Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR – Get Free Report) declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 12th,RTT News reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 2nd will be given a dividend of 0.675 per share by the real estate investment trust on Friday, January 17th. This represents a $2.70 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.66%.
Equity Residential has increased its dividend payment by an average of 3.2% per year over the last three years. Equity Residential has a dividend payout ratio of 165.6% indicating that the company cannot currently cover its dividend with earnings alone and is relying on its balance sheet to cover its dividend payments. Research analysts expect Equity Residential to earn $4.03 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $2.70 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 67.0%.
Equity Residential Stock Up 1.4 %
Shares of NYSE EQR opened at $73.79 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $73.94 and its 200 day moving average is $71.84. Equity Residential has a 52 week low of $57.33 and a 52 week high of $78.83. The company has a quick ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 0.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76. The company has a market cap of $28.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.24, a PEG ratio of 5.90 and a beta of 0.92.
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About Equity Residential
Equity Residential is committed to creating communities where people thrive. The Company, a member of the S&P 500, is focused on the acquisition, development and management of residential properties located in and around dynamic cities that attract affluent long-term renters. Equity Residential owns or has investments in 305 properties consisting of 80,683 apartment units, with an established presence in Boston, New York, Washington, DC, Seattle, San Francisco and Southern California, and an expanding presence in Denver, Atlanta, Dallas/Ft.
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