COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. 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.

COPT Defense Properties Stock Performance

Shares of COPT Defense Properties stock traded up $0.49 during trading on Thursday, reaching $29.68. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,098,733 shares, compared to its average volume of 832,128. The firm has a market cap of $3.35 billion, a PE ratio of 24.33 and a beta of 0.98. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $30.80 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $30.48. The company has a current ratio of 2.38, a quick ratio of 2.38 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.56. COPT Defense Properties has a fifty-two week low of $22.20 and a fifty-two week high of $34.22.

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

COPT Defense Properties Dividend Announcement

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

CDP has been the subject of several analyst reports. 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. Truist Financial upped their price objective on shares of COPT Defense Properties from $31.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. Evercore ISI lifted their target price 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. Finally, BTIG Research increased 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. 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 company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average 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.