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

HIW POWR Grades

• HIW scores best on the Sentiment dimension, with a Sentiment rank ahead of 75.07% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for HIW is in Momentum, which has been heading up over the past 48 weeks.
• HIW's current lowest rank is in the Growth metric (where it is better than 26.01% 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; just 10.28% 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 94.27% of US stocks.
• The volatility of Highwoods Properties Inc's share price is greater than that of only 15.56% 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 ADC, CMRE, BRX, DAC, and WPC.
• 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 4 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 20.62%.
• Its 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 25.3%.
• Its year over year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -52.95%.

HIW's revenue has moved down $26,162,000 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
2021-06-30	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
2020-03-31	756.416	366.698	312.648

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 60.97% of graded US stocks.
• HIW's asset turnover comes in at 0.14 -- ranking 130th of 457 Trading stocks.
• OPY, RHP, and HST are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with HIW.

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