HIW - Latest News

Highwoods Properties, Inc. (HIW), operates in Real Estate / REIT - Office, trades on NYSE.

Market capitalization stands near $3.48B. Trailing twelve-month P/E ratio is 20.60. Beta to the broader market is 1.07.

The article list below shows the most recent HIW headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.

Recent HIW Headlines

Highwoods Properties: Leasing Is Improving, But The Cash Test Is Still Ahead

seekingalpha.com - Aug 13, 2026

Highwoods Properties remains a Hold with a $31 price target, reflecting minimal capital appreciation potential at current levels. Leasing activity is

Highwoods Properties: I Am Willing To Go Back In At The Right Price (Rating Downgrade)

seekingalpha.com - Aug 13, 2026

Highwoods Properties is now rated HOLD with a $21/share price target, reflecting deteriorated fundamentals and valuation concerns. HIW faces elevated

Highwoods Properties Q2 Earnings Call Highlights

marketbeat.com - Jul 30, 2026

Highwoods Properties NYSE: HIW reported second-quarter funds from operations of $0. 90 per share and raised its full-year 2026 FFO outlook, citing str

Highwoods Properties, Inc. (HIW) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

seekingalpha.com - Jul 29, 2026

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

HIW Q2 FFO Beats Estimates on Leasing and Rent Growth, 2026 View Up

zacks.com - Jul 29, 2026

HIW tops Q2 FFO and revenue estimates as strong leasing, higher rents and asset sales boost results, prompting management to raise its 2026 outlook.

How News Affects HIW Options Pricing

Headlines and scheduled events drive implied volatility in two distinct ways. Pre-event, IV typically inflates as uncertainty about the outcome rises; this is the implied-volatility expansion that creates the long-vol setup. Post-event, IV typically contracts sharply as uncertainty resolves; this is IV crush, which makes premium-selling structures profitable when they survive the underlying move. The size of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV is relative to the realized move. Track HIW's implied vs realized volatility over the news cycle to size pre-event vs post-event positioning. For ticker-level dealer positioning context, the gamma exposure view shows whether dealers are positioned to amplify or dampen post-news moves.

Frequently asked HIW news questions

What is the latest HIW news headline?

The most recent HIW headline (Aug 13, 2026) is "Highwoods Properties: Leasing Is Improving, But The Cash Test Is Still Ahead". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.

How fresh is the HIW news on this page?

News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.

What HIW news moves options pricing?

Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.

How can I track unusual HIW options activity related to news?

Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.