Originally published on Best Stocks Category: best stocks to buy nowAccording to information from Bloomberg.com, the nine analysts following Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE: HIW) have currently assigned the stock a rating of “Hold” as a group. Five analysts recommend keeping the stock, while only three are bullish enough to recommend buying it. The average price target for the next 12 months among analysts who have researched the stock in the prior year is $32.43, as stated by those experts.Recently, many market analysts have expressed their opinions on the HIW stock. In a research report issued on September 14, Truist Financial lowered their “buy” rating and price objective on Highwoods Properties from $42 to $39.00. The report was about the company. The report about Highwoods Properties that appeared on StockNews.com for the first time appeared on that website on October 12. They assigned a “hold” rating to the business. Mizuho decreased their target price on Highwoods Properties from $37.00 to $31.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report released on Wednesday, October 19. In a research report that was made public on September 9, Morgan Stanley lowered both their “overweight” rating for Highwoods Properties and their target price, which had previously been set at $36.00. Robert W. Baird, who revealed on October 10 that he would lower Highwoods Properties’ rating from “outperform” to “neutral,” set the price objective for the business at $31.00.The price of one share of Highwoods Properties stock was $27.58 when trading began on Friday. The firm’s market capitalization is $2.90 billion, its price-to-earnings ratio is 11.49, and its beta is 1.09. The price of Highwoods Properties hit a low of $24.51 over the past year and a high of $47.66 over that same period. The debt-to-equity ratio, current, and quick ratio are identical at 1.19. The current ratio and the quick ratio are also both 1.10. The stock’s simple moving average over the past fifty days is $28.24, and its simple moving average over the past 200 days is $33.71.Additionally, the company has just announced a quarterly dividend, which is scheduled to be distributed on December 13. On Monday, November 21, investors of record will be eligible to receive a dividend payment of $0.50 per share. The date that shareholders will no longer receive dividends is the following Friday, November 18. This results in a dividend distribution of $2 per year and a yield on investment of 7.25 percent. Currently, the dividend payout ratio for Highwoods Properties is 83.33%.In other recent developments about Highwoods Properties, Executive Vice President Jeffrey Douglas Miller purchased one thousand shares of the company’s stock on September 22. The shares were acquired for an average price of $28,250.00, equivalent to $28.25 for each share. As a result of the buy, the executive vice president now has 116,482 shares of the firm, which are currently worth $3,290,616.50. Simply clicking on this link will take you to the filing submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission in which the transaction was reported. Additionally, on September 22, the company’s CEO, Theodore J. Klinck, purchased 5,000 shares of company stock. The price of one share of stock, on average worth $28.25, bringing the total investment to $141,250.00. As a result of the acquisition, the CEO now has direct ownership of 246,445 business shares, which have a combined value of $6,962,071.25. In addition, the Securities and Exchange Commission was provided with legally relevant information on the transaction, which is now accessible over the internet. Finally, executive Vice President Jeffrey Douglas Miller bought an additional 1,000 shares of the company’s stock on September 22. A total of $28,250.00 was necessary to purchase the shares, which were purchased at an average price of $28.25 per share. As a result of the acquisition, the executive vice president now has direct ownership of 116,482 company shares, which have a value of about $3,290,616.50. This is where you may read the disclosure pertaining to this transaction. Over the last three months, business insiders paid $210,315 to purchase 7,500 shares of the firm’s stock. As a result, 1.40 company insiders own percent of the business’s stock.Several well-known investors have recently been active in the market, buying and selling firm shares. The Teacher Retirement System of Texas grew its interest in Highwoods Properties by 259.3% during the third quarter of the fiscal year. The Teacher Retirement System of Texas presently holds 61,067 shares of the real estate investment trust after making further purchases totaling 44,069 over the time in question. The current market value of these shares is $1,646,000. Barclays PLC’s holdings in Highwoods Properties increased by 14.3% during the third quarter due to the company’s investment. Barclays PLC increased its real estate investment trust holdings by purchasing an additional 17,174 shares during the most recent quarter. As a result of these purchases, the company now owns 136,954 shares of the REIT, which have a total market value of $3,690,000. The Daiwa Securities Group Inc. boosted the proportion of Highwoods Properties in which it is invested by 3.1% during the third quarter. After purchasing 68,008 additional shares during the most recent quarter, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now has a total of 2,251,325 shares of the real estate investment trust, valued at $60,695,000. During the third quarter, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale was able to raise the percentage of Highwoods Properties in which it was invested by 13.1%. Following the acquisition of an additional 13,078 shares during the most recent quarter, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale now has a total of 112,674 shares in the real estate investment trust, which are currently valued at $2,934,000. The Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund boosted the percentage of Highwoods Properties in which it holds an ownership investment by 1.2% during the third quarter. After making an additional purchase of 357 shares during the most recent quarter, the Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund now has 30,643 shares of the real estate investment trust, which are currently valued at $826,000. Most of the company’s shares (97.4 percent) are held by hedge funds and other institutional investors.