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Highwoods Properties Inc (HIW) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

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

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 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.53 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How HIW has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.53 — tends to move with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Highwoods Properties Inc moved 0.53% on average · correlation 0.18 · higher than 56% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.50 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.20% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +1.08% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

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 Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Highwoods Properties Inc

HIW in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet tracks it
Highwoods holds a seat in the Russell 1000, a broad US equity index, but has no seat in Rubin. No Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet’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.

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 Closelooknet 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 →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 6.65%, 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 6.65% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • 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.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Highwoods Properties Inc (HIW)?

Highwoods Properties Inc trades as HIW on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is HIW in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Highwoods Properties Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does HIW trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -4.6% vs the 50-day and +12.9% vs the 200-day average, 15.1% below the 52-week high and +50.1% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 68 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Highwoods Properties Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Highwoods Properties Inc had a beta of 0.53 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it tends to move with bonds, higher than 56% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.20% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

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 Closelooknet 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 6.65% on the 2026-09-25 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 Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then REIT - Office, then Real Estate. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet 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.