A share price of Highwoods Properties, Inc [HIW] is currently trading at $28.90, down -0.21%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The HIW shares have gain 4.37% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.31%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Highwoods Properties, Inc [NYSE: HIW] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 17, 2025, when Jefferies initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $32. Previously, Deutsche Bank downgraded its rating to Hold on October 01, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $35. On January 30, 2024, Deutsche Bank initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $28 on the stock. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Underweight and decreased its price target to $18 on December 21, 2023. BofA Securities downgraded its rating to a Neutral and reduced its price target to $20 on November 13, 2023. Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to Equal Weight for this stock on August 30, 2023, and downed its price target to $22. In a note dated March 09, 2023, Morgan Stanley downgraded an Equal-Weight rating on this stock and revised its target price from $29 to $26.
Highwoods Properties, Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $23.52 and $36.78. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $33.25 within the next 12 months. Highwoods Properties, Inc [NYSE: HIW] shares were valued at $28.90 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 15.05% based on the average HIW price forecast.
Analyzing the HIW fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Highwoods Properties, Inc [NYSE:HIW] were 828.13M which represents -0.76% decline. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.49% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.25%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.12%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.12%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.04 and Total Capital is 0.04. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.39.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 28.69 points at the first support level, and at 28.48 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 29.13, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 29.35.
Ratios To Look Out For
Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.76, the price to book ratio is 1.33 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 30.76.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved DAVID J. HARTZELL, Director, that happened on Nov 06 ’24 when 6173.0 shares were purchased. Director, Hartzell David John completed a deal on Nov 06 ’24 to sell 6173.0 shares.
