COPT Defense Properties is a self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company is focused on owning, operating and developing properties in locations proximate to, or sometimes containing, key United States Government (USG) defense installations and missions (its Defense/IT Portfolio). The Company’s tenants include the USG and their defense contractors, who are primarily engaged in priority national security activities, and who generally require mission-critical and high security property enhancements. Its Defense/IT Portfolio includes approximately 199 operating properties totaling 22.7 million square feet comprised of 16.8 million square feet in 168 office properties and 5.9 million square feet in 31 single-tenant data center shells. It owns approximately 24 of these data center shells totaling 4.3 million square feet through unconsolidated real estate joint ventures. It also owns around 50 acres of other developable land in the Greater Washington, DC/Baltimore region.
High Dividend
The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 96.09%.
Overvalued
The company’s latest PE is 27.28, at a high 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 122.15M shares, decreasing 8.42% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by HACAX
Star Investor HACAX holds 707.30 shares of this stock.
Higher Market Activity
The company has more investor interest, with a 20-day turnover ratio of 0.29.