓ | Bottom 41% |
| Net margin | 0.6% | 6.5% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -8.7% | 18.5% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 2.2% | — | Bottom 32% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 9.2% | — | Top 33% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -2.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 6.58×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 4.67%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.95%
- Shareholder yield
- 6.62%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -2.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +2.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -49.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $34.00
- Target vs current price
- +21.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 16
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 75%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | +107.0% | -1.1% | -4.8% | -8.4% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | -78.9% | -2.1% | +1.7% | +4.8% | +25.5% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | -131.8% | -0.2% | -11.0% | -8.6% | -1.2% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | -92.6% | +1.3% | +1.9% | +1.6% | +0.6% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | +12.0% | -0.4% | -0.9% | +6.3% | -2.1% |
| May 1, 2025 | -83.1% | +0.8% | +0.4% | +2.9% | -0.9% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | +28.6% | +1.7% | +1.0% | -3.8% | -6.4% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | +35.0% | +0.4% | -0.6% | -0.5% | -2.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $0.16 | $0.08 | +107.0% | $265.7M |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $0.15 | $0.71 | -78.9% | $261.1M |
| Feb 5, 2026 | -$0.02 | $0.06 | -131.8% | $253.3M |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $0.05 | $0.69 | -92.6% | $246.5M |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $0.09 | $0.08 | +12.0% | $237.7M |
| May 1, 2025 | $0.12 | $0.71 | -83.1% | $243.0M |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $0.09 | $0.07 | +28.6% | $220.2M |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $0.07 | $0.05 | +35.0% | $207.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 684.8× | 47.8× | 95th | Bottom 31% |
| P/E (forward) | 171.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.7× | — | — | Top 44% |
| EV / Sales | 8.05× | — | — | Top 40% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -1.96% | — | — | Bottom 19% |
| Earnings yield | 0.15% | — | — | Bottom 31% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 11.2× – 109.6× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -3.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -88.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +6.6%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 105
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +4.7%
- RSI (14)
- 43.2
- Relative volume
- 0.88×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 19.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 11th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.82
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.48
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -13.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -33.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2022 | Oct 25, 2023 | -58.2% | 451 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 5, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -17.3% | 17 days | 8 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Dec 15, 2020 | Jan 11, 2021 | -12.7% | 17 days | 38 days (Mar 8, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $4.61B
- P/E (TTM)
- 684.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.04
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.03B
- Dividend yield
- 4.57%
- 52-week range
- $21.03 – $32.95
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $755.1M | $762.3M | $802.9M | $856.8M | $993.8M |
| Gross profit | $495.6M | $503.9M | $536.4M | $576.1M | $263.4M |
| Operating income | $178.2M | $180.0M | $189.2M | $174.5M | $223.0M |
| Net income | $278.6M | $166.8M | $83.0M | $46.0M | $40.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.41 | $1.86 | $0.55 | $0.30 | $0.24 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $209.2M | $225.3M | $250.3M | $240.1M | $248.3M | $255.0M | $263.1M | $268.5M |
| Net income | $11.2M | $13.6M | $20.9M | $14.5M | $8.6M | -$3.5M | -$24.9M | $26.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.07 | $0.09 | $0.12 | $0.09 | $0.05 | -$0.02 | -$0.15 | $0.16 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $389.5M | $365.2M | $368.4M | $400.2M | $402.3M |
| Capital expenditure | $0 | -$342.2M | -$279.5M | -$252.7M | -$267.2M |
| Free cash flow | $389.5M | $22.9M | $88.8M | $147.5M | $135.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$182.8M | -$192.3M | -$194.3M | -$195.4M | -$215.8M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $103.6M | $443,000 | $466.9M | $46,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $6.7M
- Total assets
- $9.04B
- Total liabilities
- $4.55B
- Total debt
- $3.73B
- Net debt
- $3.73B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $4.49B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2026 | $0.32 | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Jul 6, 2026 | $0.32 | Jul 16, 2026 |
| Apr 7, 2026 | $0.32 | Apr 15, 2026 |
| Jan 5, 2026 | $0.32 | Jan 14, 2026 |
| Oct 3, 2025 | $0.32 | Oct 15, 2025 |
| Jul 7, 2025 | $0.32 | Jul 17, 2025 |
| Apr 3, 2025 | $0.32 | Apr 15, 2025 |
| Jan 3, 2025 | $0.32 | Jan 14, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 12,064,281
- Days to cover
- 9.45
- Change vs previous report
- +2.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 17, 2019
- 1-for-4
- Oct 7, 2016
- 1,417-for-1,000
- Oct 3, 2000
- 3-for-2
- May 29, 1987
- 3-for-2
- May 28, 1986
- 3-for-2