CUZ vs HPP vs NXDT Stock Comparison

Cousins Properties, Hudson Pacific Properties and Nexpoint Diversified Real Estate Trust Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CUZ Cousins Properties Inc
$28.50 +1.5% 1M +8.2% 1Y
Market cap
$4.69B
P/E
730.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.03B
Div. yield
4.49%
Office REITs Real Estate
5 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Cousins Properties leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Cousins Properties 5, Nexpoint Diversified Real Estate Trust 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCUZHPPNXDTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $4.69B $596.66M $278.81M CUZ
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 730.0x -1.2x -3.7x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 135.7x — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.9% +1.8% -20.5% CUZ
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.6% — -94.2% CUZ
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — -0.1% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 34.6x — 15.1x NXDT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 4.49% 0.00% 9.14% NXDT
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +8.2% -36.6% +54.9% NXDT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -6.4%/yr -42.9%/yr -19.2%/yr CUZ
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.1% 71.8% 61.2% CUZ
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 29/100 — 30/100 NXDT

Percentile Scorecard

CUZHPPNXDT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCUZHPPNXDT
Valuation 29 #103 of 145 82 #27 of 145 30 #102 of 145
Growth 28 #102 of 142 11 #126 of 142 6 #134 of 142
Profitability 31 #94 of 135 – 2 #132 of 135
Financial Health 37 #86 of 136 – 67 #46 of 136
Shareholder Returns 19 #107 of 131 – 44 #74 of 131
Overall 29 – 30
  • CUZ ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • HPP ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • NXDT ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCUZHPPNXDTSPY
1 month +1.5%-4.3%+0.2% +0.9%
3 months -11.8%-21.4%+14.1% +5.9%
6 months +13.7%+21.8%+4.0% +8.5%
Year to date +10.6%+1.6%+37.1% +13.3%
1 year +8.2%-36.6%+54.9% +12.4%
3 years +59.4%-65.3%-29.0% +88.1%
3 years, per year +16.8%-29.8%-10.8% +23.5%
5 years -28.0%-93.9%-65.4% +68.2%
5 years, per year -6.4%-42.9%-19.2% +11.0%
10 years -7.8%-95.2%-75.8% +263.4%
10 years, per year -0.8%-26.2%-13.2% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureCUZHPPNXDTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.1%71.8%61.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 28.8%69.6%61.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.591.211.14 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.30-0.510.90 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -58.2%-97.2%-84.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.8%-36.6%-9.3% -0.9%
52-week high $32.30$17.36$5.79 $779.14
52-week low $21.34$5.51$2.66 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCUZHPPNXDT
P/E now vs peer median 730.0xmedian 25.8x -1.2xmedian 25.8x -3.7xmedian 25.8x
P/S now vs peer median 4.5xmedian 4.0x 0.7xmedian 4.0x 3.6xmedian 4.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 78.1xmedian 14.2x —median 14.2x 31.3xmedian 14.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median -12.7xmedian 23.0x —median 23.0x -37.7xmedian 23.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 1.3x —median 1.3x 0.4xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median -11.07median 1.91 0.04median 1.91 13.06median 1.91

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCUZHPPNXDT
Revenue $1.03B $812.79M $78.07M
Gross profit $704.58M – –
Operating income -$322.93M – -$1.21M
Net income $6.88M -$579.85M -$66.70M
Free cash flow -$369.91M – -$7.40M
EPS (diluted) $0.04 $-8.87 $-1.22
Cash & equivalents $6.70M $80.76M $11.67M
Total debt $3.73B – $1.16B
Shares (diluted) 165.29M 64.46M 60.44M
Enterprise value $4.68B $596.66M $286.06M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCUZHPPNXDT
P/E 730.0x -1.2x -3.7x
P/FCF -12.7x – -37.7x
P/Operating cash flow 10.9x – -89.5x
P/S 4.5x 0.7x 3.6x
P/B 1.0x – 0.4x
P/Tangible book 1.0x – 0.4x
EV/EBITDA 78.1x – 31.3x
EV/EBIT -26.1x – -445.0x
EV/Revenue 8.1x 0.7x 6.9x
EV/FCF -22.8x – -72.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 19.5x – -173.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -11.07 0.04 13.06

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCUZHPPNXDT
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.9% 1.8% -20.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.1% -7.5% -16.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 11.0% – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 10.2% – –
Operating income growth (1Y) -45.3% – -414.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -21.9% – –
Net income growth (1Y) -88.7% -29.3% 35.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -64.2% -114.5% -23.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -89.1% 39.2% 42.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -65.9% -27.7% -0.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 4.4% – -188.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.4% – -27.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 47.5% – -648.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -98.0% – -29.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCUZHPPNXDT
Gross margin 68.1% – –
EBITDA margin 10.4% – 22.1%
Operating margin -31.2% – -1.6%
Pretax margin -48.2% – -85.1%
Net margin 0.6% – -94.2%
FCF margin -35.7% – -9.5%
Operating cash flow margin 41.7% – -4.0%
Return on equity 0.2% – -10.0%
Return on assets 0.1% -8.1% -6.5%
Return on invested capital – – -0.1%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.1x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 62.8x – 0.0x
Stock comp / revenue 1.6% – 6.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCUZHPPNXDT
Debt / assets 41.3% – 26.2%
Debt / equity 0.8x – 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 34.6x – 15.1x
Debt / FCF -10.1x – -36.8x
Liabilities / assets 50.3% 57.6% 35.2%
Equity / assets 49.7% – 64.8%
Interest coverage -1.8x – -0.1x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCUZHPPNXDT
Dividend yield 4.5% – 9.1%
Net buyback yield – – -21.8%
Shareholder yield 4.5% 0.0% -12.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) 3,132% – -10.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) -58.2% – -93.2%
Dividend growth (1Y) 4.8% – 25.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 3.2% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCUZHPPNXDT
Forward P/E 135.7xFY2026 – –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.21FY2026 $-3.72FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY -12.5%FY2026 – –
EPS growth, the year after +128.6% – –
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.04BFY2026 $744.06MFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY +5.6%FY2026 -10.5%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +10.4% -0.8% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCUZHPPNXDT
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 50.2%
Institutions holding 393 189 126
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.6% +4.8% +3.8%
Institutions buying 200 118 80
Institutions selling 139 52 34
Buyers to sellers 1.44 2.27 2.35

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CUZHPPNXDT
CUZ 1.00 0.57 0.21
HPP 0.57 1.00 0.12
NXDT 0.21 0.12 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CUZ, HPP and NXDT?

Cousins Properties (CUZ) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cousins Properties (CUZ) $4.69B, Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP) $596.66M, Nexpoint Diversified Real Estate Trust (NXDT) $278.81M.

Which company is growing faster?

Cousins Properties (CUZ) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cousins Properties (CUZ) +11.9%, Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP) +1.8%, Nexpoint Diversified Real Estate Trust (NXDT) -20.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Cousins Properties (CUZ) has the highest net margin (Cousins Properties (CUZ) 0.6%, Nexpoint Diversified Real Estate Trust (NXDT) -94.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Nexpoint Diversified Real Estate Trust (NXDT) returned the most: Cousins Properties (CUZ) +8.2%, Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP) -36.6%, Nexpoint Diversified Real Estate Trust (NXDT) +54.9%. Over five years, Cousins Properties (CUZ) compounded fastest (Cousins Properties (CUZ) -6.4%/yr, Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP) -42.9%/yr, Nexpoint Diversified Real Estate Trust (NXDT) -19.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Nexpoint Diversified Real Estate Trust (NXDT) has the highest dividend yield: Cousins Properties (CUZ) 4.49%, Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP) 0.00%, Nexpoint Diversified Real Estate Trust (NXDT) 9.14%. Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cousins Properties (CUZ) has been the steadiest (Cousins Properties (CUZ) 27.1%, Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP) 71.8%, Nexpoint Diversified Real Estate Trust (NXDT) 61.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CUZ, HPP and NXDT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Cousins Properties (CUZ) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.