COPT Defense Properties (CDP)

US — Real Estate Sector
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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol CDP
  • Rev/Share 6.6545
  • Book/Share 13.8974
  • PB 2.1401
  • Debt/Equity 1.6506
  • CurrentRatio 4.3356
  • ROIC 0.0521

 

  • MktCap 3204691590.0
  • FreeCF/Share 2.5536
  • PFCF 11.1668
  • PE 22.6184
  • Debt/Assets 0.579
  • DivYield 0.0423
  • ROE 0.094

 

  • Rating B
  • Score 3
  • Recommendation Neutral
  • P/E Score 2
  • DCF Score 4
  • P/B Score 2
  • D/E Score 1

Recent Analyst Ratings

Type Ticker Analyst Firm Previous Rating Current Rating Previous Price Target Current Price Target Date
Initiation CDP Jefferies -- Buy -- $31 March 17, 2025

News

All You Need to Know About COPT Defense (CDP) Rating Upgrade to Buy
CDP
Published: July 04, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

COPT Defense (CDP) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

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COPT Defense (CDP) is a Top Dividend Stock Right Now: Should You Buy?
CDP
Published: July 04, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Dividends are one of the best benefits to being a shareholder, but finding a great dividend stock is no easy task. Does COPT Defense (CDP) have what it takes?

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Lessons Learned From My Development Days: 2 Shovel-Ready REIT Picks
CDP, EGP
Published: July 03, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

My experience as a developer taught me to value risk mitigation, strong contracts, and conservative balance sheets in real estate investing. EastGroup Properties, Inc. stands out for its Sunbelt focus, diversified tenant base, disciplined development, and fortress balance sheet, supporting a 25% annualized return target. COPT Defense Properties offers a unique, defense-focused office/data center REIT model with high tenant retention, solid balance sheet, and a 15% annualized return estimate.

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COPT Defense Properties: Undervalued With Solid Growth Prospects
CDP
Published: May 06, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

COPT Defense Properties offers a defensive investment with a 4.6% dividend yield, supported by mission-critical Defense/IT assets and minimal exposure to at-risk GSA tenants. Solid operating results include 4.8% YoY FFO/share growth, 93.6% occupancy, and strong leasing momentum, particularly in cybersecurity hubs. With a discounted forward P/FFO of 9.98, CDP presents a favorable risk-reward setup for potentially strong long-term total returns.

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About COPT Defense Properties (CDP)

  • IPO Date 1991-12-31
  • Website https://www.copt.com
  • Industry REIT - Office
  • CEO Stephen E. Budorick
  • Employees 427

COPT is a REIT that owns, manages, leases, develops and selectively acquires office and data center properties. The majority of its portfolio is in locations that support the United States Government and its contractors, most of whom are engaged in national security, defense and information technology (IT) related activities servicing what the Company believes are growing, durable, priority missions (Defense/IT Locations). The Company also owns a portfolio of office properties located in select urban submarkets in the Greater Washington, DC/Baltimore region with durable Class-A office fundamentals and characteristics (Regional Office Properties). As of June 30, 2023, the Company derived 90% of its core portfolio annualized rental revenue from Defense/IT Locations and 10% from its Regional Office Properties. As of the same date and including 24 properties owned through unconsolidated joint ventures, COPT's core portfolio of 192 properties encompassed 22.9 million square feet and was 95% leased.