COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) Updates 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.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

COPT Defense Properties Stock Performance

Shares of CDP stock opened at $29.68 on Friday. 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 market cap of $3.35 billion, a PE ratio of 24.33 and a beta of 0.98. COPT Defense Properties has a 12-month low of $22.20 and a 12-month high of $34.22. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $30.80 and its 200-day simple moving average is $30.48.

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) last issued its quarterly 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 return on equity of 8.99% and a net margin of 18.34%. Analysts expect that COPT Defense Properties will post 2.58 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

COPT Defense Properties Announces Dividend

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

COPT Defense Properties Company Profile

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.