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Equity Residential EQR Price / earnings

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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$24.22B-17.8%
P/S7.8×-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 the most recent quarter.

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 price / earnings?
Equity Residential (EQR) reported price / earnings of 23.4× in Q1 2026.
How has Equity Residential's price / earnings changed year-over-year?
Equity Residential's price / earnings decreased by 14.1% year-over-year, from 27.3× to 23.4×.
What is the long-term trend for Equity Residential's price / earnings?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Equity Residential's price / earnings has grown at a -8.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 134.9× to 95.4×.
What does price / earnings mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual profit.
How do you interpret price / earnings?
Lower can mean cheaper — or that the market expects earnings to fall. High multiples embed growth expectations. Meaningless when earnings are negative, so it is suppressed there.
How does price / earnings compare across companies?
Compare against the company's own history and sector peers, not across sectors with different growth and risk profiles.