Equity Residential Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 18 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Equity Residential stock have an average target of 76.61, with a low estimate of 64 and a high estimate of 85. The average target predicts an increase of 7.03% from the current stock price of 71.58.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$64	$76.61	$78	$85
Change	-10.59%	+7.03%	+8.97%	+18.75%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for EQR stock from 19 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Jul '24	Aug '24	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24
Strong Buy	3	3	4	4	4	4
Buy	4	3	3	3	3	4
Hold	10	11	13	13	13	11
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	17	17	20	20	20	19

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Richard Hightower Barclays	Barclays	Buy Initiates $83	Buy	Initiates	$83	+15.95%	Dec 17, 2024
Nicholas Yulico Scotiabank	Scotiabank	Hold Maintains $81 → $78	Hold	Maintains	$81 → $78	+8.97%	Nov 14, 2024
Brad Heffern RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Buy Maintains $83 → $79	Buy	Maintains	$83 → $79	+10.37%	Nov 1, 2024
Jeffrey Spector B of A Securities	B of A Securities	Strong Buy → Hold Downgrades $78 → $82	Strong Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$78 → $82	+14.56%	Sep 24, 2024
Nicholas Yulico Scotiabank	Scotiabank	Hold Maintains $77 → $81	Hold	Maintains	$77 → $81	+13.16%	Sep 16, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

2.99B

Revenue Next Year

3.11B

from 2.99B

4.04%

from 2.99B

EPS This Year

2.10

from 2.20

-4.40%

from 2.20

EPS Next Year

1.67

from 2.10

-20.49%

from 2.10

Fiscal Year	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2019	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	2.99B	3.11B	3.26B
Revenue Growth	4.77%	-4.78%	-4.19%	11.01%	5.07%	-	4.04%	4.79%
EPS	2.60	2.45	3.54	2.05	2.20	2.10	1.67	1.83
EPS Growth	46.67%	-5.75%	44.81%	-42.04%	6.96%	-4.40%	-20.49%	9.70%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	34.07	42.85	39.06
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	8

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2024	2025	2026
High	3.2B	3.3B	3.5B
Avg	3.0B	3.1B	3.3B
Low	2.9B	3.0B	3.1B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2024	2025	2026
High	-	11.2%	11.1%
Avg	-	4.0%	4.8%
Low	-	-1.3%	-1.2%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2024	2025	2026
High	2.39	2.19	2.40
Avg	2.10	1.67	1.83
Low	1.90	1.41	1.54

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2024	2025	2026
High	8.9%	4.5%	43.9%
Avg	-4.4%	-20.5%	9.7%
Low	-13.5%	-32.8%	-7.9%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.