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 Wednesday, July 31st. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.22%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 9th. View Highwoods Properties' Dividend History.

Highwoods Properties Inc (NYSE:HIW) released its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.38 earnings per share (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 return on equity of 6.13% and a net margin of 18.79%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.87 earnings per share. 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 Wednesday, October 23rd at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

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

3 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Highwoods Properties' shares. Their predictions range from $49.00 to $49.00. On average, they expect Highwoods Properties' share price to reach $49.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Highwoods Properties.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Highwoods Properties in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 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 negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Highwoods Properties earned a news sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Highwoods Properties.

Highwoods Properties saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,154,400 shares, an increase of 18.4% from the July 31st total of 1,820,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 736,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.9 days. Approximately 2.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Highwoods Properties' Current Options Chain.

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Highwoods Properties' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (15.04%), BlackRock Inc. (13.06%), BlackRock Inc. (13.06%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (4.26%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.34%) and Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (3.31%). 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 JPMorgan Chase & Co., Invesco Ltd., BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc., NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., APG Asset Management US Inc. and Centersquare Investment Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Highwoods Properties.

HIW stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Heitman Real Estate Securities LLC, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Bank of America Corp DE, Echo Street Capital Management LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Westpac Banking Corp and Kempen Capital Management N.V.. 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 $45.02.

Highwoods Properties has a market capitalization of $4.67 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]