NYSE:EQREquity Residential Stock Price, Forecast & News

Equity Residential's stock was trading at $75.10 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, EQR stock has decreased by 17.9% and is now trading at $61.66. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Equity Residential in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Equity Residential.

Equity Residential is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Equity Residential.

Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.83 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.87 by $0.04. The real estate investment trust earned $682.31 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $686.02 million. Equity Residential had a net margin of 43.16% and a return on equity of 11.20%. The firm's revenue was up 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.82 earnings per share. View Equity Residential's earnings history.

Equity Residential announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 12th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.6025 per share on Monday, April 13th. This represents a $2.41 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 20th. This is an increase from Equity Residential's previous quarterly dividend of $0.57. View Equity Residential's dividend history.

16 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Equity Residential's shares. Their forecasts range from $56.00 to $89.00. On average, they expect Equity Residential's stock price to reach $72.77 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Equity Residential.

News coverage about EQR stock has been trending somewhat negative on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Equity Residential earned a news sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutEquity Residential.

Equity Residential saw a decline in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,810,000 shares, a decline of 5.5% from the April 30th total of 5,090,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,570,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's stock are sold short. View Equity Residential's Current Options Chain.

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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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (11.05%), State Street Corp (6.51%), APG Asset Management US Inc. (3.81%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (2.63%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.87%) and PGGM Investments (1.74%). 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 Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, Franklin Resources Inc., Squarepoint Ops LLC, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Janus Henderson Group PLC, and Principal Financial Group 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, Ian Kaufman, Mark S Shapiro, Michael L Manelis, Robert Garechana, Samuel Zell, and Scott Fenster. View insider buying and selling activity for Equity Residential.

EQR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cohen & Steers Inc., First Eagle Investment Management LLC, Invesco Ltd., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Blackstone Group Inc, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Centersquare Investment Management LLC. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $61.66.

Equity Residential has a market capitalization of $22.95 billion and generates $2.70 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $970.38 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.49 on an earnings per share basis. Equity Residential employs 2,700 workers across the globe.

The official website for Equity Residential is 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]