Cousins Properties Incorporated

CUZ Real Estate Reit Office

Cousins Properties Incorporated’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $993.8 million, up 16.0% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+4.47%
EPS
+106.6%
Free cash flow
+232.5%
Total debt
+8.17%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

29.54 0.03 +0.10%
Market cap
$4.9B
P/E
317×
Fwd P/E
137×
Dividend yield
4.33%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Cousins Properties Incorporated (CUZ) Free cash flow margin

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Cousins Properties Incorporated's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 27.7%, up 14.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (13.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −17.8% (fiscal 2019) to 211.0% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Reit Office industry median of 14.9% and above the Real Estate sector median of 12.2%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 13.6% (3.63)
FY2024 17.2% 5.63
FY2023 11.6% 8.58
FY2022 3.01% (17.78)
FY2021 20.8% (1.81)
FY2020 22.6% 40.36
FY2019 −17.8% (18.97)
FY2018 1.21% (55.12)
FY2017 56.3% (154.62)
FY2016 211.0% 115.72

Against its own ten years

Low −17.8% High 211.0%
Ten-year median 17.2%
Current reading's percentile 45

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
ARE Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. compare 67.3%
KRC Kilroy Realty Corporation compare 29.1%
CUZ Cousins Properties Incorporated 27.7%
CDP COPT Defense Properties compare 23.7%
HIW Highwoods Properties, Inc. compare 6.53%
VNO Vornado Realty Trust compare 2.79%
BXP BXP, Inc. compare 0.00%
SLG SL Green Realty Corporation compare 0.00%
DEI Douglas Emmett, Inc. compare 0.00%
Reit Office industry median 14.9%
Real Estate sector median 12.2%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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