Highwoods Properties (HIW) Stock Price, News & Analysis

8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Highwoods Properties in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" HIW shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in HIW, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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8 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Highwoods Properties' stock. Their HIW share price targets range from $20.00 to $29.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $24.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.7% from the stock's current price.
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Highwoods Properties' stock was trading at $22.96 at the start of the year. Since then, HIW shares have increased by 5.4% and is now trading at $24.21.
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Highwoods Properties saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 6,460,000 shares, an increase of 41.4% from the March 15th total of 4,570,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,350,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.8 days. Currently, 6.2% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 23rd 2024.
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Highwoods Properties will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, April 24th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE:HIW) released its quarterly earnings data 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 17.89% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.12%. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.91 EPS.

Highwoods Properties declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 17th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share on Tuesday, June 11th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 8.26%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 17th.
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Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 8.40%. HIW has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 143.89%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, HIW will have a dividend payout ratio of 56.66% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) stock in their portfolio include Invesco KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT ETF (KBWY), Invesco S&P SmallCap High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (XSHD), ALPS REIT Dividend Dogs ETF (RDOG), SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF (WDIV), ALPS Active REIT ETF (REIT), U.S. Diversified Real Estate ETF (PPTY), Hoya Capital High Dividend Yield ETF (RIET) and Cambria Global Real Estate ETF (BLDG).

Highwoods Properties updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 6th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.460-3.640 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 3.560. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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Highwoods Properties' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.41%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.12%), Arden Trust Co (0.02%), Oak Thistle LLC (0.01%), BTC Capital Management Inc. (0.01%) and Park Avenue Securities LLC (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Brendan C Maiorana, Brian M Leary, David John Hartzell, Jeffrey Douglas Miller, Mark F Mulhern and Theodore J Klinck.
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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 Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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