NYSE:EQREquity Residential Stock Price, Forecast & News

Equity Residential's stock was trading at $75.10 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, EQR stock has decreased by 24.5% and is now trading at $56.70. 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) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.83 earnings per share 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 the consensus estimate 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 for the quarter was up 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.82 earnings per share. View Equity Residential's earnings history.

Equity Residential declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 10th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 22nd will be given 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 4.25%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 19th. View Equity Residential's dividend history.

18 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Equity Residential's stock. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $89.00. On average, they expect Equity Residential's share price to reach $71.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Equity Residential.

Media coverage about EQR stock has been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news 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 media sentiment score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Equity Residential.

Equity Residential saw a decline in short interest in 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 currently 1.4 days. Approximately 1.2% of the company's shares are sold short. 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 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%), Pensionfund DSM Netherlands (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, 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, Robecosam AG, 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 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, DNB Asset Management AS, and Whittier Trust Co.. 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 $56.70.

Equity Residential has a market capitalization of $21.10 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]