NYSE:EQREquity Residential Stock Price, Forecast & News

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 stock has decreased by 24.1% and is now trading at $57.02. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Equity Residential in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings 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, July 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Equity Residential.

Equity Residential will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, July 28th 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) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.87 by $0.04. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $682.31 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $686.02 million. Equity Residential had a net margin of 43.16% and a return on equity of 11.20%. The business's revenue was up 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.82 EPS. View Equity Residential's earnings history.

Equity Residential announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 10th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.6025 per share on Friday, July 10th. This represents a $2.41 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.23%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 19th. View Equity Residential's dividend history.

18 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Equity Residential's shares. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $89.00. On average, they expect Equity Residential's stock price to reach $71.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Equity Residential.

News stories about EQR stock have been trending extremely negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Equity Residential earned a media sentiment score of -4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Equity Residential.

Equity Residential saw a decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,410,000 shares, a decline of 16.6% from the June 15th total of 5,290,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,110,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the company 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd (0.17%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.03%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.03%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.02%) and Pensionfund DSM Netherlands (0.02%). 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 Manning & Napier Group LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Robecosam AG, Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL, Truehand Inc, and Moody National Bank Trust Division. Company insiders that have sold Equity Residential company stock in the last year include Alan W George, Alexander Brackenridge, 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 MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, LGT Capital Partners LTD., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Cox Capital Mgt LLC, Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, and DNB Asset Management AS. 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 $57.02.

Equity Residential has a market capitalization of $21.22 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]