Briefing on the Fundamentals of Equity Residential

By Emilio Sanchez • Monday, November 28 09:41 • Permanent Link

Is it worth buying Equity Residential stock at a price of $63.34? If this question is on your mind, make sure to check out the fundamentals of this Residential Real Estate Investment Trust large-cap company:

Equity Residential has logged a -26.3% 52 week change, compared to -13.5% for the S&P 500
EQR has an average analyst rating of hold and is -11.73% away from its mean target price of $71.76 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (Eps) is $2.92, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to 21.7. The Real Estate sector's average P/E ratio is 27.16
The company's forward earnings per share (Eps) is $1.59 and its forward P/E ratio is 39.8
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 2.2 in contrast to the Real Estate sector's average P/B ratio is 2.39
The current ratio is currently 0.5, which consists in its liquid assets divided by any liabilities due within in the next 12 months
EQR has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of -25.5% and gross profit margins of 63.2%
The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $1,258,488,000.00 and the average free cash flow growth rate is -1.9%
Equity Residential's revenues have an average growth rate of -1.4% with operating expenses growing at 2.4%. The company's current operating margins stand at 25.2%

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