At the time of writing, Highwoods Properties, Inc [HIW] stock is trading at $28.76, up 1.02%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The HIW shares have gain 1.23% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -9.39%, 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 October 13, 2025, when Jefferies downgraded its rating to a Hold but kept the price target unchanged to $30 for it. Previously, Wolfe Research started tracking the stock with Outperform rating on October 08, 2025, and set its price target to $38. On July 02, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Hold but maintained its price target of $32 on the stock. Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $32 on March 17, 2025. Deutsche Bank downgraded its rating to a Hold but $35 remained the price target by the analyst firm on October 01, 2024. Deutsche Bank started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on January 30, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $28. In a note dated December 21, 2023, Morgan Stanley downgraded an Underweight rating on this stock and revised its target price from $22 to $18.
For the past year, the stock price of Highwoods Properties, Inc fluctuated between $24.18 and $34.22. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $34 within the next 12 months. Highwoods Properties, Inc [NYSE: HIW] shares were valued at $28.76 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 18.22% based on the average HIW price forecast.
Analyzing the HIW fundamentals
According to Highwoods Properties, Inc [NYSE:HIW], the company’s sales were 812.30M for trailing twelve months, which represents an -1.04% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.49% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.26%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.16%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.16%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.05 and Total Capital is 0.03. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.44.
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 28.31 points at the first support level, and at 27.86 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 29.09, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 29.42.
Ratios To Look Out For
Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.89, the price to book ratio is 1.34 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 24.94.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Hartzell David John, Director, that happened on Sep 17 ’25 when 4300.0 shares were sold. Director, David J. Hartzell completed a deal on Sep 17 ’25 to buy 4300.0 shares.
