EQR vs. ARE, AVB, BRT, CPT, ESS, MAA, UDR, SUI, ELS, and UMH
Should you be buying Equity Residential stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equity Residential include Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), BRT Apartments (BRT), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), United Dominion Realty Trust (UDR), Sun Communities (SUI), Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS), and UMH Properties (UMH). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Equity Residential vs. Its Competitors
Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR) and Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Equity Residential pays an annual dividend of $2.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. 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. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays out 694.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Equity Residential has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Alexandria Real Estate Equities has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Alexandria Real Estate Equities 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, 96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Equity Residential shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are held by 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 net margin of 33.11% compared to Alexandria Real Estate Equities' net margin of 4.62%. Equity Residential's return on equity of 8.93% beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' return on equity.
Equity Residential presently has a consensus price target of $79.19, indicating a potential upside of 18.12%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a consensus price target of $99.54, indicating a potential upside of 26.65%. Given Alexandria Real Estate Equities' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alexandria Real Estate Equities is more favorable than Equity Residential.
Equity Residential has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alexandria Real Estate Equities. Equity Residential is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alexandria Real Estate Equities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Equity Residential has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Equity Residential had 1 more articles in the media than Alexandria Real Estate Equities. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Equity Residential and 11 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities. Equity Residential's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' score of 0.92 indicating that Equity Residential is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Equity Residential beats Alexandria Real Estate Equities on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EQR) was last updated on 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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