NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

Highwoods Properties

(NYSE:

HIW

) is tomorrow, February 15, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 43 cents per share. At a price of $32.99 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 5.2%.

The average volume for Highwoods has been 723,600 shares per day over the past 30 days. Highwoods has a market cap of $2.36 billion and is part of the

financial

sector and

real estate

industry. Shares are up 11.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday.

Highwoods Properties, Inc. is a real estate investment trust. The trust engages in leasing, management, development, construction, and other customer-related services for its properties and for third parties. It invests in the real estate markets of United States. The company has a P/E ratio of 67, above the average real estate industry P/E ratio of 65.1 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Highwoods as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, reasonable valuation levels and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, generally poor debt management and disappointing return on equity. You can view the full

Highwoods Ratings Report

.

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