COPT Defense Properties (CDP) scored on five pillars from its reported financial statements, and ranked against 84 Real Estate companies.
COPT Defense Properties (CDP) scores 5.3 out of 10 as of , computed from its reported financial statements. That reads as mixed quality. The reading rests on efficiency, and solvency is what holds it back.
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The Quality Score for CDP stands at 5.3 out of 10 as of October 19, 2026, which puts COPT Defense Properties in the mixed quality band. In this band one or two pillars are usually holding the score up while others drag it down, which the breakdown below makes visible. It rolls COPT Defense Properties’s profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability into one number, each judged against the norms of its sector.
Set against 84 Real Estate companies, COPT Defense Properties lands at the 55th percentile, in the better half of its peers. For reference, the middle of the group scores 5.2 and a company needs 5.9 to reach its top quarter, which leaves COPT Defense Properties in line with the median.
Profitability scores 6.6 out of 10, which reads as average. The median across 80 Real Estate companies is 4.8, so COPT Defense Properties is well above its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 73rd percentile. Middling returns are common and not a flaw in themselves, though they leave less slack when costs rise or demand softens.
On solvency, COPT Defense Properties scores 2.1, a weak reading. Its peers have a median of 3.7 across 34 Real Estate companies, which places it well below them, at the 15th percentile. A low reading here is a question about resilience: how long the company could keep paying its obligations if earnings dropped.
COPT Defense Properties’s growth score is 5.7 out of 10 (average). Against a median of 5.2 among 74 Real Estate companies, that is above the group and the 58th percentile. Average growth reflects a business expanding at roughly the pace of its sector, without a clear acceleration or decline.
On efficiency, COPT Defense Properties scores 7.1, a strong reading. Its peers have a median of 6.4 across 80 Real Estate companies, which places it above them, at the 70th percentile. Efficiency at this level means the company needs comparatively little capital to produce what it sells.
On predictability, COPT Defense Properties scores 5.1, an average reading. Its peers have a median of 4.9 across 83 Real Estate companies, which places it in line with them, at the 60th percentile. Consistency near the median is typical, and it is worth checking whether the swings came from the business itself or from one-off items.
The gap between COPT Defense Properties’s best and worst pillar is wide: efficiency at 7.1 against solvency at 2.1, 5.0 points apart. An average of two readings this different deserves a closer look than the headline number. Leading with efficiency points to disciplined use of capital, a strength that compounds quietly. When solvency is the soft spot, the question is how much of the cash flow is already spoken for by debt.
Of everything that could lift COPT Defense Properties’s score, solvency matters most. Bringing it up to the 3.7 median of Real Estate companies would take the overall from 5.3 to roughly 5.6. The weights add up to 100 points (profitability 25, solvency 20, growth 20, efficiency 15, predictability 20), and COPT Defense Properties has a reading on every pillar.
For a fair comparison, start with companies of a similar size: the Real Estate companies below are nearest to COPT Defense Properties by market value, each scored on the same pillars.
How much profit the company generates from its capital and sales.
The company’s ability to service debt and meet its obligations.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are compounding.
How well assets and earnings convert into cash and output.
How stable and consistent results have been over time.
Each metric is scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks, where higher is better. Metrics roll up into five pillars, and the pillars combine into the overall score using the weights shown. Sector-sensitive metrics are judged relative to peers in the same sector.
This score is a systematic, backward-looking read of reported fundamentals. It does not judge valuation, management quality, competitive moat, or future prospects, and can be distorted by one-off items or unusual accounting. Treat it as a starting point, not a recommendation.
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On this reading COPT Defense Properties scores 5.3 out of 10, which reads as mixed quality. Its strongest pillar is efficiency, its weakest is solvency. Quality is not the same as a good investment: the score says nothing about the price you would pay.
COPT Defense Properties ranks at the 55th percentile of the 84 Real Estate companies Lemma publishes a score for. The median there is 5.2 and the top quarter starts at 5.9, against COPT Defense Properties’s 5.3.
Five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks and then weighted into one overall reading: profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability. Everything comes from reported financials, and nothing comes from price, sentiment or forecasts.
This page last changed on October 19, 2026. The score moves with the financial statements, so the page changes when a new filing moves the reading rather than on a schedule. Live figures for CDP are in the app.
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