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

HIW POWR Grades

• HIW scores best on the Momentum dimension, with a Momentum rank ahead of 84.32% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for HIW is in Momentum, which has been heading up over the past 163 days.
• HIW's current lowest rank is in the Growth metric (where it is better than 16.34% 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 12.28% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• For HIW, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by 96.21% of US equities we're observing.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, HIW is more volatile than merely 1.7% of stocks we're observing.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Highwoods Properties Inc are OFC, KIM, ADC, CMRE, and BKH.
• HIW's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Highwoods Properties Inc's official 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

Its year over year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -52.95%.
• The 2 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 70.24%.
• The year over year revenue growth rate now stands at -3.77%.

HIW's revenue has moved down $10,793,000 over the prior 15 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
2021-09-30	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
2020-06-30	755.499	372.723	310.254

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.