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EQR (Equity Residential) Dividend Yield % : 3.83% (As of Oct. 31, 2024)


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What is Equity Residential Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-10-31), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Equity Residential is 3.83%.

Warning Sign:

Equity Residential stock dividend yield is close to 2-year low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Equity Residential's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

EQR' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.45   Med: 3.19   Max: 5.06
Current: 3.83

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Equity Residential was 5.06%. The lowest was 2.45%. And the median was 3.19%.

EQR's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
84.25% of 889 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 6.58 vs EQR: 3.83

Equity Residential's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Jun. 2024 was 1.83.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Equity Residential is 2.83, which seems too high.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Equity Residential was 3.40. The lowest was 1.37. And the median was 1.86.

As of today (2024-10-31), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Equity Residential is 3.85%.

Equity Residential's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Jun. 2024 was $0.68.

During the past 12 months, Equity Residential's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.20% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Equity Residential was 52.20% per year. The lowest was -7.70% per year. And the median was 3.40% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.

* Please note that "special dividend" is not included in the calculation of dividend per share and related fields.


Equity Residential Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Equity Residential's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Equity Residential Dividend Yield % Chart

Equity Residential Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.81 4.07 2.66 4.14 4.33

Equity Residential Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Dividend Yield % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.45 4.33 4.22 3.84 -

Competitive Comparison of Equity Residential's Dividend Yield %

For the REIT - Residential subindustry, Equity Residential's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Equity Residential's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Equity Residential's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Equity Residential's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Equity Residential Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Equity Residential Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.6750002024-09-242024-09-242024-10-11Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.6750002024-07-012024-07-012024-07-12Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.6750002024-03-222024-03-252024-04-12Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.6625002023-12-292024-01-022024-01-12Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Equity Residential's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=2.6875/70.37
=3.82 %

Current Share Price is $70.37.
Equity Residential's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $2.6875.

Equity Residential's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=2.7/70.37
=3.84 %

Current Share Price is $70.37.
Equity Residential's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.675 * 4 = $2.7.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Equity Residential  (NYSE:EQR) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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Equity Residential Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Two North Riverside Plaza, Chicago, IL, USA, 60606
Equity Residential owns a portfolio of 299 apartment communities with around 80,000 units and is developing three additional properties with 977 units. The company focuses on owning large, high-quality properties in the urban and suburban submarkets of Southern California, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., New York, Seattle, and Boston.
Executives
Catherine Carraway officer: Executive Vice President TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 500, CHICAGO IL 60606
Alexander Brackenridge officer: Executive Vice President TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 400, CHICAGO IL 60606
Scott Fenster officer: EVP & General Counsel TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 400, CHICAGO IL 60606
Ian Kaufman officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O EQUITY RESIDENTIAL, TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 400, CHICAGO IL 60606
Michael L Manelis officer: Executive Vice President TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 400, CHICAGO IL 60606
Robert Garechana officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 400, CHICAGO IL 60606
Linda Bynoe director 980 N. MICHIGAN AVE, SUITE 1400, CHICAGO IL 60611
Mary Kay Haben director C/O EQUITY RESIDENTIAL, TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 400, CHICAGO IL 60606
David J Neithercut director C/O EQUITY RESIDENTIAL, TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 400, CHICAGO IL 60606
Mark S Shapiro director C/O RED ZONE LLC, 21300 REDSKIN PARK DRIVE, ASHBURN VA 20147
Christa L Sorenson officer: Executive Vice President TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 400, CHICAGO IL 60606
Angela M Aman director RETAIL PROPERTIES OF AMERICA, INC., 2021 SPRING ROAD, SUITE 200, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Duckworth Connie K director EIGHT WINGS ENTERPRISES, 77 STONE AGTE LANE, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Bradley A Keywell director
John E Neal director 2020 CALAMOS COURT, NAPERVILLE X1 60563