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

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.620-2.700 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share 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.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

COPT Defense Properties Trading Up 1.7 %

NYSE:CDP opened at $29.68 on Friday. COPT Defense Properties has a 12 month low of $22.20 and a 12 month high of $34.22. The company has a current ratio of 2.38, a quick ratio of 2.38 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.56. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $30.80 and a 200-day moving average price of $30.48. 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 announced its 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%. Equities analysts predict that COPT Defense Properties will post 2.58 EPS for the current year.

COPT Defense Properties Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st were paid a $0.295 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $1.18 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.98%. COPT Defense Properties’s payout ratio is 96.72%.

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.