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Equity Residential (EQR) Competitors

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$71.13 -0.22 (-0.31%)
As of 05/20/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

EQR vs. AVB, MAA, ESS, SUI, UDR, CPT, ELS, UMH, AIV, and PLD

Should you be buying Equity Residential stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equity Residential include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Sun Communities (SUI), UDR (UDR), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), UMH Properties (UMH), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), and Prologis (PLD). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.

Equity Residential vs.

Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR) and AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Equity Residential currently has a consensus price target of $79.69, indicating a potential upside of 12.03%. AvalonBay Communities has a consensus price target of $239.93, indicating a potential upside of 15.07%. Given AvalonBay Communities' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than Equity Residential.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Equity Residential
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
AvalonBay Communities
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47

In the previous week, Equity Residential had 3 more articles in the media than AvalonBay Communities. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Equity Residential and 19 mentions for AvalonBay Communities. Equity Residential's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 1.36 indicating that Equity Residential is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Equity Residential
17 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AvalonBay Communities
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

AvalonBay Communities has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Equity Residential. AvalonBay Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Residential, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Equity Residential$3.01B8.98$1.04B$2.6227.15
AvalonBay Communities$2.95B10.07$1.08B$8.0325.97

AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 37.13% compared to Equity Residential's net margin of 34.76%. Equity Residential's return on equity of 9.27% beat AvalonBay Communities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Equity Residential34.76% 9.27% 5.09%
AvalonBay Communities 37.13%9.15%5.15%

Equity Residential pays an annual dividend of $2.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Equity Residential pays out 105.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AvalonBay Communities pays out 87.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Equity Residential has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and AvalonBay Communities has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Equity Residential is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

92.7% of Equity Residential shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Equity Residential shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Equity Residential has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

AvalonBay Communities received 168 more outperform votes than Equity Residential when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.93% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 47.52% of users gave Equity Residential an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Equity ResidentialOutperform Votes
508
47.52%
Underperform Votes
561
52.48%
AvalonBay CommunitiesOutperform Votes
676
59.93%
Underperform Votes
452
40.07%

Summary

Equity Residential beats AvalonBay Communities on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EQR vs. The Competition

MetricEquity ResidentialReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$27.03B$7.05B$11.64B$19.69B
Dividend Yield4.01%6.77%5.46%3.84%
P/E Ratio26.1562.2522.8435.11
Price / Sales8.988.5727.5634.10
Price / Cash13.4717.3217.6217.51
Price / Book2.411.702.854.78
Net Income$1.04B$177.71M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.17%0.77%1.44%0.90%
1 Month Performance4.36%4.77%8.90%11.10%
1 Year Performance7.01%2.88%539.12%5.28%

Equity Residential Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EQR
Equity Residential
4.4855 of 5 stars
$71.13
-0.3%
$79.69
+12.0%
+7.0%$27.03B$3.01B26.152,400Positive News
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
4.225 of 5 stars
$208.58
+1.5%
$239.57
+14.9%
+5.6%$29.70B$2.95B27.482,950Positive News
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
4.2559 of 5 stars
$163.61
+0.4%
$169.55
+3.6%
+17.2%$19.15B$2.20B36.522,390News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
ESS
Essex Property Trust
3.7651 of 5 stars
$286.36
+1.3%
$308.89
+7.9%
+9.1%$18.44B$1.81B24.811,770Positive News
Dividend Announcement
SUI
Sun Communities
4.5544 of 5 stars
$125.12
-0.3%
$138.70
+10.9%
+1.6%$15.96B$3.20B67.277,590Positive News
Analyst Forecast
UDR
UDR
4.2255 of 5 stars
$42.58
+0.7%
$46.29
+8.7%
+6.6%$14.10B$1.68B170.301,330Positive News
CPT
Camden Property Trust
3.5998 of 5 stars
$118.88
+0.8%
$128.55
+8.1%
+12.6%$12.70B$1.55B79.251,650Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
ELS
Equity LifeStyle Properties
4.1759 of 5 stars
$63.64
-1.1%
$74.33
+16.8%
+1.8%$12.17B$1.43B32.644,100Positive News
UMH
UMH Properties
4.1487 of 5 stars
$17.17
-0.6%
$21.00
+22.3%
+7.7%$1.44B$244.10M132.12460Insider Trade
AIV
Apartment Investment and Management
0.6037 of 5 stars
$8.06
+2.4%
N/A-1.3%$1.14B$210.83M-4.6660News Coverage
Positive News
PLD
Prologis
4.5709 of 5 stars
$110.30
+3.2%
$121.84
+10.5%
-3.0%$102.35B$8.38B27.582,470Positive News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume

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