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

HIW POWR Grades

• HIW scores best on the Value dimension, with a Value rank ahead of 70.42% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for HIW is in Growth, which has been heading down over the past 177 days.
• HIW's current lowest rank is in the Growth metric (where it is better than 5.12% of US stocks).

HIW Stock Summary

• HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES INC's stock had its IPO on June 8, 1994, making it an older stock than 76.27% of US equities in our set.
• Of note is the ratio of HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; just 4.47% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• The ratio of debt to operating expenses for HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES INC is higher than it is for about 92.25% of US stocks.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to HIW, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are TRTN, PLYM, AQN, NSA, and CUBE.
• 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/sales ratio is 163.64% higher, now standing at 2.9.
• HIW's price/sales ratio has moved up 0.1 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for HIW.

HIW Growth Metrics

Its year over year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 7.45%.
• Its 5 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 159.09%.
• Its 5 year price growth rate is now at -26.75%.

HIW's revenue has moved up $72,513,000 over the prior 34 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
2022-12-31	828.929	421.779	156.572
2022-09-30	820.421	425.219	253.944
2022-06-30	808.919	419.041	287.798
2022-03-31	790.58	405.656	296.592
2021-12-31	768.007	414.558	310.791
2021-09-30	744.706	391.919	267.978

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.