Shares of Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE:HIW – Get Free Report) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the eight research firms that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have given a hold recommendation and two have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $24.38.
HIW has been the topic of several research reports. Truist Financial raised their target price on Highwoods Properties from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 13th. Robert W. Baird raised their target price on Highwoods Properties from $25.00 to $26.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 14th. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on Highwoods Properties from $18.00 to $21.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 28th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft began coverage on Highwoods Properties in a research report on Tuesday, January 30th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $28.00 target price on the stock.
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Institutional Investors Weigh In On Highwoods Properties
Highwoods Properties Stock Performance
NYSE HIW opened at $25.11 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $2.66 billion, a PE ratio of 18.06 and a beta of 1.23. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $24.34 and its 200-day simple moving average is $21.96. Highwoods Properties has a 1-year low of $17.06 and a 1-year high of $26.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.33, a current ratio of 1.24 and a quick ratio of 1.24.
Highwoods Properties Announces Dividend
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 12th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 20th were paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 16th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.96%. Highwoods Properties’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 143.89%.
About Highwoods Properties
Highwoods Properties, Inc, headquartered in Raleigh, is a publicly-traded (NYSE:HIW), fully-integrated office real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns, develops, acquires, leases and manages properties primarily in the best business districts (BBDs) of Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Nashville, Orlando, Raleigh, Richmond and Tampa.
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