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) Operating margin

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Cousins Properties Incorporated's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 23.8%, up 1.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (22.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.24% (fiscal 2016) to 23.5% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Reit Office industry median of 17.8% and above the Real Estate sector median of 16.6%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 22.6% 2.33
FY2024 20.3% (3.20)
FY2023 23.5% 0.14
FY2022 23.4% 0.08
FY2021 23.3% 0.01
FY2020 23.3% 2.39
FY2019 20.9% (0.87)
FY2018 21.7% 5.76
FY2017 16.0% 11.74
FY2016 4.24% (10.22)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 25.5% 0.62
Jun 2026 24.9% 1.99
Mar 2026 22.9% 0.90
Dec 2025 22.0% 0.46
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Against its own ten years

Low 4.24% High 23.5%
Ten-year median 21.7%
Current reading's percentile 95

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
BXP BXP, Inc. compare 31.1%
CDP COPT Defense Properties compare 30.2%
HIW Highwoods Properties, Inc. compare 25.8%
CUZ Cousins Properties Incorporated 23.8%
KRC Kilroy Realty Corporation compare 22.9%
DEI Douglas Emmett, Inc. compare 18.8%
ARE Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. compare 17.8%
VNO Vornado Realty Trust compare 8.91%
SLG SL Green Realty Corporation compare 6.58%
Reit Office industry median 17.8%
Real Estate sector median 16.6%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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