How Highwoods Properties, Inc. stacks up

HIW · against 182 other Real Estate companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

97/ 100

Near the top of its peers.

Ranked #5 of 183 · scores higher than 98% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

20 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including HIW · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 97?

Weighted metrics compared with all Real Estate companies.

Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital, operating margin and return on assets, which are stronger than most Real Estate peers.

a higher return on assets: stronger than 62% of peers. Return on assets: 2.7% vs peer median 2.1%
a wider operating margin: stronger than 88% of peers. Operating margin: 67.2% vs peer median 26.8%
a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 96% of peers. Return on invested capital: 19.8% vs peer median 3.4%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = HIW, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	HIW	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 179 reported	19.8%	3.6%	97%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 160 reported	67.2%	23.6%	95%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 185 reported	2.7%	1.9%	60%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 177 reported	6.8%	5.5%	55%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 186 reported	67.3%	66.3%	51%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around HIW

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.ARI · US-listed	310M USD	100	72
2	Annaly Capital Management, Inc.NLY · US-listed	13.7B USD	99	70
3	Apartment Investment and Management CompanyAIV · US-listed	255M USD	98	71
3	SBA Communications CorporationSBAC · US-listed	19.6B USD	98	48
5	Highwoods Properties, Inc.HIW · US-listed	3.5B USD	97	59
6	IHS Holding LimitedIHS · US-listed	2.9B USD	96	67
6	IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad AnónimaIRS · US-listed	1.1B USD	96	84
6	Lamar Advertising CompanyLAMR · US-listed	15.9B USD	96	49
6	Public StoragePSA · US-listed	62.3B USD	96	49

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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