NYSE:HIW - Highwoods Properties Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

Highwoods Properties trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HIW."

Highwoods Properties announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 2nd. Investors of record on Monday, August 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.4625 per share on Wednesday, September 5th. This represents a $1.85 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.71%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 10th. View Highwoods Properties' Dividend History.

Highwoods Properties Inc (NYSE:HIW) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 24th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.86 by $0.37. The real estate investment trust earned $178.79 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $178.37 million. Highwoods Properties had a net margin of 27.68% and a return on equity of 8.96%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up .9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.90 EPS. View Highwoods Properties' Earnings History.

Highwoods Properties is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October, 23rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Highwoods Properties.

Highwoods Properties updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 24th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.39-3.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.44.

9 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Highwoods Properties' shares. Their predictions range from $46.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect Highwoods Properties' share price to reach $53.6667 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Highwoods Properties.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Highwoods Properties in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Highwoods Properties.

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News headlines about HIW stock have been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Highwoods Properties earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 45.95 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Highwoods Properties.

Highwoods Properties' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.79%), FMR LLC (3.57%), Centersquare Investment Management LLC (3.12%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.78%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (1.63%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.51%). Company insiders that own Highwoods Properties stock include Jeffrey Douglas Miller, Mark F Mulhern, Sherry A Kellett and Theodore J Klinck. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Highwoods Properties.

HIW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, FMR LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., First Quadrant L P CA, Heitman Real Estate Securities LLC and Mackay Shields LLC. Company insiders that have sold Highwoods Properties company stock in the last year include Jeffrey Douglas Miller, Mark F Mulhern and Sherry A Kellett. View Insider Buying and Selling for Highwoods Properties.

HIW stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, American Century Companies Inc., Centersquare Investment Management LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Martingale Asset Management L P, BTIM Corp. and Janus Henderson Group PLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Highwoods Properties.

Shares of HIW can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HIW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.85.

Highwoods Properties has a market capitalization of $5.11 billion and generates $702.74 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $185.36 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.28 on an earnings per share basis. Highwoods Properties employs 441 workers across the globe.

Highwoods Properties' mailing address is 3100 SMOKETREE COURT SUITE 600, RALEIGH NC, 27604. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 919-872-4924 or via email at [email protected]