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Highwoods Properties (FRA:HQS) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 8.02 (As of May. 07, 2024)


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What is Highwoods Properties 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Highwoods Properties's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 8.02.


The historical rank and industry rank for Highwoods Properties's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:HQS' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.3   Med: 4.57   Max: 12.17
Current: 8.02


During the past 13 years, Highwoods Properties's highest Yield on Cost was 12.17. The lowest was 3.30. And the median was 4.57.


FRA:HQS's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
58.89% of 832 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 7.015 vs FRA:HQS: 8.02

Competitive Comparison of Highwoods Properties's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the REIT - Office subindustry, Highwoods Properties's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Highwoods Properties's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Highwoods Properties's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Highwoods Properties's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.



Highwoods Properties 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Highwoods Properties is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost=Dividend Yield %*(1+Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Highwoods Properties  (FRA:HQS) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.


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Highwoods Properties (FRA:HQS) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
150 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1400, Raleigh, NC, USA, 27601
Highwoods Properties Inc is a real estate investment trust engaged in the acquisition, ownership, management, and leasing of properties in urban areas throughout the Southern United States. In terms of total square footage, the vast majority of the company's real estate portfolio comprises office buildings in terms. Highwoods Properties derives nearly all of its income in the form of rental revenue from the tenants of its buildings. The majority of this revenue comes from its holdings in the urban markets of Atlanta, Raleigh, Nashville, and Tampa. These cities also account for the majority of the square footage under the company's ownership. Highwoods Properties' largest customers include the U.S. Government, financial services firms, industrial supply retailers, and healthcare companies.

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