An Evaluation Of Equity Residential Properties Trust (NYSE: EQR) Prospects

After Hours

After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.

Stocks Info

EQR belongs to the Real Estate sector of the NYSE while operating in the REIT – Residential industry. The current market capitalization of Equity Residential Properties Trust is $28.25B. A total of 1.0 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.53M shares.

In the most recent transaction, Manelis Michael L sold 9,487 shares of EQR for 72.07 per share on Feb 06 ’25. After the transaction, the Executive Vice President & COO now owns 26,781 company shares. In a previous transaction on Feb 06 ’25, Kaufman Ian sold 642 shares at 72.06 per share. EQR shares that Chief Accounting Officer owns now total 25,539.

Among the insiders who sold shares, Garechana Robert disposed of 4,294 shares on Feb 06 ’25 at a per-share price of $72.06. This resulted in the EVP & Chief Financial Officer holding 14,108 shares of EQR after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Fenster Scott sold 5,340 shares at $72.06 per share on Feb 06 ’25. Company shares held by the EVP & General Counsel now total 35,507.

Dividend

Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Equity Residential Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.70, resulting in a dividend yield of 3.74%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 27.11. EQR’s most recent ex-dividend date was 3.66% when it declared a $0.6750 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 1/2/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 9/24/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 3.5%. The EQR stock dividend was $0.6750 per share in cash.

While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, EQR has a high of $78.54 and a low of $58.08.

Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly

An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. EQR’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $123.83M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $8.65B in debt and $725.05M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $29.06, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $11.69B.

Analysts Opinion

There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for EQR is Buy with a score of 3.85.

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