Cousins Properties trades as part of the real estate sector and is in the REITs industry. The company CEO is Michael Colin Connolly. Cousins Properties Inc is a real estate investment trust engaged in developing, acquiring, leasing, managing and owning office properties and opportunistic mixed-use developments. Its properties are located mainly in North Carolina, Texas and Georgia.
Previous Intraday Trading Performance:
The CUZ stock showed a previous change of 0.11% with an open at 9.07 and a close of 9.04. It reached an intraday high of 9.10 and a low of 8.91.
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Liquidity:
The stock has a market cap of $3.8b with 420.6m shares outstanding, of which the float is 410.4m shares. Trading volume reached 5,621,005 shares compared to its average volume of 6,160,460 shares. Based on the current average volume and close price, the trading liquidity is good.
Historical Trading Performance:
Over the last five trading days, Cousins Properties shares returned 0.33% and in the past 30 trading days it returned -3.62%. Over three months, it changed -3.82%. In one year it has changed -4.36% and within that year its 52-week high was 10.10 and its 52-week low was 7.53. CUZ stock is 20.05% above its 52 Week Low.
Our calculations show a 200 day moving average of 8.87 and a 50 day moving average of 9.39. Currently CUZ stock is trading 1.95% above its 200 day moving average and may be a good opportunity to buy.
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Earnings:
The last annual fiscal EPS for the company was reported at 0.19 that ended on 31st of December 2018, which according to the previous close, that is a PE of 47.58. Based on 5 analyst estimates, the consensus EPS for the next quarter is 0.20. The TTM EPS is 0.63, which comes to a TTM PE of 14.35. Historically, the PE high was 47.58 and the PE low was 9.20. If the stock reached its PE low, that would represent a price of 5.80, which is a decrease of -35.89%.
Below was the last reported quarterly diluted earnings per share:
| 1st | Qtr of 2019 | (Reported on 04/24/2019): | 0.08 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | Qtr of 2018 | (Reported on 02/06/2019): | 0.05 |
| 3rd | Qtr of 2018 | (Reported on 10/24/2018): | 0.05 |
| 2nd | Qtr of 2018 | (Reported on 07/25/2018): | 0.05 |
| 1st | Qtr of 2018 | (Reported on 04/25/2018): | 0.04 |
The dividend per share is currently 0.29, which is a dividend yield of 3.21%. Also, the payout ratio is 46.03%, therefore the dividend is safe according to our calculations.
Base on our calculations, the intrinsic value per share is 11.33, which means it is possibly undervalued and has a margin of safety of 20.20%.
Indicators to Watch:
Short-interest was 16,488,587, which was 3.92% of shares outstanding. The short-interest ratio or days-to-cover ratio was 2.22. This stock has some short interest, but it may be normal and no cause for concern if long the position.
The current calculated beta is 0.97.
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Fundamental Indicators:
Based on last reported financials, the company’s return on equity is 3.72%, return on assets is 2.45%, profit margin is 20.77%, price-to-sales is 7.79 and price-to-book is 1.37.
Company Scores:
All scores are out of six:
2 :Valuation Score
2 :Past Performance Score
2 :Financial Strength Score
0 :Future Growth Score
3 :Dividend Score
1 :Overall Score
