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The price of Equity Residential Properties Trust (NYSE: EQR) closed at $64.27 in the last session, down -0.33% from day before closing price of $64.48. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.33 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.3 million shares were traded. EQR stock price reached its highest trading level at $64.687 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $64.03.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at EQR’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 784.67 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 19.91. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.01 and its Current Ratio is at 0.01. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.79 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.79.
On December 17, 2024, Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $83.
Stifel Upgraded its Hold to Buy on November 13, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $77.75 to $81.50.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 13 ’25 when NEAL JOHN E bought 11,000 shares for $63.42 per share.
Carraway Catherine sold 1,007 shares of EQR for $71,044 on May 01 ’25. The EVP & CHRO now owns 12,746 shares after completing the transaction at $70.55 per share. On May 01 ’25, another insider, Carraway Catherine, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 1,007 shares for $70.55 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, EQR now has a Market Capitalization of 25294227456 and an Enterprise Value of 33723299840. As of this moment, Equity’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 24.59, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 42.60. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 8.10 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.22. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 11.076 whereas that against EBITDA is 18.153.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for EQR is 0.94, which has changed by -0.1271221 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.13054323 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, EQR has reached a high of $78.54, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $59.41. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.95%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -7.67%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, EQR traded on average about 2.06M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1966080 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 379.98M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 378.51M. Insiders hold about 0.89% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 93.36% stake in the company. Shares short for EQR as of 1753920000 were 5863757 with a Short Ratio of 2.85, compared to 1751241600 on 5927108. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5863757 and a Short% of Float of 2.08.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for EQR is 2.44, which was 2.735 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.04241625The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.74. The current Payout Ratio is 99.37% for EQR, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-06-24 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-06-24. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2001-10-12 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
Investors are keenly observing as 3.0 analysts analyze and rate the current performance of Equity Residential Properties Trust (EQR) in the stock market.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.41, with high estimates of $0.43 and low estimates of $0.37.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $1.4 and $1.4 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $1.4. EPS for the following year is $1.41, with 4.0 analysts recommending between $1.62 and $1.28.
Revenue Estimates
According to 7 analysts, the current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $777.44M. It ranges from a high estimate of $785.01M to a low estimate of $767.84M. As of the current estimate, Equity Residential Properties Trust’s year-ago sales were $748.35MFor the next quarter, 7 analysts are estimating revenue of $786.51M. There is a high estimate of $799.95M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $777.12M.
A total of 12 analysts have provided revenue estimates for EQR’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $3.11B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $3.08B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $3.09B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $2.98BBased on 16 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $3.24B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $3.3B and the low estimate is $3.16B.