NYSE$CUZ

Cousins Properties Inc · Q3 2023 earnings

Q3 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported strong operational and financial results, executing significant office leases and maintaining a robust pipeline.

Cousins Properties reported strong third-quarter results, marked by 548,000 square feet of office leases executed and a 4.6% increase in same property NOI on a cash basis. The company has updated its full-year 2023 FFO guidance to between $2.60 and $2.64 per share.

  • Net income available to common stockholders was $19.4 million, or $0.13 per share.
  • Funds From Operations (FFO) was $99.0 million, or $0.65 per share.
  • Same property net operating income (NOI) on a cash-basis increased 4.6%.
  • Executed 548,000 square feet of office leases.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$199M

Previous: $195M+1.9%
EPS (adj)

$0.65

Previous: $0.69-5.8%
Change in Cash-Basis Second Generation Net Rent

9.8%

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

-$64M

No prior period
Free Cash Flow

$19.4M

Previous: $80.6M-76.0%
Net Income

$19.4M

Previous: $80.6M-76.0%
Operating Income

$135M

Previous: $129M+4.2%
Gross Profit

$134M

Previous: $129M+4.3%
Cash & Equivalents

$6.93M

Previous: $5.51M+25.8%
Total Assets

$7.59B

Previous: $7.5B+1.2%

Revenue & EPS history

Cousins Properties · Revenue · Quarterly

$199M

Q3 2023+1.9%vs Q3 2022
Beat estimate in 12 of 15 quarters(80%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Cousins Properties · $2.51M total across 2 segments · Q2 2022

  • Fee Income
    $2.31M
  • Other Revenues
    $201K

Forward guidance

Full year 2023 earnings guidance is updated with net income between $0.54 and $0.58 per share and FFO between $2.60 and $2.64 per share.

Tailwinds

  • Increase to FFO is primarily driven by a reduction in real estate taxes and a gain from land sale.
  • Guidance reflects management’s current plans and assumptions as of the date of this earnings release.
  • Company executed 548,000 square feet of office leases, the highest number this year.
  • Cousins remains well-positioned with a fortress balance sheet
  • The pipeline remains robust, including at the Neuhoff development in Nashville

Headwinds

  • Guidance does not include any operating property acquisitions.
  • Guidance does not include any operating property dispositions.
  • Guidance does not include any development starts.
  • Actual results could differ materially from this guidance.
  • Guidance is subject to the risks and uncertainties more fully described in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q3 2023

Historical avgQ3 2023

+0.4%

Avg return

Earnings day

+0.1%

Avg return

5 days after

+0.8%

Avg return

30 days after

59%

38 / 64 earnings

Positive

+9.7%

Q1 2010

Best reaction

-6.9%

Q2 2011

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+0.3%+4.0%+7.0%
Q4 2025-1.2%-10.8%-10.5%
Q3 2025+0.0%+0.7%+0.3%
Q1 2025+1.4%-0.4%+1.1%
Q4 2024+1.8%-0.7%-4.8%
Q3 2024+0.9%-1.4%+1.5%
Q2 2024+9.5%+9.3%+12.3%
Q1 2024-1.1%-0.8%-0.9%
Q4 2023+4.9%+8.7%+8.6%
Q3 2023+1.5%+1.5%+12.3%
Q2 2023+1.1%-0.8%-7.0%
Q1 2023+4.5%+0.5%-4.9%
Q4 2022+0.2%+1.2%-16.7%
Q3 2022+1.1%+0.5%+10.0%
Q2 2022+2.0%-0.9%-7.8%
Q1 2022-4.5%-4.3%-7.6%
Q4 2021-1.9%-1.9%+2.6%
Q3 2021+0.7%-0.5%-2.0%
Q2 2021+0.4%-0.8%-1.3%
Q1 2021+0.4%+1.0%+1.6%
Q4 2020-0.9%+0.6%+6.9%
Q3 2020+0.0%+2.4%+33.5%
Q2 2020+0.5%+1.6%-0.9%
Q1 2020-6.4%-8.8%+0.1%
Q4 2019-0.5%+0.8%-10.5%
Q3 2019+4.4%+4.1%+6.1%
Q2 2019-3.6%-2.8%-7.6%
Q1 2019+0.7%+0.9%-2.7%
Q4 2018+3.4%+2.9%+7.7%
Q3 2018+2.5%+2.1%+0.1%
Q2 2018+0.8%-1.7%-0.4%
Q1 2018+1.1%+4.2%+7.0%
Q4 2017-1.8%-0.2%+1.7%
Q3 2017-1.3%-1.8%-1.6%
Q2 2017+1.6%+5.9%+4.2%
Q1 2017+0.4%+0.1%+0.8%
Q4 2016-0.9%+0.2%-6.9%
Q3 2016-5.8%-7.1%+1.0%
Q2 2016-3.2%-1.6%-0.7%
Q1 2016-1.3%
Q4 2015-2.1%
Q3 2015+2.6%
Q2 2015+4.6%
Q1 2015+3.6%
Q4 2014+3.5%
Q3 2014-0.1%
Q2 2014-2.5%
Q1 2014+0.8%
Q4 2013+2.1%
Q3 2013+2.1%
Q2 2013-3.5%
Q1 2013-2.5%
Q4 2012+1.9%
Q3 2012+1.7%
Q2 2012+1.3%
Q1 2012-1.7%
Q4 2011-3.1%
Q3 2011+8.6%
Q2 2011-6.9%
Q1 2011-2.7%
Q4 2010-1.2%
Q3 2010-0.8%
Q2 2010-1.3%
Q1 2010+9.7%

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