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Company snapshot — Highwoods Properties Inc

HIW in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Highwoods Properties is a real estate investment trust that owns, develops, acquires, leases and manages office buildings concentrated in the central business districts of several US cities, including Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Nashville, Orlando, Raleigh, Richmond and Tampa. It is headquartered in Raleigh and earns its income from renting office space to tenants across these markets.
Where it sits in the stack
Highwoods carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index, so it sits outside that stack entirely. It belongs to the office REIT sleeve of our wider real-estate universe, tracked as a landlord of physical office space rather than as a supplier to the build-out.
Who it is priced against
The diary holds no peer group for Highwoods in this case. The comparison the market tends to draw is with other diversified office REITs such as Cousins Properties, which shares similar exposure to Sun Belt business districts.
Why Closelook tracks it
Highwoods holds a seat in the Russell 1000, a broad US equity index, but has no seat in Rubin. No Closelook score has been built for it yet, and it has not been quoted in any of the diary's editions.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether occupancy and lease renewals across its Sun Belt office markets hold up as hybrid-work patterns settle, since that would reshape the read on its rental income.

Highwoods Properties Inc (HIW) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for HIW, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Mizuho, 2026-09-08

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for HIW from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Mizuho — target 32 from 30 Target raised to $32 from $30 (+3.8% to spot) 2026-09-08

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against REIT - Office · United States · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

REIT - Office · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against HIW on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 6.57%, quarterly · last 0.50 USD on 2026-08-17

Dividends and capital return

What HIW pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.00 USD per share · a 6.57% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year 0.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.00 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.50 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-17
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.50 USD (partial) · 2024: 2.00 USD · 2025: 2.00 USD · 2026: 1.50 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-17

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Highwoods Properties Inc (HIW)?

Highwoods Properties Inc trades as HIW on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is HIW in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Highwoods Properties Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does HIW trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -4.1% vs the 50-day and +14.6% vs the 200-day average, 14.2% below the 52-week high and +51.7% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 63 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Highwoods Properties Inc do?

Highwoods Properties is a real estate investment trust that owns, develops, acquires, leases and manages office buildings concentrated in the central business districts of several US cities, including Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Nashville, Orlando, Raleigh, Richmond and Tampa. It is headquartered in Raleigh and earns its income from renting office space to tenants across these markets. The diary holds no peer group for Highwoods in this case. The comparison the market tends to draw is with other diversified office REITs such as Cousins Properties, which shares similar exposure to Sun Belt business districts.

Where does Highwoods Properties Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Highwoods carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index, so it sits outside that stack entirely. It belongs to the office REIT sleeve of our wider real-estate universe, tracked as a landlord of physical office space rather than as a supplier to the build-out. Highwoods holds a seat in the Russell 1000, a broad US equity index, but has no seat in Rubin. No Closelook score has been built for it yet, and it has not been quoted in any of the diary's editions.

Does Highwoods Properties Inc pay a dividend?

Highwoods Properties Inc has paid 2.00 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 6.57% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.50 USD on 2026-08-17. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Highwoods Properties Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Highwoods Properties Inc on the Closelook wire is a price target by Mizuho on 2026-09-08 (target 32 from 30). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for HIW, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then REIT - Office, then Real Estate. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.