CDPCOPT Defense Properties

$37.31

Is it safe?

Can CDP take a bad year?

COPT Defense Properties carries $2.52B of net debt at 6.29× EBITDA: a heavy load to carry through a bad year.

$2.52B

Net debt · as at Q1 2026 · over four years of earnings before interest, tax and depreciation, heavy

Net debt / EBITDA
6.29×

Net debt / EBITDA · 6.40× a year ago · the load is coming down

Interest cover
2.60×

Interest cover · operating profit covers the interest bill, with room to spare

Annualised volatility
19%

Annualised volatility · about as steady as the market itself

Details
Total debtQ1 2026
$2.55B
Cash and short-term investments
$29M
Net debt
$2.52B
EBITDA, trailing twelve months
$400M
Operating profit, trailing twelve months
$234M
Debt / equity
1.68×
Total debt / EBITDA
6.37×
Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
19%
Worst drawdown on file
−49%
Below its 52-week high
−2.5%

Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.