Highwoods Properties Stock Forecast, Price & News

Highwoods Properties' stock was trading at $40.47 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HIW stock has increased by 0.9% and is now trading at $40.82.
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12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Highwoods Properties in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Highwoods Properties stock.
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Highwoods Properties is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 9th 2021.
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Highwoods Properties will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 9th 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, Inc. (NYSE:HIW) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.39 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.88 by $0.49. Highwoods Properties had a net margin of 43.16% and a return on equity of 14.22%.
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Highwoods Properties declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 16th will be given a dividend of $0.48 per share on Tuesday, December 8th. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 13th.
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Highwoods Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.88%. HIW has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio of Highwoods Properties is 57.66%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Highwoods Properties will have a dividend payout ratio of 53.33% next year. This indicates that Highwoods Properties will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Highwoods Properties updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 27th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.59-$3.61 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.61.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Highwoods Properties' stock. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $55.00. On average, they anticipate Highwoods Properties' share price to reach $43.22 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.9% from the stock's current price.
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Highwoods Properties saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,770,000 shares, an increase of 48.7% from the December 15th total of 1,190,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,080,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.6 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Highwoods Properties include Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Boston Properties (BXP), CyrusOne (CONE), Kilroy Realty (KRC), CoreSite Realty (COR), Douglas Emmett (DEI), SL Green Realty (SLG), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Corporate Office Properties Trust (OFC), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Mack-Cali Realty (CLI) and Franklin Street Properties (FSP).
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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 shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%) and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Highwoods Properties stock include Jeffrey Douglas Miller and Thomas P Anderson.
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HIW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc..
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Shares of HIW 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.

One share of HIW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.82.

Highwoods Properties has a market capitalization of $4.24 billion and generates $735.98 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $136.92 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.33 on an earnings per share basis. Highwoods Properties employs 431 workers across the globe.

The official website for Highwoods Properties is 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]