Here Are the Facts You Need to Understand EQR

By Blake Campbell • Sunday, December 03 16:05 • Permanent Link

Shares of None company Equity Residential jumped 3.0% today. With many investors piling into EQR without a second thought, it may be a good idea to take a closer look at the stock. Here are some quick facts to get you started:

Equity Residential has moved -8.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 14.0%
EQR has an average analyst rating of hold and is -8.97% away from its mean target price of $64.31 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $1.74
Equity Residential has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 33.6 while the S&P 500 average is None
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $1.6 and its forward P/E ratio is 36.6
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 2.02 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of None
Equity Residential is part of the Real Estate sector, which has an average P/E ratio of None and an average P/B of None
EQR has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of -47.1% and gross profit margins of 0.6%
The company has a free cash flow of $1.3 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Equity Residential is committed to creating communities where people thrive. The Company, a member of the S&P 500, is focused on the acquisition, development and management of residential properties located in and around dynamic cities that attract affluent long-term renters. Equity Residential owns or has investments in 305 properties consisting of 80,683 apartment units, with an established presence in Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Seattle, San Francisco and Southern California, and an expanding presence in Denver, Atlanta, Dallas/Ft. Worth and Austin.

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