NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

Cousins Properties

(NYSE:

CUZ

) is tomorrow, February 7, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 5 cents per share. At a price of $7.76 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 2.4%.

The average volume for Cousins has been 885,400 shares per day over the past 30 days. Cousins has a market cap of $746.7 million and is part of the

financial

sector and

real estate

industry. Shares are up 21.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday.

Cousins Properties Incorporated, a real estate investment trust (REIT), owns, develops, and manages real estate portfolio, as well as performs certain real estate-related services in the United States.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Cousins as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its compelling growth in net income, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and impressive record of earnings per share growth. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including weak operating cash flow, poor profit margins and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself. You can view the full

Cousins Ratings Report

.

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