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HIW vs. ARE, BXP, SLG, KRC, DEI, PDM, BDN, HPP, EQC, and DLR

Should you be buying Highwoods Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Highwoods Properties include Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Boston Properties (BXP), SL Green Realty (SLG), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), and Digital Realty Trust (DLR). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.

Highwoods Properties vs.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) and Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities presently has a consensus target price of $116.00, suggesting a potential upside of 62.93%. Highwoods Properties has a consensus target price of $31.83, suggesting a potential upside of 5.55%. Given Alexandria Real Estate Equities' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Alexandria Real Estate Equities is more favorable than Highwoods Properties.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.18
Highwoods Properties
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Alexandria Real Estate Equities has higher revenue and earnings than Highwoods Properties. Highwoods Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alexandria Real Estate Equities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alexandria Real Estate Equities$3.04B4.06$322.95M$0.7693.68
Highwoods Properties$814.97M3.99$102.25M$1.6118.73

Alexandria Real Estate Equities received 97 more outperform votes than Highwoods Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.44% of users gave Alexandria Real Estate Equities an outperform vote while only 60.73% of users gave Highwoods Properties an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Alexandria Real Estate EquitiesOutperform Votes
479
63.44%
Underperform Votes
276
36.56%
Highwoods PropertiesOutperform Votes
382
60.73%
Underperform Votes
247
39.27%

In the previous week, Alexandria Real Estate Equities had 19 more articles in the media than Highwoods Properties. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities and 8 mentions for Highwoods Properties. Highwoods Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' score of 0.55 indicating that Highwoods Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
15 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Highwoods Properties
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of Highwoods Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Highwoods Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Highwoods Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays out 694.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Highwoods Properties pays out 124.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Alexandria Real Estate Equities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Highwoods Properties has a net margin of 12.37% compared to Alexandria Real Estate Equities' net margin of 10.36%. Highwoods Properties' return on equity of 4.33% beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alexandria Real Estate Equities10.36% 1.43% 0.85%
Highwoods Properties 12.37%4.33%1.70%

Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Highwoods Properties has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Alexandria Real Estate Equities beats Highwoods Properties on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HIW vs. The Competition

MetricHighwoods PropertiesReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.25B$6.99B$11.56B$19.45B
Dividend Yield6.96%6.97%5.54%3.90%
P/E Ratio31.7562.2622.3034.73
Price / Sales3.998.4826.6041.78
Price / Cash7.6517.3217.6217.51
Price / Book1.391.682.804.74
Net Income$102.25M$177.71M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance4.98%4.76%1.13%1.52%
1 Month Performance6.05%3.52%4.15%5.32%
1 Year Performance19.68%5.31%539.69%6.34%

Highwoods Properties Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HIW
Highwoods Properties
3.3014 of 5 stars
$29.55
-2.0%
$31.83
+7.7%
+23.6%$3.18B$814.97M31.06340Positive News
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
4.4503 of 5 stars
$67.88
-1.1%
$116.00
+70.9%
-38.2%$11.74B$3.04B37.71590Short Interest ↑
BXP
Boston Properties
3.9808 of 5 stars
$64.65
+0.0%
$78.67
+21.7%
+20.4%$10.24B$3.43B646.56780News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
SLG
SL Green Realty
2.6429 of 5 stars
$55.54
+0.6%
$66.33
+19.4%
+18.5%$3.96B$938.24M694.251,188Positive News
KRC
Kilroy Realty
4.8248 of 5 stars
$31.29
-0.7%
$38.64
+23.5%
+2.2%$3.70B$1.13B17.68260Positive News
DEI
Douglas Emmett
4.1951 of 5 stars
$13.99
-0.9%
$18.13
+29.6%
+11.9%$2.34B$993.04M107.60750Dividend Announcement
PDM
Piedmont Office Realty Trust
3.8284 of 5 stars
$6.53
+1.2%
$9.00
+37.8%
+5.1%$812.38M$568.47M-10.37150Positive News
BDN
Brandywine Realty Trust
4.2831 of 5 stars
$4.11
-1.1%
$5.00
+21.8%
-6.3%$709.96M$500.55M-3.60330News Coverage
Positive News
HPP
Hudson Pacific Properties
4.6277 of 5 stars
$1.89
-1.8%
$3.52
+86.5%
-55.9%$266.52M$826.52M-0.73880News Coverage
EQC
Equity Commonwealth
N/A$1.58
flat
N/AN/A$169.73M$58.43M4.0520News Coverage
Positive News
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
3.9223 of 5 stars
$168.31
+0.2%
$185.10
+10.0%
+21.8%$56.68B$5.63B103.893,410Positive News
Dividend Announcement

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This page (NYSE:HIW) was last updated on 5/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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