NYSE:HIW - Highwoods Properties Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Highwoods Properties declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 5th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.475 per share on Tuesday, March 5th. This represents a $1.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.05%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 15th. This is a boost from Highwoods Properties's previous quarterly dividend of $0.46. View Highwoods Properties' Dividend History.

Highwoods Properties Inc (NYSE:HIW) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.86. The real estate investment trust earned $1.85 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $176.79 million. Highwoods Properties had a net margin of 23.69% and a return on equity of 7.68%. Highwoods Properties's quarterly revenue was up 952.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.84 earnings per share. View Highwoods Properties' Earnings History.

Highwoods Properties is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Highwoods Properties.

Highwoods Properties issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 5th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.44-3.56 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.50.

8 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Highwoods Properties' shares. Their forecasts range from $46.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate Highwoods Properties' share price to reach $52.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Highwoods Properties.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Highwoods Properties in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Highwoods Properties.

Media stories about HIW stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Highwoods Properties earned a news impact score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Highwoods Properties saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,187,973 shares, an increase of 52.5% from the January 15th total of 1,434,466 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 826,086 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.6 days. Currently, 2.2% of the company's stock are sold short. 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 investors include BlackRock Inc. (13.64%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.77%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (1.67%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.55%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (1.52%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.26%). Company insiders that own Highwoods Properties stock include Carlos E Evans, 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 Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Northern Trust Corp, Bank of America Corp DE, Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., Principal Financial Group Inc. and Securian Asset Management Inc. Company insiders that have sold Highwoods Properties company stock in the last year include Jeffrey Douglas Miller and Mark F Mulhern. View Insider Buying and Selling for Highwoods Properties.

HIW stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Millennium Management LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management Company LTD, BTIM Corp., Hill Winds Capital LP and Geode Capital Management LLC. 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 $46.88.

Highwoods Properties has a market capitalization of $4.85 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.

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]