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Cousins Properties Inc. (NYSE:CUZ) is a fully integrated, self-administered, and self-managed real estate investment trust that primarily invests in Class A office buildings located in high-growth Sun Belt markets.

It is set to report its Q1 2025 earnings on May 1. Wall Street analysts expect the company to post EPS of $0.67, up from $0.65 in the prior-year period. According to Benzinga Pro, quarterly revenue is expected to reach $222.35 million, up from $209.24 million a year earlier.

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If You Bought Cousins Properties Stock 10 Years Ago

The company's stock traded at approximately $29.64 per share 10 years ago. If you had invested $10,000, you could have bought roughly 337 shares. Currently, shares trade at $29.21, meaning your investment's value could have declined to $9,855 from stock price depreciation. However, Cousins Properties also paid dividends during these 10 years.

Cousins Properties' dividend yield is currently 4.35%. Over the last 10 years, it has paid about $11.58 in dividends per share, which means you could have made $3,907 from dividends alone.

Summing up $9,855 and $3,907, we end up with the final value of your investment, which is $13,762. This is how much you could have made if you had invested $10,000 in Cousins Properties stock 10 years ago. This means a total return of 37.62%. However, this figure is significantly less than the S&P 500 total return for the same period, which was 224.90%.

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What Could The Next 10 Years Bring?

Cousins Properties has a consensus rating of "Overweight" and a price target of $30.80 based on the ratings of 11 analysts. The price target implies a more than 5% potential upside from the current stock price.

On Feb. 6, the company announced its Q4 2024 earnings, posting FFO of $0.69, compared to the consensus estimate of $0.67, and revenues of $225.33 million, compared to the consensus estimate of $214.63 million, as reported by Benzinga.

"In addition to continued strong performance from our property portfolio, the fourth quarter was one of the most productive in Cousins' history," said CEO Colin Connolly. “We invested almost $1 billion into trophy lifestyle office properties in our Sun Belt markets. These transactions were immediately accretive to earnings and were funded on a leverage neutral basis, allowing us to maintain our best-in-class balance sheet with significant liquidity for additional investments.”