Highwoods Properties, Inc.
HIW NYSE Real Estate Investment Trusts Financials FY2016βFY2025
What Highwoods Properties, Inc. does
No business description yet.
- Legal name
- HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Feb 10, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0000921082-26-000005
0000921082
Revenue and margins
Highwoods Properties, Inc. had $806M of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 2.4% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew β13.4% a year. Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was β in fiscal 2025, β of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Highwoods Properties, Inc. returned $217M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 2.1%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Highwoods Properties, Inc. can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $23.2M | $21.4M | $25.1M | $22.4M | $27.4M |
| Interest coverage | 6.2x | 5.4x | 4.1x | 3.8x | 3.6x |
| Total assets | $5.7B | $6.1B | $6.0B | $6.0B | $6.3B |
| Total liabilities | $3.1B | $3.5B | $3.5B | $3.6B | $3.8B |
| Shareholders' equity | $2.5B | $2.5B | $2.4B | $2.4B | $2.4B |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | β | β | β | β | β |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
β
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | β / 5 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 |
| Accruals ratio | 5.2% | β3.5% | β3.9% | β4.6% | β0.0% | β1.7% | β4.4% | β3.9% | β5.0% | β3.2% |
| Altman Z'' | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | β | $703M | $720M | $736M | $737M | $768M | $829M | $834M | $826M | $806M |
| Provision for credit losses | β | $1.5M | $1.2M | $9.9M | $5.5M | $0.4M | $3.2M | $3.8M | β | β |
| Operating income | $435M | $466M | $478M | $487M | $505M | $532M | $569M | $565M | $554M | $545M |
| Interest expense | $76.6M | $69.1M | $71.4M | $81.6M | $81.0M | $85.9M | $105M | $137M | $147M | $152M |
| Pretax income | $102M | $130M | $138M | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Net income | $541M | $192M | $178M | $142M | $358M | $323M | $164M | $151M | $104M | $163M |
| Net income to common | $522M | $183M | $169M | $134M | $345M | $311M | $157M | $146M | $99.8M | $157M |
| Diluted EPS | $5.30 | $1.78 | $1.64 | $1.30 | $3.32 | $2.98 | $1.49 | $1.39 | $0.94 | $1.45 |
| Diluted shares | 0.10B | 0.11B | 0.11B | 0.11B | 0.11B | 0.11B | 0.11B | 0.11B | 0.11B | 0.11B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $306M | $353M | $359M | $366M | $358M | $415M | $422M | $387M | $404M | $359M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $220M | $228M | $230M | $255M | $242M | $259M | $288M | $299M | $299M | $295M |
| Stock-based compensation | $6.3M | $6.7M | $7.5M | $7.2M | $6.2M | $8.6M | $7.6M | $7.0M | $8.0M | $8.2M |
| Dividends paid | $167M | $181M | $191M | $197M | $199M | $204M | $210M | $211M | $212M | $217M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $167M | $181M | $191M | $197M | $199M | $204M | $210M | $211M | $212M | $217M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $49.5M | $3.3M | $3.8M | $9.5M | $109M | $23.2M | $21.4M | $25.1M | $22.4M | $27.4M |
| Finance lease liabilities | β | β | β | β | β | $5.3M | $5.3M | β | β | β |
| Intangible assets | $214M | $201M | $195M | $231M | $209M | $259M | $253M | $226M | $210M | $244M |
| Total assets | $4.6B | $4.6B | $4.7B | $5.1B | $5.2B | $5.7B | $6.1B | $6.0B | $6.0B | $6.3B |
| Total liabilities | $2.3B | $2.2B | $2.3B | $2.8B | $2.7B | $3.1B | $3.5B | $3.5B | $3.6B | $3.8B |
| Preferred stock | $28.9M | $28.9M | $28.9M | $28.9M | $28.8M | $28.8M | $28.8M | $28.8M | $28.8M | $26.7M |
| Shareholders' equity | $2.1B | $2.2B | $2.2B | $2.2B | $2.3B | $2.5B | $2.5B | $2.4B | $2.4B | $2.4B |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Operating margin | β | 66.3% | 66.3% | 66.2% | 68.5% | 69.2% | 68.7% | 67.8% | 67.0% | 67.6% |
| EBITDA margin | β | 98.7% | 98.3% | 100.8% | 101.3% | 103.0% | 103.4% | 103.7% | 103.3% | 104.2% |
| Net margin | β | 27.3% | 24.7% | 19.3% | 48.6% | 42.1% | 19.8% | 18.1% | 12.6% | 20.2% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on equity | 25.3% | 8.8% | 8.0% | 6.4% | 15.9% | 13.4% | 6.6% | 6.2% | 4.3% | 6.9% |
| Return on assets | 11.9% | 4.2% | 3.8% | 2.9% | 6.9% | 5.9% | 2.8% | 2.5% | 1.7% | 2.6% |
| Return on tangible equity | 27.1% | 9.1% | 8.3% | 7.0% | 16.2% | 14.0% | 7.0% | 6.6% | 4.6% | 7.4% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | β | 2.5% | 2.2% | 0.1% | 4.2% | 7.9% | 0.6% | β1.0% | β2.4% |
| Net income growth | β | β64.6% | β7.3% | β20.2% | 152.6% | β9.7% | β49.3% | β7.7% | β31.1% | 56.0% |
| EPS growth | β | β66.4% | β7.9% | β20.7% | 155.4% | β10.2% | β50.0% | β6.7% | β32.4% | 54.3% |
| Share count change | β | 4.1% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 2.1% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Interest coverage | 5.7x | 6.7x | 6.7x | 6.0x | 6.2x | 6.2x | 5.4x | 4.1x | 3.8x | 3.6x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Stock comp / revenue | β | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Accruals ratio | 5.2% | β3.5% | β3.9% | β4.6% | β0.0% | β1.7% | β4.4% | β3.9% | β5.0% | β3.2% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000921082). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.