Equity Residential Stock Forecast, Price & 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. Since then, EQR stock has decreased by 17.6% and is now trading at $61.88.
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20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Equity Residential in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 13 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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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.

Equity Residential is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 10th 2021.
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Equity Residential will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 2nd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.24 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.82 by $0.58. Equity Residential had a net margin of 35.97% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.89%.
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Equity Residential announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 17th. Stockholders of record on Monday, January 4th will be given a dividend of $0.6025 per share on Friday, January 15th. This represents a $2.41 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.89%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 31st.
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Equity Residential pays an annual dividend of $2.41 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.91%. Equity Residential has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Equity Residential is 69.05%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on EPS estimates, Equity Residential will have a dividend payout ratio of 79.28% in the coming year. This indicates that Equity Residential may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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20 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Equity Residential's shares. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $85.00. On average, they anticipate Equity Residential's share price to reach $65.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.6% from the stock's current price.
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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 Strs Ohio (0.15%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.11%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.04%), KAMES CAPITAL plc (0.02%) and DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%). Company insiders that own Equity Residential stock 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.
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EQR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including MEAG MUNICH ERGO Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH, Sarasin & Partners LLP, New York State Teachers Retirement System, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, LGT Capital Partners LTD., Strs Ohio, Spirit of America Management Corp NY, and Altfest L J & Co. Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Equity Residential company stock in the last year include Alexander Brackenridge, Christa L Sorenson, David J Neithercut, Ian Kaufman, Michael L Manelis, and Robert Garechana.
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EQR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including KAMES CAPITAL plc, Aurora Investment Managers LLC., Tuttle Tactical Management, Sowell Financial Services LLC, First Midwest Bank Trust Division, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, and DNB Asset Management AS.
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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.

One share of EQR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $61.88.

Equity Residential has a market capitalization of $23.04 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 2,600 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]