COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.620-2.700 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 2.670. The company issued revenue guidance of -. COPT Defense Properties also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.640-0.660 EPS.

COPT Defense Properties Trading Up 1.7 %

COPT Defense Properties stock traded up $0.49 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $29.68. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,098,733 shares, compared to its average volume of 832,128. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $30.80 and a 200-day moving average price of $30.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.56, a current ratio of 2.38 and a quick ratio of 2.38. COPT Defense Properties has a 12 month low of $22.20 and a 12 month high of $34.22. The stock has a market cap of $3.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.33 and a beta of 0.98.

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $0.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.33. COPT Defense Properties had a return on equity of 8.99% and a net margin of 18.34%. As a group, analysts forecast that COPT Defense Properties will post 2.58 EPS for the current year.

COPT Defense Properties Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were issued a $0.295 dividend. This represents a $1.18 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 31st. COPT Defense Properties’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 96.72%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently commented on CDP shares. Truist Financial upped their price objective on shares of COPT Defense Properties from $31.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price target on COPT Defense Properties from $37.00 to $35.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, January 2nd. BTIG Research lifted their price objective on COPT Defense Properties from $33.00 to $38.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, Evercore ISI upped their target price on COPT Defense Properties from $33.00 to $36.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $32.88.

About COPT Defense Properties

COPT Defense Properties is a real estate investment trust. It acquires, develops, manages, sells, and leases out office properties and data centers. The firm operates through the following segments: Defense/Information Technology Locations, Regional Office, Wholesale Data Center, and Other. The company was founded on January 22,1988 and is headquartered in Columbia, MD.