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Cousins Properties Incorporated CUZ

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Cousins Properties Incorporated is a fully integrated, self-administered, and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company, based in Atlanta, GA and acting through its operating partnership, Cousins Properties LP, primarily invests in Class A office buildings located in high-growth Sun Belt markets. Founded in 1958, Cousins creates shareholder value through its extensive expertise in the development, acquisition, leasing, and management of high-quality real estate assets. The Company has a comprehensive strategy in place based on a simple platform, trophy assets, and opportunistic investments.

Snapshot

Price
$27.71
Market cap
$4.56B
Enterprise value
$8.38B
Dividend yieldi
4.62%
Annual dividendi
$1.28
Frequency
Quarterly
FFO / sharei
$0.73 · Q1 2026
AFFO / sharei
Not reported in latest 8-K
Net debt / EBITDAi
5.66x · Adj. EBITDA
Op. cash flow / sharei
$2.38
Price / OCFi
11.62
Payout (% of OCF)i
53.68%
Debt / book capitali
45.87%
Premium / disc. to NAVi
No free consensus-NAV source
Credit ratingi
No free ratings feed

Reported FFO / AFFO / leverage are from the Q1 2026 earnings release (filed 2026-04-29) — 8-K, EX-99.1.

Yield uses the latest declared dividend, annualized (latest regular payout × frequency; special/liquidating distributions excluded) — an announced-but-not-yet-declared change isn't reflected until it has an ex-date. FFO, AFFO and Net debt / Adj. EBITDA are the company's reported figures from its latest earnings 8-K. Price/OCF and payout use GAAP operating cash flow. NAV premium and credit ratings have no free source yet. See Methodology.

Balance sheet (latest FY: 2025)

Total debt
$3.68B
Cash
$5.72M
Net debt / EBITDAi
7.04x
Debt / book capitali
45.87%
Total assets
$8.89B
Total equity
$4.68B
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Debt-maturity ladder, fixed/floating split, secured/unsecured and coverage ratios come from the supplemental — not yet ingested.

Financial history

FYRevenueNet incomeD&A EBITDAOp. cash flow
2025 $993.82M $40.50M $415.36M $456.61M $402.27M
2024 $856.76M $45.96M $365.05M $534.10M $400.23M
2023 $802.87M $82.96M $314.90M $504.18M $368.36M
2022 $762.29M $166.79M $295.59M $535.57M $365.17M
2021 $755.07M $278.59M $288.09M $634.12M $389.48M
2020 $740.34M $237.28M $288.65M $587.37M $351.09M

Dividends

Ex-dateRecordPaymentDeclaredAmountFreq.
2026-04-072026-04-072026-04-15 2026-03-18$0.32Quarterly
2026-01-052026-01-052026-01-14 2025-12-18$0.32Quarterly
2025-10-032025-10-032025-10-15 2025-09-17$0.32Quarterly
2025-07-072025-07-072025-07-17 2025-06-18$0.32Quarterly
2025-04-032025-04-032025-04-15 2025-03-18$0.32Quarterly
2025-01-032025-01-032025-01-14 2024-12-18$0.32Quarterly
2024-10-032024-10-032024-10-15 2024-09-17$0.32Quarterly
2024-07-032024-07-032024-07-15 2024-06-18$0.32Quarterly
2024-04-032024-04-042024-04-15 2024-03-18$0.32Quarterly
2024-01-032024-01-042024-01-16 2023-12-19$0.32Quarterly
2023-10-032023-10-042023-10-13 2023-09-19$0.32Quarterly
2023-07-052023-07-062023-07-17 2023-06-20$0.32Quarterly
2023-04-042023-04-052023-04-14 2023-03-20$0.32Quarterly
2023-01-032023-01-042023-01-13 2022-12-19$0.32Quarterly
2022-10-042022-10-052022-10-14 2022-09-20$0.32Quarterly
2022-07-052022-07-062022-07-15 2022-06-21$0.32Quarterly
2022-04-042022-04-052022-04-14 2022-03-21$0.32Quarterly
2022-01-042022-01-052022-01-14 2021-12-20$0.31Quarterly
2021-10-042021-10-052021-10-15 2021-09-21$0.31Quarterly
2021-07-022021-07-062021-07-19 2021-06-21$0.31Quarterly
2021-04-052021-04-062021-04-19 2021-03-17$0.31Quarterly
2020-12-312021-01-042021-01-14 2020-12-17$0.30Quarterly
2020-10-022020-10-052020-10-15 2020-09-21$0.30Quarterly
2020-07-022020-07-062020-07-17 2020-06-18$0.30Quarterly

Coverage (payout of operating cash flow): 53.68%. Tax-character split (ordinary / 199A / capital gain / return of capital) — not disclosed (requires the annual allocation release).

Same-store NOI, occupancy, leasing/WALT, top tenants, external-manager fees, development pipeline and (for non-traded vehicles) share-class fees, redemption/gating and NAV methodology are planned modules sourced from supplementals and prospectuses.