COPT Defense Properties
About: COPT Defense Properties is a fully-integrated and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on owning, operating and developing properties in locations proximate to, or sometimes containing, key U.S. Government (USG) defense installations and missions. Its tenants include the USG and their defense contractors, who are engaged in priority national security activities, and who generally require mission-critical and high security property enhancements. Its properties include 195 operating properties totaling approximately 22.4 million square feet comprised of 16.5 million square feet in 164 office properties and 5.9 million square feet in 31 single-tenant data center shells.
Employees: 427
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
57% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 36 | Existing positions closed: 23
12% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 120 | Existing positions reduced: 107
3% more funds holding
Funds holding: 290 [Q3] → 299 (+9) [Q4]
1.01% more ownership
Funds ownership: 105.58% [Q3] → 106.58% (+1.01%) [Q4]
3% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $3.61B [Q3] → $3.72B (+$109M) [Q4]
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 1 [Q3] → 1 (+0) [Q4]
63% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $186K | Put options by funds: $508K
Research analyst outlook
1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
1 analyst rating
Jefferies Peter Abramowitz 35% 1-year accuracy 6 / 17 met price target | 12%upside $31 | Buy Initiated | 17 Mar 2025 |
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