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 twelve months. 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 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Highwoods Properties' shares. Their HIW share price forecasts range from $34.00 to $53.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $39.57 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.4% from the stock's current price.
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Highwoods Properties' stock was trading at $44.59 at the beginning of the year. Since then, HIW stock has decreased by 21.0% and is now trading at $35.21.
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Highwoods Properties saw a drop in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,810,000 shares, a drop of 38.2% from the July 15th total of 2,930,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 788,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.8% of the company's stock 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) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 26th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping 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 period in the previous year, the company earned $0.91 earnings per share.

Highwoods Properties announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 28th. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.68%. 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 5.70%. 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 50.51% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Highwoods Properties issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) 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 variety 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%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.08%) and Macquarie Group Ltd. (0.94%). 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 $35.21.

Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) has a market capitalization of $3.70 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 was founded in 1978.

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.