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

HIW POWR Grades

• HIW scores best on the Momentum dimension, with a Momentum rank ahead of 72.21% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for HIW is in Stability, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• HIW ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 6th percentile.

HIW Stock Summary

• HIW's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 678.99 -- higher than 96.11% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• Of note is the ratio of HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; just 8.83% 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 94.98% of US stocks.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to HIW, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are STOR, FRT, BRX, ADC, and BXP.
• 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

• HIW's price/earnings ratio is 11.8; this is 49.46% lower than that of the median Real Estate stock.
• HIW's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 3.1 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for HIW.

HIW Growth Metrics

Its year over year revenue growth rate is now at 8.61%.
• Its 2 year revenue growth rate is now at 4.52%.
• The 5 year revenue growth rate now stands at 13.64%.

HIW's revenue has moved up $154,787,000 over the prior 70 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
2022-09-30	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
2021-06-30	730.254	375.36	236.177

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.