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Highwoods Properties, Inc., headquartered in Raleigh, is a publicly-traded real estate investment trust ( REIT ). The Company is a fully integrated office 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.
$33.32
$0.09 (-0.27%)
EOD Jul 17, 2026
Margins and capital returns are both well above average: 67.58% operating margin, ROIC at 17.95%. Consistent with durable pricing power, though that alone doesn't make it a buy.
Revenue declined 2.4% YoY. The question is whether this is cyclical or a structural shift.
At 40x earnings, the current multiple leaves limited room for execution misses or growth deceleration.
40.1x earnings. The market is pricing in years of above-average growth. If that thesis breaks, downside from multiple compression alone could be 30%+. This is a stock where you're paying for the future, not the present.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$820M
▼ -2.4% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$91M
▲ +57.6% YoY
Op. Margin
67.37%
▲ +0.5pp YoY
ROIC
18.32%
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF
N/A
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$376M
▼ -11.0% YoY
Net Debt
-$32M
Net Cash Position
Cash & Equiv.
$32M
5Y CAGR: +1.8%
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At a P/E of 40.1, Highwoods Properties (HIW)'s valuation is best read against its own history, its peers, and the growth its price implies. A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Highwoods Properties scores 53/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a mixed business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. It currently yields about 5.8%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Highwoods Properties scores 53 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 7 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a mixed business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 67.4% operating margin and a 18.3% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Yes, Highwoods Properties pays a regular dividend of about $1.94 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 5.8% at the current price. That is a payout ratio of about 239.0% of earnings, so the dividend is stretched at this level. Highwoods Properties has grown the dividend at roughly 1.5% a year over the past few years. A low headline yield is not the same as a weak dividend: what matters is how well earnings and free cash flow cover the payout and whether it is growing, not the percentage alone. For HIW's full payout history, growth streak and dividend-safety score, see the dividends tab.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. you should weigh HIW's valuation and scores 53/100 on quality (mixed). It also yields about 5.8%. A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.