Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. COPT Defense Properties shares valued at $117,449 were sold by DENTON ROBERT L on May 15 ’25. At $26.70 per share, DENTON ROBERT L sold 4,398 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 0 shares worth approximately $0.0 following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Snider Britt A. purchased 1,000 shares, netting a total of over 26,930 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $26.93 each, the insider now holds 3,000 shares.
Before that, Myers Matthew T had sold 500 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $16,160, the SVP-CAO & CONTROLLER traded COPT Defense Properties shares for $32.32 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 500 shares, worth approximately $0.22 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Jefferies on March 17, 2025, COPT Defense Properties [CDP] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $31. Analysts at Citigroup downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in late March. As of February 21, 2024, Jefferies has increased its “Hold” rating to a “Buy” for CDP. Earlier on February 12, 2024, Evercore ISI upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for CDP stock which previously was a “an In-line”.
Analyzing CDP Stock Performance
On last trading session, COPT Defense Properties [NYSE: CDP] plunged -0.10% to $28.86. The stock’s lowest price that day was $28.59, but it reached a high of $29.08 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.51%. Over the course of the year, COPT Defense Properties shares have dropped approximately -0.86%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $31.10 on 01/02/25 and a 52-week low of $23.92 on 04/09/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for COPT Defense Properties (CDP)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 28.61, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 28.35. In the upper region, resistance lies at 29.10. The next price resistance is at 29.33. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 60.55 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is COPT Defense Properties subject to short interest?
Stocks of COPT Defense Properties saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-08-15 jumping by 86073.0 shares to 4.65 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-15 was 4.56 million shares. A jump of 1.85% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 6.01 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 6.01.
Which companies own the most shares of COPT Defense Properties (CDP)?
In terms of COPT Defense Properties share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 32.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 12.5% from the previous closing price of $28.89. Analysts anticipate COPT Defense Properties stock to reach 33 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 28. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked COPT Defense Properties stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On December 18, 2023, JP Morgan assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $26.
