NYSE:EQREquity Residential Stock Price, Forecast & News

Equity Residential's stock was trading at $75.10 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). 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) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.83 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.87 by $0.04. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $682.31 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $686.02 million. Equity Residential had a return on equity of 11.20% and a net margin of 43.16%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.82 earnings per share. View Equity Residential's earnings history.

Equity Residential declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 12th. Investors 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 is Friday, March 20th. This is a boost from Equity Residential's previous quarterly dividend of $0.57. View Equity Residential's dividend history.

16 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Equity Residential's stock. 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 twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Equity Residential.

Press coverage about EQR stock has trended extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of press 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 five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Equity Residential earned a media sentiment score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutEquity Residential.

Equity Residential saw a drop in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,810,000 shares, a drop 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 currently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 many different 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 bought 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]