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EQR Equity Residential

reit · 2026-07-20

N/A
too hard · 56
Owner-earnings value$60.93
Price$69.00
Margin of safety -11.7%

Quality gate · 56/100

Returns on capital 1.8/30
Consistency 20.7/22
Margins / pricing power 15.7/16
Balance sheet 3.8/16
Cash conversion 10/10
Capital allocation 4.6/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 7% < 9%)

Median ROIC6.7%
Gross margin62.8%
Net debt / EBITDA3.6x
FCF conversion132%
Share count / yr-0.1%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)1.27B
Owner-earnings yield4.7%
Free-cash-flow yield4.7%
Growth used (normalized)4.2%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)7.2%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)9.0%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
11.32B 4.2%1.21B
21.37B 4.1%1.15B
31.43B 3.9%1.10B
41.48B 3.8%1.05B
51.53B 3.7%997.34M
61.59B 3.5%947.29M
71.64B 3.4%898.61M
81.70B 3.3%851.33M
91.75B 3.1%805.50M
101.80B 3.0%761.16M

Recent news

score · 8 articles

  • Equity Residential to Post Q2 Earnings: Is It a Portfolio Must-Have?
  • Is Equity Residential (EQR) A Bargain After Its Dividend And Ahead Of Q2 Earnings?
  • Equity Residential (EQR) Skips Earnings Call As AvalonBay Merger Takes Center Stage
  • What You Need To Know Ahead of Equity Residential’s Earnings Release
  • AvalonBay pays $22M for full-block development site in Miami
  • Merger Value Hit a First-Half Record as Deal Sizes Grew
  • Global M&A Tops $2.5 Trillion After First-Half Deals Surge
  • Truist Raises its Price Target on Equity Residential (EQR)

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~7%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 4%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-07-20 56 $69.00 $60.93 -11.7% N/A
2026-07-02 56 $68.63 $60.96 -11.2% N/A
2026-06-25 56 $66.22 $60.96 -7.9% N/A
2026-06-23 56 $65.70 $60.96 -7.2% N/A