Highwoods Properties Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:HIW)

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

Highwoods Properties announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 31st. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.475 per share on Wednesday, September 4th. This represents a $1.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.31%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 9th. View Highwoods Properties' Dividend History.

Highwoods Properties Inc (NYSE:HIW) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.38 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.85 by $0.47. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $184.10 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $180.20 million. Highwoods Properties had a net margin of 18.79% and a return on equity of 6.13%. Highwoods Properties's quarterly revenue was up 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.87 EPS. View Highwoods Properties' Earnings History.

Highwoods Properties is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 22nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Highwoods Properties.

Highwoods Properties will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 22nd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Highwoods Properties updated its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 23rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.32-3.38 for the period.

4 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Highwoods Properties' stock. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $51.00. On average, they expect Highwoods Properties' share price to reach $50.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Highwoods Properties.

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

News articles about HIW stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Highwoods Properties earned a news sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Highwoods Properties.

Highwoods Properties saw a decrease in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,860,000 shares, a decrease of 5.6% from the August 15th total of 1,970,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 793,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.8% of the company's shares are short sold. View Highwoods Properties' Current Options Chain.

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Highwoods Properties' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Garland Capital Management Inc. (0.08%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.08%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.04%), Meeder Asset Management Inc. (0.04%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.03%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%). Company insiders that own Highwoods Properties stock include Carlos E Evans, Jeffrey Douglas Miller, Mark F Mulhern and Sherry A Kellett. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Highwoods Properties.

HIW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Pacer Advisors Inc. and Garland Capital Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Highwoods Properties.

HIW stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Meeder Asset Management Inc., Fox Run Management L.L.C., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Bailard Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Carroll Financial Associates Inc.. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HIW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $44.05.

Highwoods Properties has a market capitalization of $4.57 billion and generates $720.03 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $171.83 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.45 on an earnings per share basis. Highwoods Properties employs 442 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Highwoods Properties.

The official website for Highwoods Properties is http://www.highwoods.com/.

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]