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Equity Residential EQR Return on assets

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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$24.02B-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 return on assets?
Equity Residential (EQR) reported return on assets of 4.6% in Q1 2026.
How has Equity Residential's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Equity Residential's return on assets decreased by 5.8% year-over-year, from 4.9% to 4.6%.
What is the long-term trend for Equity Residential's return on assets?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Equity Residential's return on assets has grown at a 3.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 18.3% to 20.8%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.