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How to buy Equity Residential (EQR) stocks in Canada

Learn how to easily invest in Equity Residential stocks.

Equity Residential

NYSE: EQR-USD

About 10 hours ago

$64.61

+$1.52 (+2.41%)

Equity Residential is a reit - residential business based in the US. Equity Residential shares (EQR.US) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US dollars. Its last market close was $63.09 – an increase of 0.88% over the previous day. Equity Residential employs 2,400 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $2.9 billion.

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Is it a good time to buy Equity Residential stock?

Only you can make the decision on the time to leap... but here's some supporting information and analysis.

Use our graph to track the performance of EQR stocks over time.

Share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Equity Residential's shares have ranged in value from as little as $52.0128 up to $67.9568. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Equity Residential's is 0.854. This would suggest that Equity Residential's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Historical closes compared with the last close of $63.09

1 week (2024-04-17)	3.44%
1 month (2024-03-24)	2.54%
3 months (2024-01-24)	7.19%
6 months (2023-10-24)	13.17%
1 year (2023-04-24)	4.25%
2 years (2022-04-24)	-30.12%
3 years (2021-04-22)	-15.41%
5 years (2019-04-24)	-16.95%

The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.

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Is Equity Residential under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Equity Residential P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA

Equity Residential's current stock price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 28x. In other words, Equity Residential stocks trade at around 28x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 09, 2023 (20.44). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Equity Residential's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 6.354. Higher PEG ratios such as this can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value given the current rate of growth.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Equity Residential's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Equity Residential's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $1.8 billion ($2.4 billion CAD).

The EBITDA is a measure of a Equity Residential's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Frequently asked questions

- Dividend yield
- Forward yield
Dividend yield: 4.52% of stock value
Forward annual dividend yield: 4.52% of stock value

Equity Residential has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 4.52% of its share value annually.

Equity Residential has paid out, on average, around 121.02% of recent net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 4.52% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), shareholders could enjoy a 4.52% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Equity Residential's case, that would currently equate to about 2.65 per share.

Equity Residential's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Equity Residential's most recent dividend payout was on 11 April 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 21 March 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
Equity Residential's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 11 October 2001. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Equity Residential shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Equity Residential shares which in turn could have impacted Equity Residential's share price.
It's as easy to sell Equity Residential as it is to buy! Here's how to sell Equity Residential stocks that you already own.
1. Open your investment app. If you've got one with desktop access, you can log in online
2. Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
3. Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
4. Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
5. Sell your Equity Residential shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold

Equity Residential financials

Revenue TTM	$2.9 billion
Operating margin TTM	32.58%
Gross profit TTM	$1.8 billion
Return on assets TTM	2.73%
Return on equity TTM	7.46%
Profit margin	29.07%
Book value	$29.13
Market capitalisation	$23 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

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How to buy Equity Residential (EQR) stocks in Canada