What is Wedbush’s Forecast for CDP FY2026 Earnings?

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) – Equities researchers at Wedbush issued their FY2026 earnings per share estimates for COPT Defense Properties in a note issued to investors on Monday, February 10th. Wedbush analyst R. Anderson expects that the company will post earnings per share of $2.72 for the year. The consensus estimate for COPT Defense Properties’ current full-year earnings is $2.67 per share.

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $0.65 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.33. COPT Defense Properties had a return on equity of 9.08% and a net margin of 18.44%.

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

COPT Defense Properties Stock Down 1.0 %

Shares of NYSE CDP opened at $27.83 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.62 and a beta of 0.98. COPT Defense Properties has a one year low of $22.20 and a one year high of $34.22. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $30.43 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $30.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.56, a current ratio of 2.38 and a quick ratio of 2.38.

Institutional Trading of COPT Defense Properties

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its holdings in COPT Defense Properties by 77.8% in the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,403 shares of the company’s stock valued at $43,000 after acquiring an additional 614 shares in the last quarter. FIL Ltd lifted its position in shares of COPT Defense Properties by 17.8% in the 4th quarter. FIL Ltd now owns 2,591 shares of the company’s stock worth $80,000 after purchasing an additional 391 shares during the period. USA Financial Formulas bought a new stake in shares of COPT Defense Properties during the 4th quarter valued at about $90,000. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB purchased a new position in shares of COPT Defense Properties during the third quarter valued at about $91,000. Finally, Meeder Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in COPT Defense Properties in the fourth quarter worth about $110,000.

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.