Highwoods Properties - HIW Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Highwoods Properties in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" HIW shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in HIW, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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7 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Highwoods Properties' shares. Their HIW share price forecasts range from $27.00 to $36.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $32.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.8% from the stock's current price.
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Highwoods Properties' stock was trading at $44.59 at the start of the year. Since then, HIW shares have decreased by 38.0% and is now trading at $27.63.
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Highwoods Properties saw a decrease in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,070,000 shares, a decrease of 8.0% from the October 31st total of 2,250,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,010,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 2.0% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 14th 2023.
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Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE:HIW) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 26th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.38 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.34 by $0.04. Highwoods Properties had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.93% and a net margin of 31.18%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.91 EPS.

Highwoods Properties declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 20th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 21st will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share on Tuesday, December 13th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.24%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 18th.
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Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 7.22%. HIW has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 5 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 83.33%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, HIW will have a dividend payout ratio of 51.55% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Highwoods Properties updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 1st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.02-$4.04 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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

Highwoods Properties' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Cohen & Steers Inc. (16.39%), Vanguard Group Inc. (15.51%), BlackRock Inc. (11.28%), State Street Corp (6.07%), Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (2.14%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.60%). Insiders that own company stock include Brendan C Maiorana, David John Hartzell, Jeffrey Douglas Miller, Mark F Mulhern, Theodore J Klinck and Thomas P Anderson.
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Shares of HIW stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of HIW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.63.

Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) has a market capitalization of $2.91 billion and generates $768.01 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $313.28 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.40 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 348 workers across the globe.

Highwoods Properties' mailing address is 3100 SMOKETREE COURT SUITE 600, RALEIGH NC, 27604. The official website for the company is www.highwoods.com. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (919) 872-4924, via email at brendan.maiorana@highwoods.com, or via fax at 919-872-4924.