At the time of writing, Highwoods Properties, Inc [HIW] stock is trading at $30.15, up 2.06%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The HIW shares have gain 3.47% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 8.73%, and 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.
For the past year, the stock price of Highwoods Properties, Inc fluctuated between $24.07 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 $30.15 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 10.28% based on the average HIW price forecast.
Analyzing the HIW fundamentals
According to Highwoods Properties, Inc [NYSE:HIW], the company’s sales were 818.13M for trailing twelve months, which represents an -4.73% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.58% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.25%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.21%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.21%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.07 and Total Capital is 0.03.
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 29.73 points at the first support level, and at 29.31 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 30.44, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 30.73.
Ratios To Look Out For
Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.97, the price to book ratio is 1.36 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 18.87.
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.
