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Equity Residential EQR Interest coverage

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7.1×-1.3×
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2.1×+0.1×
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1.3×0.0×
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1.5×+0.1×
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0.4×+0.3×
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1.3×0.0×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$779.8M+2.5%
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 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

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 interest coverage?
Equity Residential (EQR) reported interest coverage of 4.2× in Q1 2026.
How has Equity Residential's interest coverage changed year-over-year?
Equity Residential's interest coverage decreased by 8.8% year-over-year, from 4.6× to 4.2×.
What is the long-term trend for Equity Residential's interest coverage?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Equity Residential's interest coverage has grown at a 3.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 16.6× to 18.9×.
What does interest coverage mean?
How many times the company's operating profit covers its interest bill.
How do you interpret interest coverage?
Higher is safer; below ~2× is a warning that earnings provide little cushion against the debt burden. Debt-free companies have no interest expense and the ratio is left blank.
How does interest coverage compare across companies?
Comparable across leveraged non-financials; less relevant for net-cash companies with negligible interest.