Equity Residential Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 16 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Equity Residential stock have an average target of 78.88, with a low estimate of 70 and a high estimate of 85. The average target predicts an increase of 11.26% from the current stock price of 70.90.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$70	$78.88	$80	$85
Change	-1.27%	+11.26%	+12.83%	+19.89%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Equity Residential stock from 16 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25	Mar '25	Apr '25	May '25
Strong Buy	4	4	4	3	4	4
Buy	4	4	4	4	3	3
Hold	11	11	11	10	9	9
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	19	19	19	17	16	16

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Nicholas Yulico Scotiabank	Scotiabank	Hold Maintains $79 → $82	Hold	Maintains	$79 → $82	+15.66%	May 12, 2025
Richard Hightower Barclays	Barclays	Buy Maintains $79 → $83	Buy	Maintains	$79 → $83	+17.07%	May 9, 2025
Brad Heffern RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Buy Maintains $75 → $76	Buy	Maintains	$75 → $76	+7.19%	May 1, 2025
Simon Yarmak Stifel	Stifel	Strong Buy Maintains $82 → $80	Strong Buy	Maintains	$82 → $80	+12.83%	Apr 30, 2025
Michael Lewis Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Strong Buy Maintains $76 → $78	Strong Buy	Maintains	$76 → $78	+10.01%	Mar 10, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

3.15B

from 2.98B

5.70%

from 2.98B

Revenue Next Year

3.29B

from 3.15B

4.32%

from 3.15B

EPS This Year

1.32

from 2.72

-51.28%

from 2.72

EPS Next Year

1.40

from 1.32

5.52%

from 1.32

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	2.57B	2.46B	2.74B	2.87B	2.98B	3.15B	3.29B	3.43B
Revenue Growth	-4.78%	-4.19%	11.01%	5.07%	3.69%	5.70%	4.32%	4.26%
EPS	2.45	3.54	2.05	2.20	2.72	1.32	1.40	1.53
EPS Growth	-5.75%	44.81%	-42.04%	6.96%	23.65%	-51.28%	5.52%	9.38%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	53.55	50.75	46.40
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	8

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	3.3B	3.5B	3.7B
Avg	3.2B	3.3B	3.4B
Low	3.0B	3.1B	3.2B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	11.5%	10.6%	11.5%
Avg	5.7%	4.3%	4.3%
Low	1.2%	-1.5%	-2.3%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	1.79	1.85	1.87
Avg	1.32	1.40	1.53
Low	1.04	1.11	1.24

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	-34.3%	39.6%	33.8%
Avg	-51.3%	5.5%	9.4%
Low	-61.8%	-16.4%	-10.9%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.