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Equity Residential · EQR · FY2024 Q2 · Calendar Q3 2024
Equity Residential Raises Guidance as Coastal Demand Holds Up
The supplied analysis supports a constructive but qualified view: resilient coastal rental demand, high occupancy, and raised same-store revenue and NOI guidance strengthen the operating case, while supply pressure, rising expenses, regulatory costs, and acquisition-return hurdles temper the outlook.
Reported After market closeNYSEReal Estate
$23.87B market cap
100quality score
Earnings scorecard
Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS
$0.97
Consensus $0.96
EPS surprise
+1.0%
Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue
$726.2M
Consensus $734.4M
Revenue surprise
-1.1%
Reported versus consensus
Market reaction
event-close to next-session close
Stock move
-2.4%
Event window
SPY move
-0.5%
Same window
Abnormal move
-1.9%
Stock minus SPY
Volume
2.3×
Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift
+5.6%
Up to 20 sessions
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Why did EQR fall 2.4% after beating EPS estimates in FY2024 Q2?What changed in EQR's guidance and outlook in FY2024 Q2?Give me the bull and bear case for EQR after FY2024 Q2 earnings.
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What changed
Compared with the prior-quarter analysis, management raised same-store revenue and NOI guidance, reported 96.4% overall occupancy, and continued acquisitions in expansion markets. The current analysis also emphasizes rising regulatory advocacy costs, property-tax pressure, and the need to maintain acquisition discipline.
Guidance delta
Management raised same-store revenue and NOI guidance, according to the supplied transcript analysis.
Key takeaways
- Management said strong occupancy and renewal performance supported the quarter, particularly in established coastal markets.
- The supplied analysis identifies limited for-sale housing inventory, high homeownership costs, and steady employment as rental-demand supports.
- Expansion markets continue to face supply pressure, while the company is acquiring recently built assets at attractive pricing.
- AI resident-assistant and self-guided-tour initiatives are intended to improve operating efficiency and resident experience.
- Regulatory and litigation costs, property expenses, interest rates, and acquisition pricing remain important constraints.
Management priorities
- Sustain occupancy and renewal performance across the portfolio.
- Continue acquiring recently built properties in expansion markets while prioritizing cash-flow-positive existing assets.
- Scale the AI resident assistant and self-guided-tour applications.
- Execute renovation, technology, and sustainability capital projects.
- Maintain regulatory advocacy and explore selective joint-development opportunities.
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
$63.66Previous close
$63Low
$76.89Average
$104High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted previous close from FN2's market snapshot as of Aug 19, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evercore ISI Group | In Line | In Line | Maintain | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jul 21, 2026 |
| Barclays | Equal Weight | Overweight | Downgrade | Jul 14, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintain | Jul 9, 2026 |
| Truist Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Mizuho | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jun 10, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Jun 9, 2026 |
| Stifel | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 27, 2026 |
| UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 14, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | May 5, 2026 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | May 4, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Apr 23, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Equal Weight | Upgrade | Mar 26, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Market Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Jan 9, 2026 |
| B of A Securities | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Sep 24, 2024 |
| Deutsche Bank | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Sep 10, 2024 |
| Wedbush | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Aug 5, 2024 |
| Raymond James | Market Perform | Underperform | Upgrade | Mar 18, 2024 |
| Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Feb 15, 2023 |
| BTIG | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Jan 11, 2023 |
| Credit Suisse | Neutral | Outperform | Downgrade | Jan 9, 2023 |
| Argus Research | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Nov 17, 2022 |
| Jefferies | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Oct 19, 2022 |
| Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Oct 18, 2022 |
| Wolfe Research | Perform | Peer Perform | Maintain | Jun 15, 2021 |
| CFRA | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | May 6, 2020 |
| SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Apr 2, 2020 |
| Baird | Neutral | Underperform | Upgrade | Mar 17, 2020 |
| Zelman | Hold | Sell | Upgrade | Jan 31, 2020 |
| Argus | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 30, 2018 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Jul 26, 2018 |
| Bank of America | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jun 8, 2018 |
| Edward Jones | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Jan 16, 2018 |
| Janney Montgomery Scott | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Janney Capital | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Jan 10, 2017 |
| BTIG Research | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Aug 25, 2016 |
| BB&T Capital | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | May 24, 2016 |
| JMP Securities | Market Perform | Market Outperform | Downgrade | Jan 19, 2016 |
| Miller Tabak | Sell | Hold | Downgrade | Nov 9, 2015 |
| Sandler O'Neill | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Oct 27, 2015 |
| Capital One Financial | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Sep 2, 2014 |
| BWS Financial | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jan 23, 2014 |
| Imperial Capital | In Line | In Line | Maintain | Aug 1, 2013 |
| ISI Group | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Sep 11, 2012 |
| Compass Point | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | May 30, 2012 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted previous close $63.66. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $75 | $68.8 | +17.8% | Jul 21, 2026 |
| Deutsche Bank | Peter Abramowitz | $72 | $68.8 | +13.1% | Jul 20, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Nicholas Yulico | $70 | $68.35 | +10.0% | Jul 9, 2026 |
| Truist Financial | Michael Lewis | $72 | $66.18 | +13.1% | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $70 | $67.86 | +10.0% | Jun 10, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $70 | $67.34 | +10.0% | Jun 8, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $72 | $66.26 | +13.1% | May 29, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Simon Yarmak | $79 | $66.13 | +24.1% | May 27, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $73 | $65.8 | +14.7% | May 14, 2026 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Analyst unavailable | $66 | $65.17 | +3.7% | May 4, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $76 | $62.26 | +19.4% | Apr 27, 2026 |
| Argus Research | Marie Ferguson | $70 | $60.16 | +10.0% | Mar 12, 2026 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Analyst unavailable | $64 | $64.33 | +0.5% | Feb 9, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Analyst unavailable | $78.5 | $61.77 | +23.3% | Feb 6, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $78 | $62.12 | +22.5% | Jan 27, 2026 |
| Deutsche Bank | Analyst unavailable | $63 | $62.04 | -1.0% | Jan 20, 2026 |
| Barclays | Richard Hightower | $78 | $59.64 | +22.5% | Jan 13, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $68 | $62.87 | +6.8% | Jan 9, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $71 | $61.94 | +11.5% | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $77 | $60.55 | +21.0% | Nov 25, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $65 | $60.55 | +2.1% | Nov 24, 2025 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $68 | $59.44 | +6.8% | Nov 3, 2025 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Analyst unavailable | $79.75 | $61.46 | +25.3% | Oct 29, 2025 |
| Evercore ISI | Steve Sakwa | $71 | $61.65 | +11.5% | Oct 13, 2025 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Analyst unavailable | $35 | $64.73 | -45.0% | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $80 | $64.12 | +25.7% | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $72 | $66.44 | +13.1% | Sep 15, 2025 |
| Truist Financial | Michael Lewis | $75 | $65.18 | +17.8% | Aug 29, 2025 |
| Scotiabank | Nicholas Yulico | $77 | $63.54 | +21.0% | Aug 14, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Adam Kramer | $75 | $62.89 | +17.8% | Aug 13, 2025 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Simon Yarmak | $80.5 | $63.41 | +26.5% | Aug 5, 2025 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Simon Yarmak | $82.25 | $70.62 | +29.2% | Feb 4, 2025 |
| Barclays | Richard Hightower | $79 | $68.19 | +24.1% | Jan 24, 2025 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Simon Yarmak | $81.5 | $71.35 | +28.0% | Nov 13, 2024 |
| CFRA | Kenneth Leon | $81 | $70.37 | +27.2% | Oct 31, 2024 |
| Bank of America Securities | Jeffrey Spector | $82 | $77.44 | +28.8% | Sep 24, 2024 |
| Scotiabank | Nicholas Yulico | $81 | $78.08 | +27.2% | Sep 16, 2024 |
| Deutsche Bank | Omotayo Okusanya | $83 | $75.1 | +30.4% | Sep 10, 2024 |
| CFRA | Kenneth Leon | $85 | $75.48 | +33.5% | Sep 4, 2024 |
| Goldman Sachs | Julien Blouin | $81 | $75.66 | +27.2% | Sep 4, 2024 |
| Evercore ISI | Steve Sakwa | $74 | $73.44 | +16.2% | Aug 28, 2024 |
| Wells Fargo | James Feldman | $77 | $73.63 | +21.0% | Aug 26, 2024 |
| Scotiabank | Nicholas Yulico | $73 | $71.41 | +14.7% | Aug 7, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Alexander Goldfarb | $85 | $69.57 | +33.5% | Jul 31, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Alexander Goldfarb | $80 | $68.31 | +25.7% | Jun 28, 2024 |
| CFRA | Kenneth Leon | $77 | $65.22 | +21.0% | Jun 6, 2024 |
| Scotiabank | Nicholas Yulico | $72 | $66.95 | +13.1% | May 14, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Alexander Goldfarb | $70 | $65.45 | +10.0% | Apr 29, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Brad Heffern | $69 | $64.61 | +8.4% | Apr 25, 2024 |
| Evercore ISI | Steve Sakwa | $70 | $64.61 | +10.0% | Apr 24, 2024 |
| BMO Capital | John Kim | $70 | $62.54 | +10.0% | Apr 22, 2024 |
| BMO Capital | John Kim | $64 | $63.36 | +0.5% | Jun 5, 2023 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $61 | $62.76 | -4.2% | Dec 16, 2022 |
| Argus Research | Jacob Kilstein | $72 | $61.78 | +13.1% | Nov 17, 2022 |
| Evercore ISI | Steve Sakwa | $94 | $91.35 | +47.7% | Feb 2, 2022 |
| BMO Capital | John Kim | $99 | $87.48 | +55.5% | Feb 1, 2022 |
| BTIG | James Sullivan | $104 | $88.59 | +63.4% | Jan 19, 2022 |
| Barclays | Anthony Powell | $97 | $89.61 | +52.4% | Jan 18, 2022 |
| Scotiabank | Nicholas Yulico | $90 | $86.92 | +41.4% | Dec 16, 2021 |
| Citigroup | Nicholas Joseph | $93 | $86.76 | +46.1% | Dec 13, 2021 |
| Wells Fargo | Tammi Fique | $86 | $84.05 | +35.1% | Nov 22, 2021 |
| Goldman Sachs | Chandni Luthra | $86 | $80.71 | +35.1% | Sep 23, 2021 |
| Piper Sandler | Alexander Goldfarb | $88 | $82.7 | +38.2% | Jul 29, 2021 |
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Snapshot as of publicationEquity Residential is committed to cultivating vibrant living environments where residents can flourish. This S&P 500 firm specializes in the acquisition, development, and ongoing management of rental properties, strategically located within or near thriving metropolitan areas that attract desirable, long-term tenants. The company's substantial portfolio includes ownership or investment in 305 properties, comprising a total of 78,568 apartment units, situated in key markets such as Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Seattle, San Francisco, Southern California, and Denver.
Historical context
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- Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
- FN2 earnings calendar · 2024-10-17T05:10:49.140638+00:00
- Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-19T00:30:42.819965+00:00
- Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-19T00:30:42.817051+00:00
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