HIWHighwoods Properties, Inc.

$30.51+8.9% 1Y

$30.51

$20.1852 weeks$33.86

Is the business good?

Mixed

The checks split: margins steady and returns not propped up by debt.

2 neutral, 2 without data

Margin direction, 3 years−0.8 pts

Profits are tracking sales roughly one-for-one, limited operating leverage either way.

Where ROE comes from2% ROA

Margin-driven, fat margins on slower asset turns. ROE 6% = margin × turnover × leverage.

All from derived.

Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.

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