Equity Residential Dividend

Q: What is the Equity Residential Dividend Yield and payout ratio?

The average Equity Residential dividend yield over the last 5 years is 3.66% and the average over the last 10 years is 3.36%. The payout ratio of Equity Residential in relation to the last financial year is 102.27%. The payout ratio smoothed over 3 years is 116.47%. The calculation is based on the sum of all dividend payments divided by the cumulative earnings per share (EPS ).

Q: Is the Equity Residential dividend safe?

Equity Residential has been paying a dividend for 25 years and has not lowered the dividend for 14 years (dividend continuity). As a result, the dividend was recently increased 3 -times. The Dividend Growth in relation to the previous financial year amounts to 1.89% . The average Equity Residential Dividend Growth over the last 5 years is 3.53% . The average for the last 10 years is 4.71% .

$60.33

2.41% yesterday

NYSE, Oct 30, 09:11 pm CET

ISIN

US29476L1070

Symbol

EQR

Reports

Quarter | Annual

Index

NYSE Composite, S&P 500

Sector

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

Industry

Residential REITs

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Equity Residential Dividend history 25 years & estimates 2025 to 2027

Dividend Analysis of the Equity Residential Stock

Current dividend yield	6.16 %
Dividendenrendite 5 Jahre	2.44 %
Dividend Yield 10Y	6.34 %
Payout 3Y	1.5 %

When does Equity Residential pay a dividend?

The Equity Residential stock dividend is paid 4 times a year. In order to receive a dividend, you should generally own the Equity Residential stock before the ex-dividend date. The Dividend Calendar shows that the last ex-day dates were January, March, July and September . Dividends from Equity Residential are distributed via January, April, July and October.

Year	Dividend	Ex-day & Payday	Frequency
Fiscal Year	Dividend per Share	Ex-Day	Payday	Payment frequency
2025	$0.6925 $0.69	Sep 25 2025 Sep 25 2025 Oct 10 2025 Sep 25 25 Oct 10 25	Oct 10 2025	quarterly quarterly
2025	$0.6925 $0.69	Jun 24 2025 Jun 24 2025 Jul 11 2025 Jun 24 25 Jul 11 25	Jul 11 2025	quarterly quarterly
2025	$0.6925 $0.69	Mar 31 2025 Mar 31 2025 Apr 17 2025 Mar 31 25 Apr 17 25	Apr 17 2025	quarterly quarterly
2024	$0.675 $0.68	Jan 02 2025 Jan 02 2025 Jan 17 2025 Jan 02 25 Jan 17 25	Jan 17 2025	quarterly quarterly
2024	$0.675 $0.68	Sep 24 2024 Sep 24 2024 Oct 11 2024 Sep 24 24 Oct 11 24	Oct 11 2024	quarterly quarterly
2024	$0.675 $0.68	Jul 01 2024 Jul 01 2024 Jul 12 2024 Jul 01 24 Jul 12 24	Jul 12 2024	quarterly quarterly
2024	$0.675 $0.68	Mar 22 2024 Mar 22 2024 Apr 12 2024 Mar 22 24 Apr 12 24	Apr 12 2024	quarterly quarterly
2023	$0.6625 $0.66	Dec 29 2023 Dec 29 2023 Jan 12 2024 Dec 29 23 Jan 12 24	Jan 12 2024	quarterly quarterly
2023	$0.6625 $0.66	Sep 25 2023 Sep 25 2023 Oct 13 2023 Sep 25 23 Oct 13 23	Oct 13 2023	quarterly quarterly
2023	$0.6625 $0.66	Jun 23 2023 Jun 23 2023 Jul 14 2023 Jun 23 23 Jul 14 23	Jul 14 2023	quarterly quarterly
2023	$0.6625 $0.66	Mar 24 2023 Mar 24 2023 Apr 14 2023 Mar 24 23 Apr 14 23	Apr 14 2023	quarterly quarterly
2022	$0.625 $0.63	Dec 30 2022 Dec 30 2022 Jan 13 2023 Dec 30 22 Jan 13 23	Jan 13 2023	quarterly quarterly
2022	$0.625 $0.63	Sep 23 2022 Sep 23 2022 Oct 14 2022 Sep 23 22 Oct 14 22	Oct 14 2022	quarterly quarterly
2022	$0.625 $0.63	Jun 24 2022 Jun 24 2022 Jul 08 2022 Jun 24 22 Jul 08 22	Jul 08 2022	quarterly quarterly
2022	$0.625 $0.63	Mar 25 2022 Mar 25 2022 Apr 08 2022 Mar 25 22 Apr 08 22	Apr 08 2022	quarterly quarterly
2021	$0.6025 $0.6	Dec 31 2021 Dec 31 2021 Jan 14 2022 Dec 31 21 Jan 14 22	Jan 14 2022	quarterly quarterly
2021	$0.6025 $0.6	Sep 24 2021 Sep 24 2021 Oct 08 2021 Sep 24 21 Oct 08 21	Oct 08 2021	quarterly quarterly
2021	$0.6025 $0.6	Jun 25 2021 Jun 25 2021 Jul 09 2021 Jun 25 21 Jul 09 21	Jul 09 2021	quarterly quarterly
2021	$0.6025 $0.6	Mar 26 2021 Mar 26 2021 Apr 09 2021 Mar 26 21 Apr 09 21	Apr 09 2021	quarterly quarterly
2020	$0.6025 $0.6	Dec 31 2020 Dec 31 2020 Jan 15 2021 Dec 31 20 Jan 15 21	Jan 15 2021	quarterly quarterly
2020	$0.6025 $0.6	Sep 24 2020 Sep 24 2020 Oct 09 2020 Sep 24 20 Oct 09 20	Oct 09 2020	quarterly quarterly
2020	$0.6025 $0.6	Jun 19 2020 Jun 19 2020 Jul 10 2020 Jun 19 20 Jul 10 20	Jul 10 2020	quarterly quarterly
2020	$0.6025 $0.6	Mar 20 2020 Mar 20 2020 Apr 13 2020 Mar 20 20 Apr 13 20	Apr 13 2020	quarterly quarterly
2019	$0.5675 $0.57	Dec 31 2019 Dec 31 2019 Jan 10 2020 Dec 31 19 Jan 10 20	Jan 10 2020	quarterly quarterly
2019	$0.5675 $0.57	Sep 27 2019 Sep 27 2019 Oct 11 2019 Sep 27 19 Oct 11 19	Oct 11 2019	quarterly quarterly
2019	$0.5675 $0.57	Jun 27 2019 Jun 27 2019 Jul 12 2019 Jun 27 19 Jul 12 19	Jul 12 2019	quarterly quarterly
2019	$0.5675 $0.57	Mar 22 2019 Mar 22 2019 Apr 12 2019 Mar 22 19 Apr 12 19	Apr 12 2019	quarterly quarterly
2018	$0.54 $0.54	Dec 31 2018 Dec 31 2018 Jan 11 2019 Dec 31 18 Jan 11 19	Jan 11 2019	quarterly quarterly
2018	$0.54 $0.54	Sep 21 2018 Sep 21 2018 Oct 12 2018 Sep 21 18 Oct 12 18	Oct 12 2018	quarterly quarterly
2018	$0.54 $0.54	Jun 22 2018 Jun 22 2018 Jul 13 2018 Jun 22 18 Jul 13 18	Jul 13 2018	quarterly quarterly
2018	$0.54 $0.54	Mar 23 2018 Mar 23 2018 Apr 13 2018 Mar 23 18 Apr 13 18	Apr 13 2018	quarterly quarterly
2017	$0.50375 $0.5	Dec 29 2017 Dec 29 2017 Jan 12 2018 Dec 29 17 Jan 12 18	Jan 12 2018	quarterly quarterly
2017	$0.50375 $0.5	Sep 22 2017 Sep 22 2017 Oct 13 2017 Sep 22 17 Oct 13 17	Oct 13 2017	quarterly quarterly
2017	$0.50375 $0.5	Jun 22 2017 Jun 22 2017 Jul 14 2017 Jun 22 17 Jul 14 17	Jul 14 2017	quarterly quarterly
2017	$0.50375 $0.5	Mar 23 2017 Mar 23 2017 Apr 17 2017 Mar 23 17 Apr 17 17	Apr 17 2017	quarterly quarterly
2016	$0.50375 $0.5	Dec 22 2016 Dec 22 2016 Jan 13 2017 Dec 22 16 Jan 13 17	Jan 13 2017	quarterly quarterly
2016	$0.50375 $0.5	Sep 22 2016 Sep 22 2016 Oct 14 2016 Sep 22 16 Oct 14 16	Oct 14 2016	quarterly quarterly
2016	$3 $3	Sep 22 2016 Sep 22 2016 Oct 14 2016 Sep 22 16 Oct 14 16	Oct 14 2016	Special dividend Special div.
2016	$0.4809 $0.48	Jun 23 2016 Jun 23 2016 Jul 08 2016 Jun 23 16 Jul 08 16	Jul 08 2016	quarterly quarterly
2016	$0.4809 $0.48	Mar 22 2016 Mar 22 2016 Apr 08 2016 Mar 22 16 Apr 08 16	Apr 08 2016	quarterly quarterly
2016	$7.6364 $7.64	Mar 01 2016 Mar 01 2016 Mar 10 2016 Mar 01 16 Mar 10 16	Mar 10 2016	Special dividend Special div.
2015	$0.4708 $0.47	Dec 23 2015 Dec 23 2015 Jan 08 2016 Dec 23 15 Jan 08 16	Jan 08 2016	quarterly quarterly
2015	$0.4708 $0.47	Sep 17 2015 Sep 17 2015 Oct 09 2015 Sep 17 15 Oct 09 15	Oct 09 2015	quarterly quarterly
2015	$0.4708 $0.47	Jun 24 2015 Jun 24 2015 Jul 10 2015 Jun 24 15 Jul 10 15	Jul 10 2015	quarterly quarterly
2015	$0.4708 $0.47	Mar 19 2015 Mar 19 2015 Apr 10 2015 Mar 19 15 Apr 10 15	Apr 10 2015	quarterly quarterly
2014	$0.426 $0.43	Dec 23 2014 Dec 23 2014 Jan 09 2015 Dec 23 14 Jan 09 15	Jan 09 2015	quarterly quarterly
2014	$0.426 $0.43	Sep 18 2014 Sep 18 2014 Oct 10 2014 Sep 18 14 Oct 10 14	Oct 10 2014	quarterly quarterly
2014	$0.426 $0.43	Jun 19 2014 Jun 19 2014 Jul 11 2014 Jun 19 14 Jul 11 14	Jul 11 2014	quarterly quarterly
2014	$0.426 $0.43	Mar 20 2014 Mar 20 2014 Apr 11 2014 Mar 20 14 Apr 11 14	Apr 11 2014	quarterly quarterly
2013	$0.5538 $0.55	Dec 24 2013 Dec 24 2013 Jan 10 2014 Dec 24 13 Jan 10 14	Jan 10 2014	quarterly quarterly
2013	$0.3408 $0.34	Sep 19 2013 Sep 19 2013 Oct 11 2013 Sep 19 13 Oct 11 13	Oct 11 2013	quarterly quarterly
2013	$0.3408 $0.34	Jun 20 2013 Jun 20 2013 Jul 12 2013 Jun 20 13 Jul 12 13	Jul 12 2013	quarterly quarterly
2013	$0.3408 $0.34	Mar 20 2013 Mar 20 2013 Apr 12 2013 Mar 20 13 Apr 12 13	Apr 12 2013	quarterly quarterly
2012	$0.6539 $0.65	Dec 19 2012 Dec 19 2012 Jan 11 2013 Dec 19 12 Jan 11 13	Jan 11 2013	quarterly quarterly
2012	$0.2876 $0.29	Sep 19 2012 Sep 19 2012 Oct 12 2012 Sep 19 12 Oct 12 12	Oct 12 2012	quarterly quarterly
2012	$0.2876 $0.29	Jun 20 2012 Jun 20 2012 Jul 13 2012 Jun 20 12 Jul 13 12	Jul 13 2012	quarterly quarterly
2012	$0.2876 $0.29	Mar 21 2012 Mar 21 2012 Apr 13 2012 Mar 21 12 Apr 13 12	Apr 13 2012	quarterly quarterly
2011	$0.4835 $0.48	Dec 15 2011 Dec 15 2011 Jan 13 2012 Dec 15 11 Jan 13 12	Jan 13 2012	quarterly quarterly
2011	$0.2876 $0.29	Sep 16 2011 Sep 16 2011 Oct 14 2011 Sep 16 11 Oct 14 11	Oct 14 2011	quarterly quarterly
2011	$0.2876 $0.29	Jun 16 2011 Jun 16 2011 Jul 08 2011 Jun 16 11 Jul 08 11	Jul 08 2011	quarterly quarterly
2011	$0.2876 $0.29	Mar 17 2011 Mar 17 2011 Apr 08 2011 Mar 17 11 Apr 08 11	Apr 08 2011	quarterly quarterly
2010	$0.3898 $0.39	Dec 16 2010 Dec 16 2010 Jan 14 2011 Dec 16 10 Jan 14 11	Jan 14 2011	quarterly quarterly
2010	$0.2876 $0.29	Sep 16 2010 Sep 16 2010 Oct 08 2010 Sep 16 10 Oct 08 10	Oct 08 2010	quarterly quarterly
2010	$0.2876 $0.29	Jun 16 2010 Jun 16 2010 Jul 09 2010 Jun 16 10 Jul 09 10	Jul 09 2010	quarterly quarterly
2010	$0.2876 $0.29	Mar 11 2010 Mar 11 2010 Apr 09 2010 Mar 11 10 Apr 09 10	Apr 09 2010	quarterly quarterly
2009	$0.2876 $0.29	Dec 17 2009 Dec 17 2009 Jan 08 2010 Dec 17 09 Jan 08 10	Jan 08 2010	quarterly quarterly
2009	$0.2876 $0.29	Sep 17 2009 Sep 17 2009 Oct 09 2009 Sep 17 09 Oct 09 09	Oct 09 2009	quarterly quarterly
2009	$0.4111 $0.41	Jun 11 2009 Jun 11 2009 Jul 10 2009 Jun 11 09 Jul 10 09	Jul 10 2009	quarterly quarterly
2009	$0.4111 $0.41	Mar 12 2009 Mar 12 2009 Apr 09 2009 Mar 12 09 Apr 09 09	Apr 09 2009	quarterly quarterly
2008	$0.4111 $0.41	Dec 18 2008 Dec 18 2008 Jan 09 2009 Dec 18 08 Jan 09 09	Jan 09 2009	quarterly quarterly
2008	$0.4111 $0.41	Sep 11 2008 Sep 11 2008 Oct 10 2008 Sep 11 08 Oct 10 08	Oct 10 2008	quarterly quarterly
2008	$0.4111 $0.41	Jun 12 2008 Jun 12 2008 Jul 11 2008 Jun 12 08 Jul 11 08	Jul 11 2008	quarterly quarterly
2008	$0.4111 $0.41	Mar 13 2008 Mar 13 2008 Apr 11 2008 Mar 13 08 Apr 11 08	Apr 11 2008	quarterly quarterly
2007	$0.4111 $0.41	Dec 20 2007 Dec 20 2007 Jan 11 2008 Dec 20 07 Jan 11 08	Jan 11 2008	quarterly quarterly
2007	$0.3941 $0.39	Sep 13 2007 Sep 13 2007 Oct 12 2007 Sep 13 07 Oct 12 07	Oct 12 2007	quarterly quarterly
2007	$0.3941 $0.39	Jun 14 2007 Jun 14 2007 Jul 13 2007 Jun 14 07 Jul 13 07	Jul 13 2007	quarterly quarterly
2007	$0.3941 $0.39	Mar 15 2007 Mar 15 2007 Apr 13 2007 Mar 15 07 Apr 13 07	Apr 13 2007	quarterly quarterly
2006	$0.3941 $0.39	Dec 20 2006 Dec 20 2006 Jan 12 2007 Dec 20 06 Jan 12 07	Jan 12 2007	quarterly quarterly
2006	$0.377 $0.38	Sep 14 2006 Sep 14 2006 Oct 13 2006 Sep 14 06 Oct 13 06	Oct 13 2006	quarterly quarterly
2006	$0.377 $0.38	Jun 15 2006 Jun 15 2006 Jul 14 2006 Jun 15 06 Jul 14 06	Jul 14 2006	quarterly quarterly
2006	$0.377 $0.38	Mar 16 2006 Mar 16 2006 Apr 13 2006 Mar 16 06 Apr 13 06	Apr 13 2006	quarterly quarterly
2005	$0.377 $0.38	Dec 15 2005 Dec 15 2005 Jan 13 2006 Dec 15 05 Jan 13 06	Jan 13 2006	quarterly quarterly
2005	$0.3685 $0.37	Sep 15 2005 Sep 15 2005 Oct 14 2005 Sep 15 05 Oct 14 05	Oct 14 2005	quarterly quarterly
2005	$0.3685 $0.37	Jun 15 2005 Jun 15 2005 Jul 08 2005 Jun 15 05 Jul 08 05	Jul 08 2005	quarterly quarterly
2005	$0.3685 $0.37	Mar 16 2005 Mar 16 2005 Apr 08 2005 Mar 16 05 Apr 08 05	Apr 08 2005	quarterly quarterly
2004	$0.3685 $0.37	Dec 15 2004 Dec 15 2004 Jan 14 2005 Dec 15 04 Jan 14 05	Jan 14 2005	quarterly quarterly
2004	$0.3685 $0.37	Sep 15 2004 Sep 15 2004 Oct 08 2004 Sep 15 04 Oct 08 04	Oct 08 2004	quarterly quarterly
2004	$0.3685 $0.37	Jun 16 2004 Jun 16 2004 Jul 09 2004 Jun 16 04 Jul 09 04	Jul 09 2004	quarterly quarterly
2004	$0.3685 $0.37	Mar 17 2004 Mar 17 2004 Apr 09 2004 Mar 17 04 Apr 09 04	Apr 09 2004	quarterly quarterly
2003	$0.3685 $0.37	Dec 17 2003 Dec 17 2003 Jan 09 2004 Dec 17 03 Jan 09 04	Jan 09 2004	quarterly quarterly
2003	$0.3685 $0.37	Sep 17 2003 Sep 17 2003 Oct 10 2003 Sep 17 03 Oct 10 03	Oct 10 2003	quarterly quarterly
2003	$0.3685 $0.37	Jun 18 2003 Jun 18 2003 Jul 11 2003 Jun 18 03 Jul 11 03	Jul 11 2003	quarterly quarterly
2003	$0.3685 $0.37	Mar 18 2003 Mar 18 2003 Apr 11 2003 Mar 18 03 Apr 11 03	Apr 11 2003	quarterly quarterly
2002	$0.3685 $0.37	Dec 18 2002 Dec 18 2002 Jan 10 2003 Dec 18 02 Jan 10 03	Jan 10 2003	quarterly quarterly
2002	$0.3685 $0.37	Sep 18 2002 Sep 18 2002 Oct 11 2002 Sep 18 02 Oct 11 02	Oct 11 2002	quarterly quarterly
2002	$0.3685 $0.37	Jun 18 2002 Jun 18 2002 Jul 12 2002 Jun 18 02 Jul 12 02	Jul 12 2002	quarterly quarterly
2002	$0.3685 $0.37	Mar 18 2002 Mar 18 2002 Apr 12 2002 Mar 18 02 Apr 12 02	Apr 12 2002	quarterly quarterly
2001	$0.3685 $0.37	Dec 18 2001 Dec 18 2001 Jan 11 2002 Dec 18 01 Jan 11 02	Jan 11 2002	- -
2001	$0.3685 $0.37	Sep 18 2001 Sep 18 2001 Oct 12 2001 Sep 18 01 Oct 12 01	Oct 12 2001	quarterly quarterly
2001	$0.3472 $0.35	Jun 18 2001 Jun 18 2001 Jul 13 2001 Jun 18 01 Jul 13 01	Jul 13 2001	quarterly quarterly
2001	$0.3472 $0.35	Mar 16 2001 Mar 16 2001 Apr 12 2001 Mar 16 01 Apr 12 01	Apr 12 2001	quarterly quarterly
2000	$0.3472 $0.35	Dec 15 2000 Dec 15 2000 Dec 29 2000 Dec 15 00 Dec 29 00	Dec 29 2000	quarterly quarterly
2000	$0.3472 $0.35	Sep 18 2000 Sep 18 2000 Oct 13 2000 Sep 18 00 Oct 13 00	Oct 13 2000	quarterly quarterly
2000	$0.3238 $0.32	Jun 16 2000 Jun 16 2000 Jul 14 2000 Jun 16 00 Jul 14 00	Jul 14 2000	quarterly quarterly
2000	$0.3238 $0.32	Mar 16 2000 Mar 16 2000 Apr 14 2000 Mar 16 00 Apr 14 00	Apr 14 2000	quarterly quarterly

How much dividend does Equity Residential pay?

Equity Residential most recently paid a dividend of $0.69. Equity Residential paid a Dividend of $2.70 Per Share in the financial year 2024. With a stock price of $60.31 at Oct 30 2025, the current dividend yield is 4.48% (calculation: $2.70 / $60.31 = 4.48%). No special dividend was paid.

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What is the Equity Residential Dividend Yield and payout ratio?

The average Equity Residential dividend yield over the last 5 years is 3.66% and the average over the last 10 years is 3.36%.

The payout ratio of Equity Residential in relation to the last financial year is 102.27%. The payout ratio smoothed over 3 years is 116.47%. The calculation is based on the sum of all dividend payments divided by the cumulative earnings per share(EPS).

Metric	Equity Residential
Current dividend yield	4.48%
Dividend Yield 5Y	3.66%
Dividend Yield 10Y	3.36%
Payout 1Y	102.27%
Payout 3Y	116.47%

Is the Equity Residential dividend safe? Continuity & Dividend Growth

Is the Equity Residential dividend safe?

Equity Residential has been paying a dividend for 25 years and has not lowered the dividend for 14 years (dividend continuity). As a result, the dividend was recently increased 3-times.

The Dividend Growth in relation to the previous financial year amounts to 1.89%. The average Equity Residential Dividend Growth over the last 5 years is 3.53%. The average for the last 10 years is 4.71%.

Metric	Equity Residential
Increased	3 Years
Continuity	14 Years
Paid	25 Years
Growth 1Y	1.89%
Growth 5Y	3.53%
Growth 10Y	4.71%

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Equity Residential Stock Forecast 2025

On the stock exchange, the Equity Residential stock (ISIN: US29476L1070) is not traded as a top scorer in October 2025 according to the dividend strategy.

The stock price of Equity Residential -15.96% has fallen since the beginning of the year 2025. However, the return generated in the past says nothing about the future return. You can find the Equity Residential stock price in real time at the top of the page.

Equity Residential (symbol: EQR) is valued at a Price / Earnings Ratio (P/E ratio) of 23.38 and a price/sales ratio (P/S ratio) of 7.39 valued. Based on analyst estimates, the Equity Residential stock forecast 2025 of the current financial year corresponds to a valuation of 31.54 according to P/E ratio and 7.19 according to P/S.

Metric	Equity Residential
Dividend Score	??/15
Performance 2025	15.96%
P/E TTM	23.38
P/S TTM	7.39
P/E forward	31.54
P/S forward	7.19

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