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COUSINS PROPERTIES INC logoCousins Properties IncCUZ
$27.73-0.22%
COUSINS PROPERTIES INC logo

Cousins Properties Inc

CUZ

$27.73

-$0.06 (-0.22%)

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ProfitabilityStrong marginsGrowthAcceleratingCash FlowN/AValuationRichly valued
What stands out

67.75% operating margin is above average. ROIC at 6.62%. Note that capital returns lag the margin, the business may be capital-intensive despite high margins.

What's changing

Revenue grew 16.0%, still solid.

What deserves caution

At 693x earnings, the current multiple leaves limited room for execution misses or growth deceleration. Net debt of $3.39B represents 25.1x FCF, leverage limits flexibility.

Valuation context

693.2x earnings, 33.8x FCF. The market is pricing in years of above-average growth. If that thesis breaks, downside from multiple compression alone could be 30%+. This is a stock where you're paying for the future, not the present.

Price History

+4.8%

Valuation & Multiples

Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares

Market Cap$4.56B
EPS$0.04
P/E693.25
P/FCF33.80
EV/EBITDA7.38
FCF Yield3.0%
Div. Yield4.72%
Net Debt/FCF—
52-Week Range
$21.34$32.15

Profitability & Returns

Revenue (TTM)

$1.03B

▲ +16.0% YoY

Net Income (TTM)

$6M

▼ -11.9% YoY

Op. Margin

68.00%

▲ +1.2pp YoY

ROIC

6.79%

▲ +0.6pp YoY

Cash Flow & Balance Sheet

FCF (FY)

$135M

▼ -8.4% YoY

Op. Cash Flow (TTM)

$432M

▲ +0.5% YoY

Net Debt

$3.78B

Cash & Equiv.

$7M

5Y CAGR: +6.1%

3Y CAGR: +80.6%

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SourceComputed from the 10-Q filed 24 Jul 2026, covering the period ending 30 Jun 2026, as reported to the SEC. Data last refreshed 28 Sept 2026. How this is calculated.

Price from market data, last close as of 21 Oct 2026. Fiscal year ends Dec. Sector medians are approximate S&P 500 benchmarks and update periodically.

Is Cousins Properties (CUZ) overvalued?

At a P/E of 693.2 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 33.8, Cousins Properties (CUZ) trades above a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $18.40 per share, so at $27.73 the stock looks overvalued (33.6% above estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.

On quality, Cousins Properties scores 84/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a high-quality business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. It currently yields about 4.7%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology, or see how the market compares in our US profitability statistics. This is analysis, not investment advice.

Frequently asked

What is Cousins Properties's fair value?+

Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $18.40 per share for CUZ, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $13.80. At today's $27.73, that puts the stock about 33.6% above estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.

Is Cousins Properties a high-quality business?+

Cousins Properties scores 84 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a high-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 68.0% operating margin and a 6.8% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.

Does Cousins Properties (CUZ) pay a dividend, and how much?+

Yes, Cousins Properties pays a regular dividend of about $1.30 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 4.7% at the current price. That is a payout ratio of about 3,353.4% of earnings, so the dividend is stretched at this level. Cousins Properties has grown the dividend at roughly 4.2% a year over the past few years. A low headline yield is not the same as a weak dividend: what matters is how well earnings and free cash flow cover the payout and whether it is growing, not the percentage alone. For CUZ's full payout history, growth streak and dividend-safety score, see the dividends tab.

Is Cousins Properties a good stock to buy right now?+

That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. CUZ currently trades above its estimated intrinsic value and scores 84/100 on quality (high-quality). It also yields about 4.7%. A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.

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