COPT Defense Properties

CDP Real Estate Reit Office

COPT Defense Properties' revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $763.9 million, up 1.41% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+10.6%
EPS
+10.8%
Free cash flow
+76.9%
Total debt
+5.57%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

32.77 0.42 +1.30%
Market cap
$7.3B
P/E
22.1×
Fwd P/E
23.1×
Dividend yield
3.86%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

COPT Defense Properties (CDP) Return on equity

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COPT Defense Properties's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 10.8%, up 1.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.83%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −4.53% (fiscal 2023) to 12.0% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Reit Office industry median of −1.07% and above the Real Estate sector median of 1.99%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 9.83% 0.75
FY2024 9.08% 13.61
FY2023 −4.53% (14.77)
FY2022 10.2% 5.67
FY2021 4.57% (1.14)
FY2020 5.71% (5.75)
FY2019 11.5% 6.79
FY2018 4.67% 0.82
FY2017 3.85% 2.82
FY2016 1.03% (10.95)

Against its own ten years

Low −4.53% High 12.0%
Ten-year median 5.71%
Current reading's percentile 73

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
CDP COPT Defense Properties 10.8%
HIW Highwoods Properties, Inc. compare 7.56%
BXP BXP, Inc. compare 6.96%
KRC Kilroy Realty Corporation compare 0.50%
CUZ Cousins Properties Incorporated compare 0.32%
DEI Douglas Emmett, Inc. compare −0.63%
VNO Vornado Realty Trust compare −1.07%
SLG SL Green Realty Corporation compare −3.56%
ARE Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. compare −7.27%
Reit Office industry median −1.07%
Real Estate sector median 1.99%
Market median 1.01%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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