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 (WHO). Since then, EQR shares have decreased by 19.3% and is now trading at $60.59. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

17 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 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.83 earnings per share (EPS) 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 analyst estimates of $686.02 million. Equity Residential had a return on equity of 11.20% and a net margin of 43.16%. Equity Residential's revenue was up 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company 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 3.98%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 19th. View Equity Residential's dividend history.

17 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Equity Residential's stock. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $89.00. On average, they anticipate Equity Residential's stock price to reach $71.50 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 headlines about EQR stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Equity Residential earned a news impact score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact 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 June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,290,000 shares, a decline of 15.0% from the May 31st total of 6,220,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,190,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.7 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's shares 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 investors include Pensionfund DSM Netherlands (0.02%) and Cox Capital Mgt LLC (0.00%). 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cox Capital Mgt LLC, and Pensionfund DSM Netherlands. 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 $60.59.

Equity Residential has a market capitalization of $22.55 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]