HIW PEER ANALYSIS

Highwoods Properties Inc — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

HIWHighwoods Properties Inc

🇺🇸 USA · NYSE · Real Estate · REIT - Office

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· REIT - Office

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

HIWIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	HIW	DXS	COL	MRL	AP-UN	MHRGY	Ind. Median
P/E	39.20	—	9.08●	12.04	—	10.53	21.03
P/B	1.52	0.59	—	1.05	0.33●	0.51	0.87
EV/EBITDA	13.10●	—	—	24.34	—	16.28	16.04
P/S	4.39	—	6.85	16.96	2.48●	10.85	3.66

Financial Health
Metric	HIW	DXS	COL	MRL	AP-UN	MHRGY	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.73	0.45	—	2.07	1.41	34.22●	0.84
Debt/Equity	156.3%	47.3%	—	59.4%	94.8%	0.0%●	128.6%
NetDebt/EBITDA	6.62	—	—	6.68	-3.38	-9.81●	6.60

Profitability
Metric	HIW	DXS	COL	MRL	AP-UN	MHRGY	Ind. Median
Net Margin	11.4%	—	75.4%	140.9%●	-233.3%	103.1%	-0.5%
ROE	3.9%	—	5.8%	9.4%●	-28.0%	5.6%	-0.0%
ROA	1.5%	—	—	5.4%●	-14.0%	4.6%	-0.0%
EBITDA Margin	67.7%	—	103.9%●	96.1%	-208.6%	41.6%	53.9%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	HIW	DXS	COL	MRL	AP-UN	MHRGY	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	0.4%	—	2.7%	8.0%	-2.2%	29.0%●	1.0%
NI Growth	-46.2%	—	30.7%	156.9%	—	402.3%●	30.7%
Div. Yield	6.5%	6.8%	6.8%	—	14.1%●	1.0%	4.6%
Payout	235.5%	—	61.6%	—	-14.6%	10.2%	-0.1%

Valuation
Metric	HIW	SLG	CDP	KRC	CUZ	DEI	Ind. Median
P/E	39.20	—	26.86	21.03●	—	—	21.03
P/B	1.52	0.97	2.76	0.87●	1.13	1.09	0.87
EV/EBITDA	13.10	28.06	16.04	11.59●	16.47	12.09	16.04
P/S	4.39	3.66	5.38	4.10	5.08	2.03●	3.66

Financial Health
Metric	HIW	SLG	CDP	KRC	CUZ	DEI	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.73	0.61	6.37●	1.06	0.55	2.54	0.84
Debt/Equity	156.3%	174.7%	171.0%	89.6%	84.7%●	298.4%	128.6%
NetDebt/EBITDA	6.62	17.69	6.10	5.75●	7.04	8.70	6.60

Profitability
Metric	HIW	SLG	CDP	KRC	CUZ	DEI	Ind. Median
Net Margin	11.4%	-15.3%	20.1%●	19.6%	-0.5%	-2.6%	-0.5%
ROE	3.9%	-4.0%	10.4%●	4.1%	-0.1%	-1.3%	-0.0%
ROA	1.5%	-1.3%	3.6%●	2.0%	-0.1%	-0.3%	-0.0%
EBITDA Margin	67.7%	35.3%	54.1%	70.3%●	53.9%	59.9%	53.9%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	HIW	SLG	CDP	KRC	CUZ	DEI	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	0.4%	53.2%●	3.9%	-1.4%	12.1%	1.0%	1.0%
NI Growth	-46.2%	—	10.7%●	9.0%	—	—	30.7%
Div. Yield	6.5%●	5.1%	3.4%	5.5%	4.2%	6.3%	4.6%
Payout	235.5%	-137.5%	88.3%	118.5%	-4,124.5%	-488.9%	-0.1%

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