Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Key Points

• Equity Residential issued FY 2025 EPS guidance of 3.970-4.030, exceeding the consensus estimate of 3.965.
• Recent analyst ratings show a mixed outlook, with eight analysts rating the stock as "buy" and eight as "hold."
• The company announced a quarterly dividend of $0.6925, resulting in a 4.4% dividend yield and a payout ratio of 105.73%.

Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR - Get Free Report) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Monday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.970-4.030 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 3.965. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Equity Residential also updated its Q3 2025 guidance to 0.990-1.030 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on shares of Equity Residential from $82.25 to $80.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 30th. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on shares of Equity Residential from $75.00 to $76.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. UBS Group reduced their price target on shares of Equity Residential from $84.00 to $76.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, July 15th. Barclays boosted their price target on shares of Equity Residential from $79.00 to $83.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, May 9th. Finally, Wedbush reissued a "neutral" rating and set a $75.00 price objective on shares of Equity Residential in a research note on Wednesday, May 28th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $78.40.

Equity Residential Stock Performance

Equity Residential stock traded down $0.06 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $62.69. 2,858,222 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,917,268. The firm has a market capitalization of $23.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.93, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.25 and a beta of 0.92. The business has a 50 day moving average of $67.70 and a two-hundred day moving average of $69.10. Equity Residential has a 12 month low of $59.41 and a 12 month high of $78.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 0.20 and a quick ratio of 0.20.

Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 4th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.99 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.99. Equity Residential had a net margin of 33.11% and a return on equity of 8.93%. As a group, research analysts predict that Equity Residential will post 3.98 earnings per share for the current year.

Equity Residential Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 11th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, June 24th were paid a $0.6925 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, June 24th. This represents a $2.77 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.4%. Equity Residential's dividend payout ratio is 105.73%.

Institutional Trading of Equity Residential

An institutional investor recently raised its position in Equity Residential stock. Empowered Funds LLC boosted its stake in shares of Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR - Free Report) by 3.1% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 7,489 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after acquiring an additional 226 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC's holdings in Equity Residential were worth $536,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. 92.68% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Equity Residential Company Profile

Equity Residential is committed to creating communities where people thrive. The Company, a member of the S&P 500, is focused on the acquisition, development and management of residential properties located in and around dynamic cities that attract affluent long-term renters. Equity Residential owns or has investments in 305 properties consisting of 80,683 apartment units, with an established presence in Boston, New York, Washington, DC, Seattle, San Francisco and Southern California, and an expanding presence in Denver, Atlanta, Dallas/Ft.

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