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How Equity Residential stacks up
EQR · against 39 other Real Estate companies of similar size
Profitability
45/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #28 of 40 · scores higher than 26% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score4 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including EQR · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 45?
Weighted metrics compared with all Real Estate companies.Its metrics sit close to the Real Estate norm.
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 28.1% vs peer median 26.8%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 3.6% vs peer median 3.4%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 62% of peers. Return on assets: 2.7% vs peer median 2.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = EQR, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | EQR | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 39 reported | 3.6% | 4.5% | 37% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 39 reported | 28.1% | 28.9% | 47% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 39 reported | 2.7% | 2.9% | 39% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 36 reported | 8.0% | 7.9% | 51% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 40 reported | 62.3% | 62.5% | 49% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around EQR| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.06T INR (≈$12.7B) | 99 | 74 | |
| 1 | 13.7B USD | 99 | 70 | |
| 3 | 19.6B USD | 98 | 48 | |
| 4 | 15.9B USD | 96 | 49 | |
| 5 | 37.8B USD | 91 | 45 | |
| 25 | 12.3B GBP (≈$16.0B) | 53 | 41 | |
| 26 | 15.7B USD | 51 | 48 | |
| 27 | 16.8B USD | 50 | 46 | |
| 28 | 26.3B USD | 45 | 41 | |
| 28 | 24.6B USD | 45 | 42 | |
| 28 | 14.8B USD | 45 | 51 | |
| 31 | 148.3B HKD (≈$19.0B) | 40 | 51 | |
| 32 | 4.28T JPY (≈$29.1B) | 39 | 47 | |
| 33 | 19.3B USD | 34 | 54 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score