COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.640-0.660 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.650. The company issued revenue guidance of -. COPT Defense Properties also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.620-2.700 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

CDP has been the topic of several recent research reports. Truist Financial raised their price target on COPT Defense Properties from $31.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. Evercore ISI lifted their price target on shares of COPT Defense Properties from $33.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. BTIG Research boosted their price target on shares of COPT Defense Properties from $33.00 to $38.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price objective on shares of COPT Defense Properties from $37.00 to $35.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 2nd. 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 company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $32.88.

COPT Defense Properties Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:CDP opened at $29.53 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $3.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.00 and a beta of 0.98. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $30.74 and its 200 day simple moving average is $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 fifty-two week low of $22.20 and a fifty-two week high of $34.22.

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $0.65 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.33. COPT Defense Properties had a net margin of 18.44% and a return on equity of 9.08%. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that COPT Defense Properties will post 2.67 earnings per share for the current year.

COPT Defense Properties Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were issued a dividend of $0.295 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $1.18 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.00%. COPT Defense Properties’s dividend payout ratio is presently 95.93%.

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.