Highwoods Properties, Inc. (HIW) scored on five pillars from its reported financial statements, and ranked against 84 Real Estate companies.
Highwoods Properties, Inc. (HIW) scores 5.2 out of 10 as of , computed from its reported financial statements. That reads as mixed quality. The reading rests on efficiency, and growth is what holds it back.
One pillar, solvency, is unscored because the filings behind it carry too little to judge. It is shown as a dash rather than a zero, and the overall score is the weighted average of what could be scored.
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Highwoods Properties, Inc. (HIW) has a Lemma Quality Score of 5.2 out of 10 as of October 19, 2026, which reads as mixed quality. A mixed reading means the strengths and weaknesses roughly cancel out, and the case for the business depends on which pillars you care about most. Five pillars feed it, and every one of them is computed from what the company reported rather than from its share price.
Set against 84 Real Estate companies, Highwoods Properties, Inc. lands at the 51st percentile, in the better half of its peers. The median across the group is 5.2, and the top quarter begins at 5.9, so Highwoods Properties, Inc. is in line with the typical company here.
On profitability, Highwoods Properties, Inc. scores 5.8, an average reading. Its peers have a median of 4.8 across 80 Real Estate companies, which places it above them, at the 65th percentile. Profitability in the middle of the range is neither a moat nor a warning: margins and returns look like those of an ordinary business in this line of work.
There is no solvency score for Highwoods Properties, Inc.: too little of the pillar could be measured from the filings to give an honest reading. The overall is therefore the weighted average of the other pillars. Across 34 Real Estate companies the median for this pillar is 3.7. Without it the overall says nothing about how comfortably the company carries its debt.
Growth scores 2.1 out of 10, which reads as weak. The median across 74 Real Estate companies is 5.2, so Highwoods Properties, Inc. is well below its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 8th percentile. When growth is this low the question is whether it is a pause or a trend, and the history behind the filings is the place to look.
Efficiency scores 6.8 out of 10, which reads as average. The median across 80 Real Estate companies is 6.4, so Highwoods Properties, Inc. is in line with its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 59th percentile. An average efficiency reading suggests the business turns its assets and earnings into cash at roughly the rate its sector does.
On predictability, Highwoods Properties, Inc. scores 6.2, an average reading. Its peers have a median of 4.9 across 83 Real Estate companies, which places it above them, at the 82nd percentile. Consistency near the median is typical, and it is worth checking whether the swings came from the business itself or from one-off items.
This is a lopsided profile. Efficiency scores 6.8 but growth only 2.1, a gap of 4.7 points, so the overall hides a business that is excellent in one respect and weak in another. An efficiency lead means the operation turns what it has into cash better than it does anything else. A growth shortfall often comes with size or a maturing market, and is less of a concern if the other pillars are strong.
Of everything that could lift Highwoods Properties, Inc.’s score, growth matters most. Bringing it up to the 5.2 median of Real Estate companies would take the overall from 5.2 to roughly 6.0. Only four of the five pillars could be scored. Together they carry 80 of the 100 weight points (the full set is profitability 25, solvency 20, growth 20, efficiency 15, predictability 20), and the overall is the weighted average of those alone.
These are the Real Estate companies closest to Highwoods Properties, Inc. in market value. Each has its own page scored on the same five pillars, so the comparison is like for like.
How much profit the company generates from its capital and sales.
The company’s ability to service debt and meet its obligations.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are compounding.
How well assets and earnings convert into cash and output.
How stable and consistent results have been over time.
Each metric is scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks, where higher is better. Metrics roll up into five pillars, and the pillars combine into the overall score using the weights shown. Sector-sensitive metrics are judged relative to peers in the same sector.
This score is a systematic, backward-looking read of reported fundamentals. It does not judge valuation, management quality, competitive moat, or future prospects, and can be distorted by one-off items or unusual accounting. Treat it as a starting point, not a recommendation.
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On this reading Highwoods Properties, Inc. scores 5.2 out of 10, which reads as mixed quality. Its strongest pillar is efficiency, its weakest is growth. Quality is not the same as a good investment: the score says nothing about the price you would pay.
Highwoods Properties, Inc. ranks at the 51st percentile of the 84 Real Estate companies Lemma publishes a score for. The median there is 5.2 and the top quarter starts at 5.9, against Highwoods Properties, Inc.’s 5.2.
Five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks and then weighted into one overall reading: profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability. Everything comes from reported financials, and nothing comes from price, sentiment or forecasts.
This page last changed on October 19, 2026. The score moves with the financial statements, so the page changes when a new filing moves the reading rather than on a schedule. Live figures for HIW are in the app.
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