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In the latest session, Highwoods Properties, Inc (NYSE: HIW) closed at $29.67 down -0.10% from its previous closing price of $29.7. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.10 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.54 million shares were traded. HIW stock price reached its highest trading level at $29.88 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $29.18.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Highwoods Properties, Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 80.14 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 17.32. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.41 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.41.
On March 17, 2025, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $32.
Deutsche Bank Downgraded its Buy to Hold on October 01, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $35.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. 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 3270345984 and an Enterprise Value of 6617417216. As of this moment, Highwoods’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 25.34, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 45.65. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.94 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.36. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 8.121 whereas that against EBITDA is 14.178.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for HIW is 1.27, which has changed by -0.06403786 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16461086 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 -2.79%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -1.21%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, HIW has traded an average of 985.48K shares per day and 1365800 over the past ten days. A total of 107.89M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 106.01M. Insiders hold about 1.91% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 104.35% stake in the company. Shares short for HIW as of 1753920000 were 5813628 with a Short Ratio of 5.90, compared to 1751241600 on 4583410. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5813628 and a Short% of Float of 10.73.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for HIW is 2.00, from 2.0 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.06734007The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 6.47.
