Cousins Properties Incorporated

NYSE:CUZ Stock Report

Market Cap: US$5.0b

Cousins Properties Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Cousins Properties' CEO is Michael Connolly, appointed in Jul 2017, has a tenure of 7.33 years. total yearly compensation is $6.66M, comprised of 11.3% salary and 88.7% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.11% of the company’s shares, worth $5.40M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 6.7 years and 7.3 years respectively.

Key information

Michael Connolly

Chief executive officer

US$6.7m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage11.3%
CEO tenure7.3yrs
CEO ownership0.1%
Management average tenure6.7yrs
Board average tenure7.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Cousins Properties: Debt Headwinds And JV Bleed Cloud Future

Nov 15

Cousins Properties: One Of The Best Office REITs To Own With Significant Upside Potential

Aug 20

Cousins Properties: The Recent Earnings Confirm That This Is A Different Office REIT

Jul 26

Cousins Properties: Data Confirm This Is One Of The Safest Office Players In The Town

Apr 27

Cousins Properties: It Is Still An Undervalued Gem After Q4 Data

Feb 09

Cousins Properties: Stronger After Q3 Despite Struggling Sector

Nov 26

Cousins Properties: A 6.8% Yield From Class A Sun Belt Offices

Oct 16

Cousins Properties Continues To Deliver In A Resilient Fashion

Jul 31

Cousins Properties:  Enjoy This Fat, Stable Sunbelt Yield

Jul 23

Cousins Properties FFO of $0.66 beats by $0.01, revenue of $194.5M misses by $1.21M

Feb 09

Cousins Properties: Offers 4.9% Dividend, 30% Upside Potential Over The Next 2 Years

Jan 17

Cousins Properties: Competitively Positioned With Improving Fundamentals

Nov 01

Cousins: A High-Quality Office REIT In A Terrible Industry

Aug 24

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Michael Connolly's remuneration changed compared to Cousins Properties's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2024n/an/a

US$51m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

US$59m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

US$74m

Dec 31 2023US$7mUS$750k

US$83m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

US$88m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

US$150m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

US$161m

Dec 31 2022US$6mUS$730k

US$167m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

US$310m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

US$283m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

US$277m

Dec 31 2021US$5mUS$700k

US$279m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

US$122m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

US$96m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

US$91m

Dec 31 2020US$4mUS$700k

US$237m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

US$343m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

US$336m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

US$290m

Dec 31 2019US$3mUS$600k

US$150m

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

US$56m

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

US$55m

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

US$98m

Dec 31 2018US$2mUS$430k

US$79m

Sep 30 2018n/an/a

US$88m

Jun 30 2018n/an/a

US$81m

Mar 31 2018n/an/a

US$228m

Dec 31 2017US$2mUS$405k

US$216m

Compensation vs Market: Michael's total compensation ($USD6.66M) is about average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD7.74M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Michael's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.


CEO

Michael Connolly (47 yo)

7.3yrs

Tenure

US$6,656,421

Compensation

Mr. Michael Colin Connolly has been the Chief Executive Officer at Cousins Properties Incorporated since January 1, 2019 and serves as its President since July 25, 2017. He is Director of Cousins Propertie...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Michael Connolly
President7.3yrsUS$6.66m0.11%
$ 5.4m
Gregg Adzema
Executive VP & CFO14yrsUS$2.67m0.054%
$ 2.7m
Richard Hickson
Executive Vice President of Operations6.1yrsUS$1.67m0.024%
$ 1.2m
Jane Hicks
Chief Investment Officer6yrsUS$1.87m0.016%
$ 820.1k
John McColl
Executive Vice President of Development27.5yrsUS$1.70m0.018%
$ 910.4k
Jeffrey Symes
Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officer4.7yrsno data0.0079%
$ 397.3k
Brandon Orden
Senior VP & Chief Information Officer8.8yrsno datano data
Roni Imbeaux
Vice President of Finance & Investor Relationsno datano datano data
Pamela Roper
Executive VP21.3yrsUS$1.20m0.031%
$ 1.6m
Melissa McNamara
Vice President & Head of Corporate Communications5.2yrsno datano data
Francis Wetherington
Vice President of Human Resourcesless than a yearno datano data
Ray Weeks
Head of Atlanta-based Weeks Propertiesno datano datano data

6.7yrs

Average Tenure

50yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: CUZ's management team is seasoned and experienced (6.7 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Michael Connolly
President5.8yrsUS$6.66m0.11%
$ 5.4m
Thomas Cousins
Chairman Emeritus17.9yrsUS$106.58kno data
Charles Cannada
Independent Director8.1yrsUS$203.96k0.042%
$ 2.1m
Lillian Giornelli
Independent Director25.8yrsUS$201.98k0.041%
$ 2.1m
Richard Stone
Independent Director6.6yrsUS$204.61k0.051%
$ 2.5m
Robert Chapman
Independent Non Executive Chairman9.5yrsUS$206.59k0.042%
$ 2.1m
Scott Fordham
Independent Director5.4yrsUS$204.61k0.083%
$ 4.2m
R. Griffin
Independent Director5.4yrsUS$204.61k0.044%
$ 2.2m
Dionne Nelson
Independent Director3.5yrsUS$200.00k0.012%
$ 585.4k
Donna Hyland
Independent Director10.5yrsUS$205.28k0.036%
$ 1.8m

7.3yrs

Average Tenure

63.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: CUZ's board of directors are considered experienced (7.3 years average tenure).