Highwoods Properties, Inc (NYSE: HIW) is -1.11% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $24.18 and a high of $36.78 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The HIW stock was last observed hovering at around $30.31 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.07%.
Currently trading at $30.24, the stock is 1.24% and 5.08% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.17 million and changing -0.23% at the moment leaves the stock -1.32% off its SMA200. HIW registered 16.44% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -6.84%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $28.7768 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $30.64305.
The stock witnessed a 3.60% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 4.93%, and is 2.37% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.38% over the week and 1.56% over the month.
Highwoods Properties, Inc (HIW) has around 350 employees, a market worth around $3.26B and $818.13M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 18.92 and Fwd P/E is 43.83. Profit margin for the company is 20.92%. Distance from 52-week low is 25.04% and -17.78% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (2.97%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 17.02% this year
497.0 institutions hold shares in Highwoods Properties, Inc (HIW), with institutional investors hold 110.47% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 107.81M, and float is at 105.85M with Short Float at 3.43%. Institutions hold 108.36% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 16.84 million shares valued at $$442.48 million. The investor’s holdings represent 15.8907 of the HIW Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 16.76 million shares valued at $$440.34 million to account for 15.8139 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are COHEN & STEERS, INC. which holds 16.16 million shares representing 15.2494 and valued at over $$424.48 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 6.7598 of the shares totaling 7.17 million with a market value of $$188.23 million.
Highwoods Properties, Inc (HIW) Insider Activity
Highwoods Properties, Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Nov 06 ’24 that Hartzell David John (Director) sold a total of 6,173 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Nov 06 ’24 and was made at $33.26 per share for $0.21 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 28729.0 shares of the HIW stock.
