NYSE:EQR - Equity Residential Stock Price, Forecast & News

Equity Residential trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EQR."

Equity Residential announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.567 per share on Friday, January 10th. This represents a $2.27 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 31st. View Equity Residential's Dividend History.

Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.71 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.88 by $0.17. The real estate investment trust earned $685.15 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $679.66 million. Equity Residential had a net margin of 29.88% and a return on equity of 7.73%. The firm's revenue was up 4.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.83 earnings per share. View Equity Residential's Earnings History.

Equity Residential is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Equity Residential.

Equity Residential will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, January 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

11 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Equity Residential's shares. Their forecasts range from $75.74 to $90.00. On average, they anticipate Equity Residential's share price to reach $83.57 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Equity Residential.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Equity Residential in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Equity Residential.

News stories about EQR stock have trended extremely negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Equity Residential earned a coverage optimism score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Equity Residential.

Equity Residential saw a decrease in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,850,000 shares, a decrease of 14.8% from the December 15th total of 4,520,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,580,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Equity Residential's Current Options Chain.

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Equity Residential's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include PGGM Investments (1.73%), Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (0.41%), Strs Ohio (0.16%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.12%), Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH (0.07%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%). Company insiders that own Equity Residential stock include Alan W George, Alexander Brackenridge, Barry Altshuler, Charles L Atwood, Christa L Sorenson, David J Neithercut, David S Santee, Gerald A Spector, Ian Kaufman, Linda Bynoe, Mark J Parrell, Mark S Shapiro, Michael L Manelis, Robert Garechana, Samuel Zell and Scott Fenster. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Equity Residential.

EQR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Manning & Napier Group LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, New York State Teachers Retirement System and Presima Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Equity Residential company stock in the last year include Alan W George, Alexander Brackenridge, Barry Altshuler, Charles L Atwood, Christa L Sorenson, David J Neithercut, Gerald A Spector, Ian Kaufman, Linda Bynoe, Mark J Parrell, Mark S Shapiro, Michael L Manelis, Robert Garechana, Samuel Zell and Scott Fenster. View Insider Buying and Selling for Equity Residential.

EQR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Patton Fund Management Inc., Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Strs Ohio, Loveless Wealth Management LLC and Alpine Global Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Equity Residential.

Shares of EQR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EQR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $82.76.

Equity Residential has a market capitalization of $30.73 billion and generates $2.58 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $657.53 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.25 on an earnings per share basis. Equity Residential employs 2,700 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Equity Residential.

The official website for Equity Residential is http://www.eqr.com/.

Equity Residential's mailing address is TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA SUITE 400, CHICAGO IL, 60606. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 312-474-1300 or via email at [email protected]