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Equity Residential EQR Earnings yield

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5.3%+1.9pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$779.8M+2.5%
Operating income$392.5M+61.9%
Net income$90.1M-64.9%
EPS (diluted)$0.24-64.2%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$34.7M-13.0%
Total debt$304.6M-0.1%
Total equity$10.7B-3.4%
Total assets$20.5B-0.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$400.5M-5.9%

Valuation

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Market cap$24.02B-17.8%
P/E25.2×-4.1×
P/S7.7×-2.0×

Profitability

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Operating margin40.4%+4.3pp
Net margin30.6%-2.5pp
FCF margin51.5%

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity8.8%-0.2pp
Debt / equity0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Equity Residential’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Equity Residential’s 10-Q, filed April 30, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Equity Residential's earnings yield?
Equity Residential (EQR) reported earnings yield of 4.3% in Q1 2026.
How has Equity Residential's earnings yield changed year-over-year?
Equity Residential's earnings yield increased by 16.4% year-over-year, from 3.7% to 4.3%.
What is the long-term trend for Equity Residential's earnings yield?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Equity Residential's earnings yield has grown at a 2.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 4.1% to 4.7%.
What does earnings yield mean?
The company's annual profit as a percentage of its market price — the flip side of the P/E.
How do you interpret earnings yield?
Higher means more earnings per dollar invested. Easy to compare directly against bond yields to judge the relative attractiveness of equity.
How does earnings yield compare across companies?
Comparable across profitable companies and against fixed-income yields; undefined when earnings are negative.