Equity Residential Properties Trust (NYSE: EQR)’s stock price has gone decline by -0.53 in comparison to its previous close of 61.82, however, the company has experienced a -14.15% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading days. businesswire.com reported 2025-04-07 that CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR) today announced that the Company will release its first quarter 2025 operating results on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 after the close of market and host a conference call to discuss those results on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 10:00 am Central. The conference call will be available via web cast on the Investor section of www.equityapartments.com. About Equity Residential Equity Residential is committed to creating communities where people th.
Is It Worth Investing in Equity Residential Properties Trust (NYSE: EQR) Right Now?
Equity Residential Properties Trust (NYSE: EQR) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 23.09x compared to its average ratio. EQR has 36-month beta value of 0.93. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 5 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 6 as “overweight,” 15 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for EQR is 376.44M, and currently, short sellers hold a 1.60% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of EQR on April 09, 2025 was 1.73M shares.
EQR’s Market Performance
The stock of Equity Residential Properties Trust (EQR) has seen a -14.15% decrease in the past week, with a -11.87% drop in the past month, and a -8.83% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 5.29%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 2.81% for EQR. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -10.61% for EQR’s stock, with a -14.27% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of EQR
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for EQR stocks, with Barclays repeating the rating for EQR by listing it as a “Overweight.” The predicted price for EQR in the upcoming period, according to Barclays is $83 based on the research report published on December 17, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Stifel, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see EQR reach a price target of $81.50, previously predicting the price at $77.75. The rating they have provided for EQR stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on November 13th, 2024.
BofA Securities gave a rating of “Neutral” to EQR, setting the target price at $82 in the report published on September 24th of the previous year.
EQR Trading at -12.75% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought EQR to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -21.70% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.81%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 5.29%, as shares sank -11.00% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -11.38% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, EQR fell by -14.31%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -10.14% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $68.78. In addition, Equity Residential Properties Trust saw -14.30% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at EQR starting from Garechana Robert, who purchase 4 shares at the price of $69.81 back on Mar 17 ’25. After this action, Garechana Robert now owns 14,112 shares of Equity Residential Properties Trust, valued at $279 using the latest closing price.
Manelis Michael L, the Executive Vice President & COO of Equity Residential Properties Trust, sale 9,487 shares at $72.07 during a trade that took place back on Feb 06 ’25, which means that Manelis Michael L is holding 26,781 shares at $683,761 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for EQR
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.38 for the present operating margin
- 0.48 for the gross margin
The net margin for Equity Residential Properties Trust stands at 0.35. The total capital return value is set at 0.06. Equity return is now at value 9.36, with 5.07 for asset returns.
Based on Equity Residential Properties Trust (EQR), the company’s capital structure generated 0.43 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.19. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.76. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 5.52.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 2.33 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 4.64. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 10.66.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Equity Residential Properties Trust (EQR) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
