Equity Residential Stock Forecast, Price & News

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Equity Residential in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 10 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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Equity Residential is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 27th 2021.
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Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.53. Equity Residential had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.20% and a net margin of 26.64%.
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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 shares have increased by 3.4% and is now trading at $77.63.
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Equity Residential declared 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 3.10%. 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 3.05%. 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 81.42% 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 second quarter 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.670-0.710 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

17 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Equity Residential's shares. Their forecasts range from $54.00 to $89.00. On average, they anticipate Equity Residential's stock price to reach $71.87 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.4%.
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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 shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (10.08%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (5.06%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.80%), Northern Trust Corp (1.77%), First Eagle Investment Management LLC (1.62%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.59%). Company insiders that own Equity Residential stock include Alan W George, Alexander Brackenridge, Bradley A Keywell, Charles L Atwood, 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 Long Pond Capital LP, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock Inc., Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, Centersquare Investment Management LLC, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Lasalle Investment Management Securities LLC, and Daiwa Securities Group Inc.. 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, Linda Bynoe, 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 Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Holocene Advisors LP, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., PGGM Investments, Oaktree Capital Management LP, Oaktree Capital Management LP, and Standard Life Aberdeen plc.
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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 $77.63.

Equity Residential has a market capitalization of $29.03 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]