COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) Updates Q3 2026 Earnings Guidance

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) updated its third quarter 2026 earnings guidance on Monday. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.370-0.390 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.690. The company issued revenue guidance of -. COPT Defense Properties also updated its FY 2026 guidance to 1.390-1.430 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have issued reports on CDP shares. Evercore restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $42.00 price objective on shares of COPT Defense Properties in a research note on Monday. Truist Financial lifted their target price on COPT Defense Properties from $33.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, June 8th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $37.00 price target on shares of COPT Defense Properties in a report on Thursday, June 25th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on shares of COPT Defense Properties from $35.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, June 1st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on shares of COPT Defense Properties from $33.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, May 15th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, COPT Defense Properties currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $35.50.

COPT Defense Properties Price Performance

Shares of NYSE CDP opened at $38.27 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 2.85, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.63. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $34.83 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $32.64. COPT Defense Properties has a 1-year low of $26.91 and a 1-year high of $38.54. The firm has a market cap of $4.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.74 and a beta of 0.76.

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) last issued its earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The company reported $0.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $197.39 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $189.36 million. COPT Defense Properties had a return on equity of 10.02% and a net margin of 20.10%.During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.34 earnings per share. COPT Defense Properties has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.390-1.430 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.370-0.390 EPS. Analysts anticipate that COPT Defense Properties will post 2.78 earnings per share for the current year.

COPT Defense Properties Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 30th were issued a dividend of $0.32 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.3%. COPT Defense Properties’s dividend payout ratio is 92.75%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other COPT Defense Properties news, Director Robert L. Denton sold 3,922 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $32.38, for a total transaction of $126,994.36. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 3,803 shares in the company, valued at $123,141.14. This trade represents a 50.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 1.66% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in COPT Defense Properties during the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of COPT Defense Properties by 1,176.5% during the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,685 shares of the company’s stock valued at $46,000 after purchasing an additional 1,553 shares during the period. Osaic Holdings Inc. lifted its holdings in COPT Defense Properties by 59.6% during the 2nd quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 3,193 shares of the company’s stock worth $88,000 after purchasing an additional 1,192 shares in the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in COPT Defense Properties by 24.8% during the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 5,633 shares of the company’s stock worth $159,000 after purchasing an additional 1,120 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cibc World Markets Corp bought a new position in COPT Defense Properties in the 4th quarter worth about $210,000.

About COPT Defense Properties

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE: CDP) is a real estate investment trust organized to own, lease and manage healthcare and life science facilities serving the United States federal government, with a particular focus on Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs tenants. The company was formed in 2016 through a spin-off from Corporate Office Properties Trust, enabling it to concentrate exclusively on medical office buildings and specialized research facilities situated on or near military and federal research campuses.

The company’s portfolio comprises purpose-built, Class A medical office and outpatient specialty clinics, as well as life science laboratories.