COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) Announces Dividend Increase – $0.32 Per Share

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 31st will be given a dividend of 0.32 per share on Wednesday, April 15th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 31st. This is a 4.9% increase from COPT Defense Properties’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.31.

COPT Defense Properties has raised its dividend by an average of 0.0%per year over the last three years.

COPT Defense Properties Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:CDP traded up $0.28 during trading on Friday, reaching $32.01. The stock had a trading volume of 228,380 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,360,005. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.77, a quick ratio of 2.34 and a current ratio of 3.95. COPT Defense Properties has a 1-year low of $23.92 and a 1-year high of $32.78. The stock has a market cap of $3.62 billion, a PE ratio of 23.68 and a beta of 0.86. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $29.94 and a 200-day moving average price of $29.34.

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 5th. The company reported $0.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.02. COPT Defense Properties had a net margin of 19.94% and a return on equity of 9.82%. The company had revenue of $197.36 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $188.79 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.65 EPS. COPT Defense Properties’s revenue was up 7.6% compared to the same quarter last year. COPT Defense Properties has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.710-2.790 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.670-0.690 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that COPT Defense Properties will post 2.67 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

COPT Defense Properties Company Profile

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.