Cousins Properties vs Highwoods Properties
Cousins Properties reported revenue of $994 million in fiscal 2025, 1.2 times Highwoods Properties' $806 million in fiscal 2025. Cousins Properties' revenue grew 16.0% in its latest year, and Highwoods Properties' fell 2.4%. Cousins Properties had an operating margin of 67.8%, against 67.6% at Highwoods Properties.
Side by side
| Cousins Properties | Highwoods Properties | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 |
| Revenue | $994M | $806M |
| Revenue growth | 16.0% | −2.4% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 6.1% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 68.3% | — |
| Operating margin | 67.8% | 67.6% |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 20.2% |
| Free cash flow | $135M | — |
| Free cash flow margin | 13.6% | — |
| Return on capital | 6.7% | — |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 3.1x | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $216M | $217M |
| Change in diluted share count | 9.6% | 2.1% |
| Last close | $29.60 | $31.47 |
| P/E at the last close | — | 37.5× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | sold $177,612 | — |
| Piotroski F-score | — | — |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
Ten years
Revenue
US$ billions, fiscal years
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Operating margin
Percent of revenue
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Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Cousins Properties and Highwoods Properties pages.