Highwoods Properties Ownership | Who Owns Highwoods Properties?

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Highwoods Properties Ownership Summary

Highwoods Properties is owned by 119.30% institutional investors, 1.31% insiders. Blackrock funding, inc. /de is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 19.09% of HIW shares. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund, with 6.09% of its assets in Highwoods Properties shares.

HIW Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Highwoods Properties	119.30%	1.31%	-20.61%
Sector	Real Estate Stocks	73.63%	9.57%	16.80%
Industry	Office REIT Stocks	90.66%	2.67%	6.67%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	21.01M	19.09%	$633.72M
Blackrock	16.84M	15.92%	$442.48M
Vanguard group	16.90M	15.59%	$436.45M
Cohen & steers	16.83M	15.30%	$507.73M
State street	7.59M	6.90%	$229.00M
Massachusetts financial services co /ma/	5.86M	5.32%	$187.48M
Vanguard capital management	4.96M	4.50%	$149.51M
T. rowe price investment management	3.48M	3.16%	$105.03M
Geode capital management	3.22M	2.93%	$97.22M
Quantinno capital management lp	3.10M	2.82%	$93.48M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Aew capital management l p	2.40M	4.33%	$72.38M
Corda investment management, llc.	1.28M	2.38%	$38.75M
Grs advisors	800.69K	2.04%	$24.15M
Cohen & steers	16.83M	0.80%	$507.73M
Presima securities ulc	57.08K	0.69%	$1.22M
Pensionfund sabic	9.70K	0.31%	$292.00K
Pensionfund dsm netherlands	19.80K	0.31%	$597.00K
Rialto wealth management	47.03K	0.28%	$1.42M
Oak thistle	88.34K	0.26%	$2.66M
Arrow investment advisors	8.78K	0.26%	$264.87K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Cohen & steers	16.83M	0.80%	4.42M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	21.01M	0.01%	3.45M
Sixth street partners management company	2.50M	0.01%	2.50M
Gotham asset management	2.38M	0.17%	2.25M
Quantinno capital management lp	3.10M	0.11%	1.29M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Pggm investments	-	-	-2.89M
Woodline partners lp	-	-	-1.57M
Qube research	-	-	-1.56M
Citadel advisors	234.28K	0.00%	-1.18M
Zurich insurance group ltd/fi	-	-	-695.12K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Sixth street partners management company	2.50M	0.01%	2.50M	$75.45M
Norges bank	1.02M	0.00%	1.02M	$26.25M
Renaissance	410.10K	0.02%	410.10K	$12.37M
Hudson bay capital management lp	224.26K	0.02%	224.26K	$6.76M
Winton group	202.21K	0.20%	202.21K	$6.10M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Stephens consulting	-1.00
Retirement wealth solutions	-1.00
New millennium group	-6.00
Abound wealth management	-7.00
Mendota financial group	-13.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2026	371	8.16%	131,281,424	12.86%	119	1.07%	214	9.18%	101	5.21%
Mar 31, 2026	188	-45.51%	37,593,344	-67.27%	34	0.30%	104	-39.18%	49	-58.47%
Dec 31, 2025	250	-28.16%	91,812,910	-19.77%	84	0.75%	125	-38.73%	80	-10.11%
Sep 30, 2025	246	-27.00%	68,968,408	-38.61%	63	0.59%	129	-36.14%	73	-14.12%
Jun 30, 2025	342	1.48%	115,776,289	3.06%	107	0.99%	205	12.64%	86	-6.52%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	6.71M	6.09%	-3.23K
Cohen & Steers Instl Realty Shares	4.25M	3.85%	617.36K
Vanguard Real Estate Index Investor	4.19M	3.80%	-3.05K
Cohen & Steers Realty Shares L	3.97M	3.60%	756.22K
Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest	3.51M	3.18%	14.26K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	3.50M	3.17%	15.22K
Vanguard Morn Total Stk Mkt Idx Investor	3.50M	3.17%	15.22K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	3.31M	3.07%	3.16K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	2.84M	2.58%	-50.50K
Vanguard Small Cap Index	2.53M	2.30%	-301.00

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Sep 17, 2025	Hartzell David John	-	Sell	$138.03K
Nov 06, 2024	Hartzell David John	-	Sell	$205.31K
Feb 22, 2024	Evans Carlos E	-	Buy	$473.40K
Oct 27, 2023	Leary Brian M	EVP & COO	Buy	$17.67K
Mar 23, 2023	Klinck Theodore J	-	Buy	$99.06K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q2	-	-
2026 Q1	-	-
2025 Q4	-	-
2025 Q3	-	1
2025 Q2	-	-

HIW Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Highwoods Properties?

Highwoods Properties shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 119.30%, followed by 1.31% insiders and -20.61% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Highwoods Properties's industry, Office REIT Stocks, is 90.66%, which Highwoods Properties exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Highwoods Properties?

Highwoods Properties’s largest shareholders are Blackrock funding, inc. /de (21.01M shares, 19.09%), Blackrock (16.84M shares, 15.92%), and Vanguard group (16.9M shares, 15.59%). Together, they hold 50.61% of Highwoods Properties’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Highwoods Properties?

Yes, BlackRock owns 15.92% of Highwoods Properties, totaling 16.84M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.01% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 442.48M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -513K shares, a -2.96% change.

Who is Highwoods Properties’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Aew capital management l p is Highwoods Properties’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 4.33% of its assets in 2.4M Highwoods Properties shares, valued at 72.38M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Highwoods Properties shares?

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Highwoods Properties shares, with 6.09% of its total shares outstanding invested in 6.71M Highwoods Properties shares.

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