Highwoods Properties, Inc. (HIW): Price and Financial Metrics

HIW POWR Grades

• HIW scores best on the Momentum dimension, with a Momentum rank ahead of 84.89% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for HIW is in Momentum, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• HIW's current lowest rank is in the Growth metric (where it is better than 23.76% of US stocks).

HIW Stock Summary

• Of note is the ratio of Highwoods Properties Inc's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; merely 15.07% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• For HIW, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by 96.74% of US equities we're observing.
• The volatility of Highwoods Properties Inc's share price is greater than that of only 2.32% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to HIW, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are OFC, FCPT, SBGI, EPR, and CMRE.
• Visit HIW's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.highwoods.com.

HIW Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Real Estate stock, HIW's price/earnings ratio is 45.41% lower, now standing at 20.5.
• Over the past 243 months, HIW's price/sales ratio has gone up 4.2.
• Over the past 243 months, HIW's price/earnings ratio has gone up 9.6.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for HIW.

HIW Growth Metrics

The 2 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 1.26%.
• The 5 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at -38.46%.
• The 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at -38.46%.

HIW's revenue has moved up $73,485,000 over the prior 52 months.

The table below shows HIW's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	768.007	414.558	310.791
2021-09-30	744.706	391.919	267.978
2021-06-30	730.254	375.36	236.177
2021-03-31	727.905	377.526	213.9
2020-12-31	736.9	358.16	344.914
2020-09-30	749.067	354.995	322.657

HIW's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• HIW has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 58.72% of graded US stocks.
• HIW's asset turnover comes in at 0.139 -- ranking 134th of 444 Trading stocks.
• GBCS, HST, and OPY are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with HIW.

The table below shows HIW's key quality metrics over time.