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Stock market today: Global shares trade mostly lower ahead of updates on jobs, inflation
Economists predict US inflation will keep cooling and the economy can avoid a recession
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Alaska Air to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal that may attract regulator scrutiny
Watchdog: Western arms companies failed to ramp up production capacity in 2022 due to Ukraine war
Trading Experts Call It “The Perfect Tesla Trade” (Ad)
Alaska Air Group announces it has agreed to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal with debt
At UN climate talks, fossil fuel interests have hundreds of employees on hand
S&P 500   4,594.63
DOW   36,245.50
QQQ   389.94
Man kills 4 relatives in Queens knife rampage, injures 2 officers before he's fatally shot by police
Trading Experts Call It “The Perfect Tesla Trade” (Ad)
Stock market today: Global shares trade mostly lower ahead of updates on jobs, inflation
Economists predict US inflation will keep cooling and the economy can avoid a recession
Trading Experts Call It “The Perfect Tesla Trade” (Ad)
Alaska Air to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal that may attract regulator scrutiny
Watchdog: Western arms companies failed to ramp up production capacity in 2022 due to Ukraine war
Trading Experts Call It “The Perfect Tesla Trade” (Ad)
Alaska Air Group announces it has agreed to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal with debt
At UN climate talks, fossil fuel interests have hundreds of employees on hand
S&P 500   4,594.63
DOW   36,245.50
QQQ   389.94
Man kills 4 relatives in Queens knife rampage, injures 2 officers before he's fatally shot by police
Trading Experts Call It “The Perfect Tesla Trade” (Ad)
Stock market today: Global shares trade mostly lower ahead of updates on jobs, inflation
Economists predict US inflation will keep cooling and the economy can avoid a recession
Trading Experts Call It “The Perfect Tesla Trade” (Ad)
Alaska Air to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal that may attract regulator scrutiny
Watchdog: Western arms companies failed to ramp up production capacity in 2022 due to Ukraine war
Trading Experts Call It “The Perfect Tesla Trade” (Ad)
Alaska Air Group announces it has agreed to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal with debt
At UN climate talks, fossil fuel interests have hundreds of employees on hand

Equity Residential (EQR) Competitors

$58.54
+1.70 (+2.99%)
(As of 12/1/2023 08:54 PM ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$56.81
$58.54
50-Day Range
$53.19
$60.74
52-Week Range
$52.57
$69.45
Volume
2.93 million shs
Average Volume
1.93 million shs
Market Capitalization
$22.23 billion
P/E Ratio
32.52
Dividend Yield
4.53%
Price Target
$65.68

EQR vs. AVB, SUI, MAA, ESS, ELS, UDR, CPT, ARE, IRM, and VTR

Should you be buying Equity Residential stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equity Residential include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Sun Communities (SUI), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), UDR (UDR), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Iron Mountain (IRM), and Ventas (VTR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.

Equity Residential vs.

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

AvalonBay Communities has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
AvalonBay Communities$2.59B9.74$1.14B$6.5727.08
Equity Residential$2.74B8.13$776.91M$1.8032.52

AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $6.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Equity Residential pays an annual dividend of $2.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. AvalonBay Communities pays out 100.5% 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 pays out 147.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AvalonBay Communities has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Equity Residential has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Equity Residential is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 33.96% compared to AvalonBay Communities' net margin of 23.99%. Equity Residential's return on equity of 8.07% beat AvalonBay Communities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AvalonBay Communities33.96% 8.07% 4.52%
Equity Residential 23.99%6.06%3.39%

AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Residential has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

AvalonBay Communities currently has a consensus price target of $194.35, suggesting a potential upside of 9.22%. Equity Residential has a consensus price target of $65.68, suggesting a potential upside of 12.19%. Given AvalonBay Communities' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Equity Residential is more favorable than AvalonBay Communities.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AvalonBay Communities
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44
Equity Residential
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.21

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 7 more articles in the media than Equity Residential. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 18 mentions for Equity Residential. Equity Residential's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 0.32 indicating that AvalonBay Communities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AvalonBay Communities
6 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Equity Residential
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

AvalonBay Communities received 172 more outperform votes than Equity Residential when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.81% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 48.07% of users gave Equity Residential an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AvalonBay CommunitiesOutperform Votes
657
61.81%
Underperform Votes
406
38.19%
Equity ResidentialOutperform Votes
485
48.07%
Underperform Votes
524
51.93%

88.7% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Equity Residential shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Equity Residential shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats Equity Residential on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EQR vs. The Competition

MetricEquity ResidentialReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$22.23B$6.48B$7.20B$15.81B
Dividend Yield4.53%6.78%11.73%3.68%
P/E Ratio32.5257.9846.6724.55
Price / Sales8.136.543,582.7310.71
Price / Cash13.0410.4628.4917.75
Price / Book1.981.922.384.94
Net Income$776.91M$202.55M$722.69M$901.44M
7 Day Performance3.61%6.47%6.19%4.59%
1 Month Performance5.06%7.10%9.05%8.00%
1 Year Performance-8.69%-6.93%74.49%3.76%

Equity Residential Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
2.3553 of 5 stars
$172.17
+0.2%
$195.29
+13.4%
+3.1%$24.45B$2.59B26.212,947Analyst Revision
SUI
Sun Communities
2.2492 of 5 stars
$126.14
+0.5%
$141.36
+12.1%
-9.2%$15.62B$3.12B68.937,594Dividend Announcement
Positive News
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
2.8535 of 5 stars
$123.99
+1.4%
$154.44
+24.6%
-22.8%$14.47B$2.02B24.752,387Positive News
ESS
Essex Property Trust
2.479 of 5 stars
$212.53
+0.2%
$238.44
+12.2%
+1.4%$13.64B$1.61B26.081,772Positive News
ELS
Equity LifeStyle Properties
1.9862 of 5 stars
$70.07
-0.7%
$71.17
+1.6%
+8.8%$13.06B$1.45B44.354,200Positive News
UDR
UDR
3.119 of 5 stars
$33.45
+0.5%
$43.41
+29.8%
-16.1%$11.00B$1.52B24.421,326
CPT
Camden Property Trust
2.7311 of 5 stars
$89.40
+1.2%
$113.44
+26.9%
-22.7%$9.55B$1.42B42.781,650Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
2.4196 of 5 stars
$107.72
+2.6%
$144.33
+34.0%
-22.9%$18.72B$2.59B77.50593Analyst Report
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
IRM
Iron Mountain
2.088 of 5 stars
$63.72
+0.2%
$61.75
-3.1%
+18.9%$18.60B$5.10B67.0727,600Short Interest ↓
Positive News
VTR
Ventas
2.3352 of 5 stars
$45.55
+0.6%
$50.62
+11.1%
+1.1%$18.33B$4.13B4,559.56451

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This page (NYSE:EQR) was last updated on 12/4/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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