Equity Residential Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Equity Residential in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 10 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Equity Residential stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in EQR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Equity Residential is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 26th 2021.
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Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.84 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.70 by $0.14. The real estate investment trust earned $598.06 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $597.49 million. Equity Residential had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.75% and a net margin of 29.53%. The business's revenue was down 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.70 EPS.
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Equity Residential's stock was trading at $75.10 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, EQR shares have increased by 12.0% and is now trading at $84.13.
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Equity Residential announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 17th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.6025 per share on Friday, July 9th. This represents a $2.41 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.86%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 25th.
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Equity Residential pays an annual dividend of $2.41 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.85%. Equity Residential has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Equity Residential is 73.93%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on EPS estimates, Equity Residential will have a dividend payout ratio of 78.76% in the coming year. This indicates that Equity Residential may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Equity Residential updated its third quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 27th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.71 to $0.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.70.

16 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Equity Residential's shares. Their forecasts range from $54.00 to $89.00. On average, they expect Equity Residential's stock price to reach $74.54 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.4%.
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88 employees have rated Equity Residential CEO Mark Parrell on Glassdoor.com. Mark Parrell has an approval rating of 90% among Equity Residential's employees.

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

Equity Residential's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include PGGM Investments (0.36%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.18%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.07%), Avalon Investment & Advisory (0.06%) and JLP Asset Management LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Equity Residential stock include Alan W George, Alexander Brackenridge, Bradley A Keywell, Charles L Atwood, Christa L Sorenson, Christa L Sorenson, David J Neithercut, Ian Kaufman, Linda Bynoe, Mark S Shapiro, Michael L Manelis, Robert Garechana, Samuel Zell and Scott Fenster.
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EQR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Avalon Investment & Advisory, TCW Group Inc., Dupont Capital Management Corp, Hartford Investment Management Co., Hanson & Doremus Investment Management, Ieq Capital LLC, and Ahrens Investment Partners LLC. Company insiders that have sold Equity Residential company stock in the last year include Alexander Brackenridge, Bradley A Keywell, Christa L Sorenson, David J Neithercut, Ian Kaufman, Linda Bynoe, Michael L Manelis, and Robert Garechana.
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EQR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Unigestion Holding SA, Huntington National Bank, Arkadios Wealth Advisors, JLP Asset Management LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., and Archford Capital Strategies LLC.
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Shares of EQR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of EQR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $84.13.

Equity Residential has a market capitalization of $31.47 billion and generates $2.57 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $913.64 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.26 on an earnings per share basis.

Equity Residential employs 2,600 workers across the globe.

Equity Residential was founded in 1967.

The official website for Equity Residential is www.eqr.com.

Equity Residential is headquartered at TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA SUITE 400, CHICAGO IL, 60606.

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]