Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE:HIW) announced Ed Fritsch, 60, will retire as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors effective September 1, 2019. Ted Klinck, 53, who currently serves as President and Chief Operating Officer, will assume the role of CEO and director upon Mr. Fritsch’s retirement.
The
insider ownership percentage is the key indicator, can be used by investors, to
measure the outlook of senior management has on their company. Insider
ownership for the HIW is 0.90%. Institutional ownership refers to the ownership
stake in a company that is held by large financial organizations, pension funds
or endowments. The Institutional ownership for the HIW is 98.60%.
Insider trading is the buying or selling of any publicly traded company’s stock
and this can be done by someone who has non-public, material information about
that HIW. Insider trading can be illegal or legal depending on when the insider
makes the trade. It is illegal when the material information is still
non-public. The insider transactions of the company (6-month change in insider
ownerships) for the Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE:HIW) is 0.00%.
Institutional ownership is the amount of a Highwoods Properties, Inc.
(NYSE:HIW)’s available stock owned by mutual or pension funds, insurance
companies, investment firms, private foundations, endowments or other large
entities that actually manage the funds on the behalf of others, so its an
interesting element for the traders to note it, and the Institutional ownership
for the HIW is 1.12%.
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U.S traded Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE:HIW) stock
edged up 2.28% on Monday and when day-trade ended the stock finally concluded
at $42.24 and number of shares that changed hands during the day are 1.69
Million. The number of shares HIW stock currently held by all its shareholders
are 103.87 and floated shares, the number of shares are available for trading
in an open market on last trading day are 102.02. The average volume of shares
for 3 months is 574.30 and HIW stock value has moved between $37.05 – 52.15 in
last one year.
The Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE:HIW)’s latest earnings date is 7/23/2019.
The Gross margin is the difference between the revenue and the cost of goods
sold (COGS), divided by revenue. In other words, Gross Margin is a percentage
value, while Gross Profit is a monetary value. The valuable gross margin for
Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE:HIW) is 65.80% and the profit margin is 20.20%
and the stock has gained 9.18% in 2019 to date.
U.S. traded shares of Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE:HIW)’s monthly stock
performance is -3.69%, the quarterly performance is -9.51%, the half year
performance is calculated as 9.74%. The yearly performance of HIW is -16.21%.
The higher the volatility, the riskier the security. For example, when the
stock market rises and falls more than one percent over a sustained period of
time, it is called a “volatile” market, if the stock price stays
relatively stable, the security has low volatility. The Highwoods Properties,
Inc. (NYSE:HIW) weekly volatility is measured as 2.41% and monthly volatility
measured as 1.78%.
Return on assets (ROA) is a main indicator of how profitable a company is
relative to its total assets. HIW return on assets is 3.10%, the return on
equity (ROE) of the Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE:HIW) is 6.60%, while the
most important return on investment is calculates as a percentage and is
typically used for personal financial decisions, and HIW return on investment
is 4.80%.
The price to earnings ratio is 31.15, price to sales ratio is 6.16, and price
to book ratio is 2.03, price to cash per share ration is 914.06, price to free
cash flow is 18.90.
Analysts mean target price for Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE:HIW) is $48.64
while analysts mean recommendation is 2.20. The current share price indicates
that stock is -18.77% away from its one year high and is moving 13.89% ahead of
its 52-week low. HIW’s distance from 20 day simple moving average is -2.91% and
distance from 50-Day simple moving average is -3.88%.
