COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of 2.620-2.700 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 2.670. The company issued revenue guidance of -. COPT Defense Properties also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.640-0.660 EPS.

COPT Defense Properties Stock Performance

Shares of CDP stock opened at $29.68 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.56, a current ratio of 2.38 and a quick ratio of 2.38. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $30.80 and a 200-day moving average of $30.48. COPT Defense Properties has a one year low of $22.20 and a one year high of $34.22. The company has a market cap of $3.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.33 and a beta of 0.98.

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $0.65 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.33. COPT Defense Properties had a net margin of 18.34% and a return on equity of 8.99%. Equities research analysts forecast that COPT Defense Properties will post 2.58 EPS for the current fiscal year.

COPT Defense Properties Announces Dividend

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

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

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.