CDP Fundamental Analysis & Score

COPT Defense Properties Real Estate REIT - Office
$33.29
Quote dated October 16, 2026
68/100
Buy

What this score covers. It is a fixed screen of five reported ratios with no valuation input, so a company can score highly while its valuation risk remains elevated. The full report scores valuation separately, as one of nine scored sections. How the score is calculated

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Key Financial Metrics

Market Cap
$3.86B
P/E Ratio (TTM)
23.1x
P/E Forward
22.8x
Revenue Growth
3.9%
Gross Margin
58.3%
Net Margin
20.8%
Return on Equity
10.8%
Debt/Equity
1.64

Rule-Based Financial Screen Summary

COPT Defense Properties (CDP) is a Real Estate company in the REIT - Office industry. It has a 68/100 Buy score on our five-factor fundamentals screen. Key strengths include Gross Margin (58.3%), Net Margin (20.8%). Areas to watch: Debt/Equity (1.64). The score is a five-factor screen — revenue growth, gross margin, net margin, return on equity and debt-to-equity — each scored against fixed thresholds from a neutral starting point of 50 points. The full report scores nine sections, including moat, free cash flow, dilution and valuation, which this screen does not.

Revenue Growth: Moderate Gross Margin: Excellent Net Margin: Excellent Return on Equity: Low Debt/Equity: High Risk

This page score and the strengths and concerns above are produced by deterministic, rule-based calculations from the available third-party financial inputs documented below. AI does not choose the score, strengths, or concerns. Data and automated summaries can contain errors. This is not personalized investment advice. See our methodology and disclaimer.

How this page score was calculated

The calculation starts at 50 points and applies the five fixed adjustments shown below. Missing or invalid inputs contribute no adjustment. A finite provider-reported zero is treated as a measured value and evaluated against that input's displayed threshold. The pre-clamp result is 68; the published result is clamped to a minimum of 10 and maximum of 98, producing 68/100.

CDP score inputs and fixed adjustments
Input Displayed value Threshold applied Adjustment Data status
Revenue Growth 3.9% > 0% to 10% +4 Available
Gross Margin 58.3% > 50% +10 Available
Net Margin 20.8% > 20% +10 Available
Return on Equity 10.8% > 0% to 12% +2 Available
Debt/Equity 1.64 1.00 or higher -8 Available

Score bands

80 or higher: Strong Buy; 65–79: Buy; 50–64: Hold; below 50: Caution.

These are fixed names for score ranges. The score is not a success probability, recommendation, or forecast, and 80/100 does not mean an 80% chance of a gain.

Not included in this score

  • Peer results or relative peer ranking
  • Demand zones or liquidity
  • Technical momentum
  • News or market sentiment
  • DCF valuation or the downloadable report score

Sources, freshness, and limitations

This page was generated . The provider identifies the latest underlying financial period as June 30, 2026. The displayed market quote is dated October 16, 2026. Generation time is not the same as the date of the underlying filing or market observation.

Financial inputs may be delayed, restated, differently standardized by the data provider, or unavailable. Missing, invalid, or non-finite values receive no positive or negative adjustment rather than being estimated. A finite provider-reported zero is retained and evaluated against that metric's displayed threshold; it is not treated as missing. This can make a sparse-data score less informative. The screen does not capture every business, market, valuation, or portfolio risk, and investors can lose money.

What the full CDP report adds

The 68/100 on this page comes from a fixed screen of 5 ratios. The downloadable report is a separate analysis with its own score, built from 9 weighted sections.

This page: fixed screen

  • Revenue Growth
  • Gross Margin
  • Net Margin
  • Return on Equity
  • Debt/Equity

Each factor is scored against fixed thresholds from a starting point of 50 points. No factor prices the stock, so valuation is not part of the 68/100.

Full report: 9 scored sections

  1. Business Moat weight 15 of 100
  2. Revenue Growth Consistency weight 14 of 100
  3. Margin Quality weight 12 of 100
  4. Free Cash Flow Strength weight 12 of 100
  5. Balance Sheet Safety weight 12 of 100
  6. Returns on Capital weight 12 of 100
  7. Dilution vs Self-Funded Growth weight 8 of 100
  8. Valuation vs Growth weight 10 of 100
  9. Structural vs Cyclical Growth weight 5 of 100

When the inputs allow, the report also shows a fair-value estimate with its discounted cash flow (DCF) assumptions and a 3×3 sensitivity table, a confidence figure, and the data limitations that reduced that confidence. Its headline label can add a valuation-risk flag next to the fundamental-quality rating.

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Supplementary Metrics for CDP

6 data points drawn from analyst targets, consensus estimates, and ownership data. These are supplementary observations, not event predictions or causal explanations:

The current provider record reports earnings growth of 19.2%.
The provider-reported analyst mean target is $39.75 (+19.4% from the displayed price), based on 8 estimates. This is third-party opinion, not a StrongBuyAnalytics target.
The provider-reported third-party analyst consensus category is Buy; it is not a StrongBuyAnalytics recommendation.
The current provider record reports institutional ownership of 117.2%.
The current provider record reports a short ratio of 8.8 days to cover.
The current provider record reports a dividend yield of 3.84%.

Risk Indicators for CDP

3 measurable indicators visible in COPT Defense Properties's reported numbers. These are market and valuation risk metrics — not a comprehensive list of business risks, which would require qualitative analysis beyond this data:

Debt/Equity (1.64)
The provider-reported short ratio is 8.8 days to cover. Short-interest data can be delayed and may reflect hedging or other strategies, so it does not establish investor intent or future direction.
The reported debt-to-equity ratio is above 1. Higher leverage can increase sensitivity to weaker cash flow or higher borrowing costs, but the ratio requires company and industry context.

CDP Balance Sheet & Cash Flow

COPT Defense Properties's liquidity and cash generation as of the most recent filing — note the cash position of $24.17M against $2.64B of debt:

Total Cash
$24.17M
Total Debt
$2.64B
Current Ratio
2.59
FCF Yield
6.7%
EBITDA
$411.17M
Operating Margin
32.2%

These are provider-normalized figures and may differ from the issuer's as-filed presentation, units, or latest amendment. Use source filings for verification.

CDP Valuation Snapshot

Trailing P/E
23.1x
Fairly valued
Forward P/E
22.8x
Earnings growth expected
Price / Book
2.5x
Reasonable
PEG Ratio
1.02
Fairly valued
Analyst Target (Mean)
$39.75
Range: $38 – $44
Dividend Yield
3.84%
5Y avg: 4.17%
52-Week Price Range — CDP is trading at 53% of its range
$27.06 (52W Low) $38.90 (52W High)

Who Holds CDP? — Institutional 13F Filings

Institutional investment managers with >$100 M in qualifying assets must disclose their equity positions quarterly on SEC Form 13F — typically within 45 days of quarter-end. Search those filings below to see which hedge funds, mutual funds, and asset managers reported CDP as a holding, how many shares they held, and how positions changed quarter over quarter.

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Data limitation
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How to Interpret the CDP Fundamentals Score

CDP rates 68/100 on our five-factor fundamentals screen, which puts it in the "Buy" band. The band name describes a fixed range in this model; it is not a recommendation or prediction. The calculation above shows how each reported input affected the result.

68/100 · Buy band

COPT Defense Properties clears our thresholds on most of what we measure. The strongest readings are gross margin (58.3%) and net margin (20.8%). It is not unqualified: debt/equity (1.64) works against it.

CDP Earnings & Revenue Outlook

COPT Defense Properties reported revenue growth of 3.9% year over year, against a REIT - Office peer set where scale and pricing power vary widely. Growth that slow contributes little to the score on its own; margins and capital efficiency carry more weight for CDP.

Earnings grew 19.2% over the same period, outpacing revenue — a sign of operating leverage.

Track upcoming report dates on our earnings calendar.

CDP Fundamental Factors to Monitor

This is a review of reported fundamentals, not a price target or an estimate of future returns. These are the current figures that may be useful to monitor as new filings become available.

Current reading: Net margins of 20.8% show how much reported revenue currently converts to profit. Future filings may change either figure and the resulting score.

Positive Fundamental Inputs for CDP

These are the COPT Defense Properties figures that push the score up, taken straight from the most recent reported financials:

  • Gross Margin (58.3%)
  • Net Margin (20.8%)

Negative Fundamental Inputs & Risks for CDP

These are the figures working against CDP in the same model:

  • Debt/Equity (1.64)

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Return on Equity (ROE)

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Stock Valuation Methods

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DCF Assumptions and Limitations

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Frequently Asked Questions about CDP

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