Highwoods Properties (HIW) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025)

Highwoods Properties' (HIW) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $410.8 million in Q4 2025, up 129.85% year-on-year from $178.7 million in Q4 2024, and up 160.65% quarter-over-quarter from $157.6 million in Q3 2025.

Highwoods Properties (HIW) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Highwoods Properties has disclosed Operating Expenses across 17 years of filings, most recently posting $410.8 million for Q4 2025.

  • Operating Expenses for Q4 2025 came in at $410.8 million, up 129.85% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $697.1 million (up 48.82% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $605.4 million, down 5.06% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $410.8 million for Q4 2025 at Highwoods Properties, up from $157.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $411.8 million in Q4 2023 to a low of -$212.0 million in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $68.8 million (2023), against an average of $117.2 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses tumbled 434.15% in 2022 and jumped 294.22% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Highwoods Properties' Operating Expenses stood at $63.5 million in 2021, then sank by 434.15% to -$212.0 million in 2022, then surged by 294.22% to $411.8 million in 2023, then plunged by 56.6% to $178.7 million in 2024, then jumped by 129.85% to $410.8 million in 2025.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $410.8 million (Q4 2025), $157.6 million (Q3 2025), and $63.7 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Alexandria Real Estate Equities 9.03 Bn 9.03 Bn - 634.35 Mn
2 Cousins Properties 4.85 Bn 4.87 Bn 180.52 Mn 285.09 Mn
3 Kilroy Realty 4.57 Bn 4.57 Bn -59.85 Mn 208.92 Mn
4 Sl Green Realty 3.90 Bn 4.01 Bn 252.80 Mn 61.46 Mn
5 Copt Defense Properties 3.85 Bn 3.90 Bn 195.09 Mn 142.32 Mn
6 Highwoods Properties 3.25 Bn 3.27 Bn - 410.82 Mn
7 Douglas Emmett 2.11 Bn 3.29 Bn 176.48 Mn 202.02 Mn
8 Empire State Realty OP 1.49 Bn 1.49 Bn - 160.87 Mn
9 Piedmont Realty Trust 1.15 Bn 1.15 Bn 85.99 Mn 124.51 Mn
10 Easterly Government Properties 1.12 Bn 1.17 Bn 71.01 Mn 71.63 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 410.82 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 157.62 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 63.66 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 65.03 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 178.74 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 154.72 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 64.56 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 70.44 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 411.82 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 67.19 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 66.31 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 65.73 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -212.03 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 150.49 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 176.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 144.65 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 63.45 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 60.57 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 56.23 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 127.07 Mn