Equity Residential

The spread between apartment REIT cap rates and the US 10-year treasury is narrower than usual, signalling downward pressure for the stock price of Equity Residential. The current macroeconomic environment has directly increased the cost to finance acquisitions for EQR. Unsurprisingly, EQR did not make any acquisitions in Q1. Employing an enterprise perspective, EQR is trading at a cap rate that is below its cost of capital. Investors should wait until conditions rebalance and the spread is positive. » Mehr auf seekingalpha.com

U.S. equity markets rebounded from their worst weekly decline in a year despite a continued uplift in benchmark interest rates, as a solid start to earnings season counteracted disappointing economic data. Ahead of the Fed's policy meeting in the week ahead, markets were confounded - albeit temporarily - by a "jarring" GDP report that showed a return of "stagflationary" trends. Defying the macro headwinds to post its best week since November, the S&P 500 rallied 2.8% on the week - erasing essentially all of its declines in the prior week. » Mehr auf seekingalpha.com

Equity Residential's (EQR) Q1 results highlight healthy demand and cost containment efforts. » Mehr auf zacks.com