Uncovering the Hidden Gems of Equity Residential (EQR)

By Scott Lee • Friday, December 29 15:18 • Permanent Link

Equity Residential marked a -0.4% change today, compared to -0.0% for the S&P 500. Is it a good value at today's price of $61.59? Only an in-depth analysis can answer that question, but here are some facts that can give you an idea:

Equity Residential is committed to creating communities where people thrive.
Equity Residential belongs to the Real Estate sector, which has an average price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 25.55 and an average price to book (P/B) of 2.1
The company's P/B ratio is 2.12
Equity Residential has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 35.4 based on its trailing 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $1.74 per share
Its forward P/E ratio is 39.5, based on its forward earnings per share (EPS) of $1.56
EQR has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 2.25, which shows the company is overvalued when we factor growth into the price to earnings calculus.
Over the last four years, Equity Residential has averaged free cash flows of $1.22 Billion, which on average grew 2.7%
Equity Residential has moved 5.9% over the last year compared to 24.6% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of -18.7%
EQR has an average analyst rating of hold and is -3.48% away from its mean target price of $63.81 per share

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