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Equity Residential Boosts Shareholder Confidence With Operating Update
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Key Takeaways
Equity Residential reports positive same-store revenue growth in line with prior guidance.
EQR sees strong retention and high occupancy during its peak leasing season.
The REIT reaffirms 2025 revenue growth of 2.6-3.2% and occupancy at 96.4%.
In a major boost to investors’ sentiment, Equity Residential (EQR - Free Report) recently provided an update highlighting positive same-store operating trends in its business. The residential REIT emphasized that its same-store revenue growth is in line with the guidance updated in the second-quarter earnings release as of Aug. 4, 2025.
EQR iterated that it is witnessing continuous high physical occupancy and strong retention in its primary leasing season. As a result, the company reaffirmed its full-year guidance projections for same-store revenue growth of 2.6-3.2% and physical occupancy of 96.4%. The same applies to its third-quarter 2025 blended rate growth guidance of 2.2%-2.8%.
The above update reflects improving demand, contributing to higher occupancy and limited resident turnover, which aids in same-store revenue growth for the company.
EQR in a Nutshell
Equity Residential has a predominant presence in Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Seattle, San Francisco and Southern California. The company is particularly targeting places where affluent renters prefer to live, work and play.
Moreover, the high cost of home ownership is likely to keep renter demand up in its markets. The company’s diversification efforts into the suburban markets to capture rising demand are encouraging. The focus on technology to drive margin expansion augurs well.
However, an elevated supply of new rental units in some markets is likely to curb its pricing power. High interest expenses add to its concerns.
In the past three months, shares of this Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) company have declined 7.2% compared with the industry's fall of 2.9%.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for WPC’s 2025 FFO per share has been moved southward over the past month to $4.87.
The consensus estimate for TRNO’s 2025 FFO per share has been revised upward marginally to $2.61 over the past month.
Note: Anything related to earnings presented in this write-up represents funds from operations (FFO), a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs.
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Equity Residential Boosts Shareholder Confidence With Operating Update
Key Takeaways
In a major boost to investors’ sentiment, Equity Residential (EQR - Free Report) recently provided an update highlighting positive same-store operating trends in its business. The residential REIT emphasized that its same-store revenue growth is in line with the guidance updated in the second-quarter earnings release as of Aug. 4, 2025.
EQR iterated that it is witnessing continuous high physical occupancy and strong retention in its primary leasing season. As a result, the company reaffirmed its full-year guidance projections for same-store revenue growth of 2.6-3.2% and physical occupancy of 96.4%. The same applies to its third-quarter 2025 blended rate growth guidance of 2.2%-2.8%.
The above update reflects improving demand, contributing to higher occupancy and limited resident turnover, which aids in same-store revenue growth for the company.
EQR in a Nutshell
Equity Residential has a predominant presence in Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Seattle, San Francisco and Southern California. The company is particularly targeting places where affluent renters prefer to live, work and play.
Moreover, the high cost of home ownership is likely to keep renter demand up in its markets. The company’s diversification efforts into the suburban markets to capture rising demand are encouraging. The focus on technology to drive margin expansion augurs well.
However, an elevated supply of new rental units in some markets is likely to curb its pricing power. High interest expenses add to its concerns.
In the past three months, shares of this Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) company have declined 7.2% compared with the industry's fall of 2.9%.
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Stocks to Consider
Some better-ranked stocks from the broader REIT sector are W.P. Carey (WPC - Free Report) and Terreno Realty (TRNO - Free Report) , each carrying a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) at present. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for WPC’s 2025 FFO per share has been moved southward over the past month to $4.87.
The consensus estimate for TRNO’s 2025 FFO per share has been revised upward marginally to $2.61 over the past month.
Note: Anything related to earnings presented in this write-up represents funds from operations (FFO), a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs.