Highwoods Properties - HIW Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Highwoods Properties in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" HIW shares.
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7 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Highwoods Properties' stock. Their HIW share price forecasts range from $34.00 to $53.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $38.57 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 40.2% 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 38.3% and is now trading at $27.51.
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Highwoods Properties saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,530,000 shares, an increase of 38.3% from the August 15th total of 1,830,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 839,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.0 days. Approximately 2.4% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 25th 2022.
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Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE:HIW) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 26th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.34 by $0.04. Highwoods Properties had a net margin of 35.81% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.44%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.91 earnings per share.

Highwoods Properties announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 28th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share on Tuesday, September 13th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 7.27%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 19th.
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Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 7.04%. 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 73.26%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HIW will have a dividend payout ratio of 50.63% 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 Thursday, August, 4th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.92-$4.00 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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (6.08%), FMR LLC (5.05%), Northern Trust Corp (1.53%), Millennium Management LLC (1.21%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.18%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.08%). Insiders that own company stock include David John Hartzell, Jeffrey Douglas Miller, Mark F Mulhern 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 $27.51.

Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) has a market capitalization of $2.89 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 $2.73 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.