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Equity Residential (EQR) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Equity Residential

EQR in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Equity Residential owns and operates apartment communities across major US cities, with a focus on coastal metro areas and a smaller presence in fast-growing inland cities such as Atlanta, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth and Denver. It rents units to individual tenants rather than developing land for sale, generating income from leases across its portfolio. The company is based in Chicago and was incorporated in 1993.
Where it sits in the stack
Equity Residential sits outside the AI build-out framework the diary tracks; it belongs to the Real Estate sector, within the residential REIT sleeve of our broader equity universe, as an owner and operator of rented apartment communities.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group does not list a comparison set for this name; the market commonly places it alongside AvalonBay Communities, another large owner of coastal apartment portfolios.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds a seat in the S&P 500 but carries no Rubin or Halo index seat and no Closelook score yet; the diary has recorded no quotes on it.
What the diary watches
Whether occupancy and renewal rates across its coastal portfolios hold up as apartment supply and financing costs shift, since that balance sets the pace of rental income the diary would track.

Equity Residential (EQR) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for EQR, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against REIT - Residential · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

REIT - Residential · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against EQR on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 744.53%, quarterly · last 0.70 USD on 2026-06-29

Dividends and capital return

What EQR pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.79 USD per share · a 744.53% yield on the 2026-08-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-08-25
  • Change on the year +2.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.74 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.70 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-29
  • By calendar year 2023: 1.33 USD (partial) · 2024: 2.02 USD · 2025: 2.75 USD · 2026: 2.10 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-09-25

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Equity Residential (EQR)?

Equity Residential trades as EQR on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is EQR in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Equity Residential is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does EQR trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -99.4% vs the 50-day and -99.4% vs the 200-day average, 99.5% below the 52-week high and +7.1% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-08-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Equity Residential do?

Equity Residential owns and operates apartment communities across major US cities, with a focus on coastal metro areas and a smaller presence in fast-growing inland cities such as Atlanta, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth and Denver. It rents units to individual tenants rather than developing land for sale, generating income from leases across its portfolio. The company is based in Chicago and was incorporated in 1993. Closelook's peer group does not list a comparison set for this name; the market commonly places it alongside AvalonBay Communities, another large owner of coastal apartment portfolios.

Where does Equity Residential sit in the AI build-out?

Equity Residential sits outside the AI build-out framework the diary tracks; it belongs to the Real Estate sector, within the residential REIT sleeve of our broader equity universe, as an owner and operator of rented apartment communities. It holds a seat in the S&P 500 but carries no Rubin or Halo index seat and no Closelook score yet; the diary has recorded no quotes on it.

Does Equity Residential pay a dividend?

Equity Residential has paid 2.79 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 744.53% on the 2026-08-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.70 USD on 2026-06-29. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for EQR, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then REIT - Residential, then Real Estate. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.