Highwoods Properties, Inc.

HIW Real Estate Reit Office

Highwoods Properties, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $806.1 million, down 2.39% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+8.13%
EPS
+157.4%
Free cash flow
+289.7%
Total debt
+3.15%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

31.46 0.26 −0.82%
Market cap
$3.5B
P/E
18.4×
Fwd P/E
18.1×
Dividend yield
6.36%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Highwoods Properties, Inc. (HIW) Return on assets

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Highwoods Properties, Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 2.94%, up 0.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (2.56%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.66% (fiscal 2024) to 11.5% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Reit Office industry median of −0.34% and above the Real Estate sector median of 0.91%.

Return on assets, annual

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Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 2.56% 0.90
FY2024 1.66% (0.76)
FY2023 2.42% (0.24)
FY2022 2.66% (3.04)
FY2021 5.70% (0.97)
FY2020 6.67% 3.93
FY2019 2.74% (0.90)
FY2018 3.64% (0.34)
FY2017 3.98% (7.56)
FY2016 11.5% 9.31

Against its own ten years

Low 1.66% High 11.5%
Ten-year median 2.74%
Current reading's percentile 36

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
CDP COPT Defense Properties compare 3.81%
HIW Highwoods Properties, Inc. 2.94%
KRC Kilroy Realty Corporation compare 0.26%
CUZ Cousins Properties Incorporated compare 0.17%
DEI Douglas Emmett, Inc. compare −0.23%
VNO Vornado Realty Trust compare −0.34%
SLG SL Green Realty Corporation compare −1.25%
PDM Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc. compare −2.18%
ARE Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. compare −4.02%
Reit Office industry median −0.34%
Real Estate sector median 0.91%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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