COPT Defense Properties (NYSE: CDP)’s stock price has gone decline by -0.63 in comparison to its previous close of 27.14, however, the company has experienced a 0.90% increase in its stock price over the last five trading days. businesswire.com reported 2025-02-25 that COLUMBIA, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–COPT Defense Properties (NYSE: CDP) (“COPT Defense” or the “Company”) announced that its President & CEO, Stephen E. Budorick, will provide an overview of the Company and participate in a question and answer session at Citi’s 2025 Global Property CEO Conference. The presentation will be held on March 4, 2025 at 2:55 p.m. Eastern Time at The Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Florida. A live audio webcast of the presentation and materials encompassing the.
Is It Worth Investing in COPT Defense Properties (NYSE: CDP) Right Now?
COPT Defense Properties (NYSE: CDP) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 22.02x compared to its average ratio. CDP has 36-month beta value of 0.98. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 4 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 3 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for CDP is 112.25M, and currently, short sellers hold a 5.22% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of CDP on February 28, 2025 was 998.74K shares.
CDP’s Market Performance
CDP stock saw a decrease of 0.90% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -8.05% and a quarterly a decrease of -15.30%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.33%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 2.21% for COPT Defense Properties (CDP). The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -4.00% for CDP’s stock, with a -6.76% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of CDP
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for CDP stocks, with Citigroup repeating the rating for CDP by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for CDP in the upcoming period, according to Citigroup is $25 based on the research report published on March 22, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Jefferies, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see CDP reach a price target of $28, previously predicting the price at $26. The rating they have provided for CDP stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on February 21st, 2024.
Evercore ISI gave a rating of “Outperform” to CDP, setting the target price at $28 in the report published on February 12th of the previous year.
CDP Trading at -8.56% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought CDP to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -21.19% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.21%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.33%, as shares sank -5.83% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -17.35% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, CDP rose by +0.90%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +9.37% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $28.09. In addition, COPT Defense Properties saw -12.86% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at CDP starting from Snider Britt A., who purchase 1,000 shares at the price of $26.93 back on Feb 26 ’25. After this action, Snider Britt A. now owns 3,000 shares of COPT Defense Properties, valued at $26,930 using the latest closing price.
Myers Matthew T, the SVP-CAO & CONTROLLER of COPT Defense Properties, sale 500 shares at $32.32 during a trade that took place back on Dec 02 ’24, which means that Myers Matthew T is holding 7,784 shares at $16,160 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for CDP
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.37 for the present operating margin
- 0.5 for the gross margin
The net margin for COPT Defense Properties stands at 0.18. The total capital return value is set at 0.07. Equity return is now at value 9.33, with 3.27 for asset returns.
Based on COPT Defense Properties (CDP), the company’s capital structure generated 0.61 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.14. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.59. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 3.29.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 384.02 million with net debt to EBITDA at 6.4. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 7.22. The receivables turnover for the company is 2.76for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.18.
Conclusion
To put it simply, COPT Defense Properties (CDP) has had a mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
