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Highwoods Properties, Inc (NYSE: HIW) closed the day trading at $31.3 up 1.43% from the previous closing price of $30.86. In other words, the price has increased by $1.43 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.41 million shares were traded. HIW stock price reached its highest trading level at $31.365 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $30.955.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of HIW, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 85.41 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 16.63. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.39 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.39.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Jefferies on March 17, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $32.
On October 01, 2024, Deutsche Bank Downgraded its rating to Hold which previously was Buy but kept the price unchanged to $35.
On January 30, 2024, Deutsche Bank started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $28.Deutsche Bank initiated its Buy rating on January 30, 2024, with a $28 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 06 ’24 when DAVID J. HARTZELL bought 6,173 shares for $33.26 per share.
Hartzell David John sold 6,173 shares of HIW for $205,314 on Nov 06 ’24. The Director now owns 28,729 shares after completing the transaction at $33.26 per share.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, HIW now has a Market Capitalization of 3393420800 and an Enterprise Value of 6789612032. As of this moment, Highwoods’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 19.59, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 45.36. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.12 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.42. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 8.282 whereas that against EBITDA is 14.43.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for HIW is 1.22, which has changed by 0.19147313 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12463009 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, HIW has reached a high of $36.78, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $24.18. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 5.03%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 2.23%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, HIW traded about 930.03K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, HIW traded about 1026180 shares per day. A total of 107.81M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 105.84M. Insiders hold about 1.82% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 106.69% stake in the company. Shares short for HIW as of 1749772800 were 6042632 with a Short Ratio of 6.50, compared to 1747267200 on 3628797. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6042632 and a Short% of Float of 11.21.
Dividends & Splits
HIW’s forward annual dividend rate is 2.00, up from 2.0 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.064808816The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 6.42.
