Cousins Properties Incorporated
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

2025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
60.3644.96N/AN/A
Price/Sales ratio
4.894.574.824.78
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$0.46$0.62N/AN/A

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
31.6511.4427.3117.7741.9451.9428.8128.6013.5744.5290.2841.94
Price/Sales ratio
4.553.768.338.246.988.026.707.934.984.606.138.02
Price/Book Value ratio
0.980.850.871.381.201.211.111.310.820.811.041.21
Price/Cash Flow ratio
11.559.4719.4118.1614.4917.4014.1415.3710.3910.0212.7417.40
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
11.55-43.09968.46-31.58-1.13K-29.38-18.48-15.03165.5910.0218.10-1.13K
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
-0.440.06-0.580.26-0.659.730.611.320.42-0.636.57-0.65
Dividend Yield
3.91%4.81%11.26%2.57%3.22%2.70%3.54%3.05%5.06%5.26%4.22%3.22%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
56.85%59.08%62.61%64.84%65.34%66.21%66.11%65.63%66.10%66.81%45.32%66.21%
Operating Profit Margin
12.63%19.12%14.95%16.73%14.24%20.69%24.05%23.89%24.07%23.77%20.49%14.24%
Pretax Profit Margin
2.22%9.83%-10.31%8.53%13.27%4.44%32.16%36.94%21.96%10.43%6.23%4.44%
Net Profit Margin
14.39%32.88%30.51%46.39%16.65%15.44%23.28%27.72%36.68%10.33%6.16%15.44%
Effective Tax Rate
-0.24%-234.54%395.90%-443.60%-25.45%-247.16%27.59%24.95%-67.00%N/A0.75%-25.45%
Return on Assets
1.94%4.83%1.89%5.14%1.90%1.42%2.42%2.86%3.71%1.08%0.65%1.42%
Return On Equity
3.10%7.45%3.22%7.80%2.86%2.32%3.85%4.58%6.04%1.83%1.14%2.32%
Return on Capital Employed
1.78%2.92%0.96%1.93%1.69%1.98%2.60%2.57%2.57%2.68%2.26%1.69%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
0.831.251.011.630.942.191.49N/AN/AN/A1.190.94
Quick Ratio
0.700.930.891.610.691.771.130.590.490.431.190.69
Cash ratio
N/A0.010.250.840.010.050.010.020.010.010.280.01
Days of Sales Outstanding
69.3574.6894.5556.8274.4569.9478.1880.9292.26100.23104.9074.45
Days of Inventory outstanding
N/A0.00-31.75N/A-11.270.000.000.000.00N/AN/A-11.27
Operating Cycle
69.3574.6862.7956.8263.1869.9478.1880.9292.26100.23104.9063.18
Days of Payables Outstanding
178.45167.68411.59307.15244.16344.88271.02315.85382.98N/AN/A344.88
Cash Conversion Cycle
-109.09-93.00-348.79-250.32-180.98-274.94-192.84-234.92-290.71100.23104.90-180.98
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.290.270.330.260.250.310.300.300.300.320.340.25
Debt Equity Ratio
0.470.420.560.390.380.500.480.480.500.540.600.38
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.320.290.350.280.270.330.320.320.330.350.370.27
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.320.290.350.280.270.330.320.320.330.350.370.27
Interest Coverage Ratio
1.442.261.332.222.622.542.84N/AN/AN/A1.452.54
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.170.210.080.190.210.130.160.170.150.140.130.13
Company Equity Multiplier
1.591.541.691.511.491.641.591.601.621.681.751.49
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.390.390.420.450.480.460.470.510.470.450.430.46
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
1-0.210.02-0.57-0.01-0.59-0.76-1.020.0610.77-0.01
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.170.210.080.190.210.130.160.170.150.140.130.13
Short Term Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Dividend Payout Ratio
124.04%55.12%307.55%45.84%135.37%140.73%102.24%87.33%68.75%234.25%381.95%135.37%