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The price of Equity Residential Properties Trust (NYSE: EQR) closed at $64.48 in the last session, down -0.49% from day before closing price of $64.8. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.49 from its previous closing price. On the day, 5.97 million shares were traded. EQR stock price reached its highest trading level at $65.195 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $64.33.
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 787.24 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 19.97. 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 25376878592 and an Enterprise Value of 33803497472. As of this moment, Equity’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 24.67, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 42.74. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 8.13 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.23. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 11.102 whereas that against EBITDA is 18.196.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for EQR is 0.94, which has changed by -0.13088018 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.15624678 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 -2.23%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -7.26%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, EQR traded on average about 2.05M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2352590 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 1755216000 were 5994861 with a Short Ratio of 2.86, compared to 1752537600 on 5412962. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5994861 and a Short% of Float of 2.1300000999999997.
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 0.042206787The 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
The company has 3.0 analysts who recommend its stock at the moment. 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.
