Highwoods Properties HIW Institutional Ownership

Ownership Summary

Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE:HIW) showed up in the 13F filings of 339 institutional investors as of March 2026.

• Collectively, these holders controlled 108.8% of Highwoods Properties's outstanding shares in March 2026, up from 108.0% in December 2025.
• They increased total shares held in Highwoods Properties by 22.88% from last quarter, and the number of investors in HIW stayed flat annually.
• Activity in HIW broke down as 195 buyers, 99 sellers, and 45 unchanged among 339 total holders.
• The aggregate institutional position in Highwoods Properties amounted to 117.96Mn shares as of March 2026, up by 21.96Mn shares quarter on quarter, and down 2.79Mn shares year over year.
• BlackRock, Inc. is the top holder of Highwoods Properties as of March 31, 2026, with 17.56Mn shares representing 16.19% of outstanding stock.
• The largest buyers of Highwoods Properties for the quarter ending March 2026 were VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC (11.73Mn), VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (4.88Mn), Janus Henderson Group Plc (1.74Mn), Quantinno Capital Management LP (1.03Mn), UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC (703.63K).
• The largest sales of HIW for the quarter ending March 2026 came from T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. (1.53Mn), CITADEL ADVISORS LLC (748.82K), Gotham Asset Management, LLC (603.6K), Morgan Stanley (484.61K), Bayhunt Capital LLC (336.36K).
• Per Business Quant data, the top 10 holders of Highwoods Properties for the quarter ending March 2026 are BlackRock, Inc. (17.56Mn), Cohen & Steers, Inc. (12.41Mn), VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC (11.73Mn), State Street Corp (6.82Mn), MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ (5.65Mn), VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (4.88Mn), T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. (3.48Mn), Janus Henderson Group Plc (3.28Mn), GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC (2.25Mn), AEW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L P (2.23Mn).