Highwoods Properties, Inc. (HIW) vs Postal Realty Trust, Inc. (PSTL)

Highwoods Properties, Inc. and Postal Realty Trust, Inc. are both Reit Office companies. Highwoods Properties, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.5B against $847.0M — 4.1× the size. Highwoods Properties, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 18.4× against 34.6×. Postal Realty Trust, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 22.3% against 5.40%. Highwoods Properties, Inc. has the higher net margin (21.7% vs 14.5%) and the lower return on invested capital (2.37% vs 3.06%). Both pay a dividend; Highwoods Properties, Inc. yields more (6.36% vs 3.32%). Across the 23 metrics below, Postal Realty Trust, Inc. leads on 13 and Highwoods Properties, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric HIW PSTL Reit Office median
P/E 18.41 34.56 28.35
P/S 4.07 6.02 2.77
P/B 1.37 1.34 0.82
Price to free cash flow 62.41 14.85 13.95
EV/EBITDA 12.37 15.60 12.41
EV/Sales 7.84 9.31 6.90
Earnings yield 5.43% 2.89% (2.06%)
Free cash flow yield 1.60% 6.73% 6.73%

Profitability

Metric HIW PSTL Reit Office median
Gross margin 67.18% 78.55% 60.87%
Operating margin 25.77% 38.23% 17.78%
Net margin 21.74% 14.45% (2.87%)
Free cash flow margin 6.53% 40.52% 14.89%
Return on equity 7.56% 3.79% (1.07%)
Return on assets 2.94% 1.93% (0.34%)
Return on invested capital 2.37% 3.06% 1.33%

Growth

Metric HIW PSTL Reit Office median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.40% 22.27% 2.67%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 54.26% 123.81% 8.85%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.81% 31.42% 3.91%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (14.54%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric HIW PSTL Reit Office median
Debt to equity 1.37 0.77 1.24
Current ratio 2.08 1.38 1.98
Net debt to EBITDA 6.97 6.19 6.86

Dividend

Metric HIW PSTL Reit Office median
Dividend yield 6.36% 3.32% 4.16%
Payout ratio 1.17 1.15 3.34

Size

Metric HIW PSTL Reit Office median
Market cap 3.50b 846.99m 1.22b

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