Equity Residential — Earnings Quality Grade F
EQR · Real Estate
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
Insufficient data
Insufficient data
Revenue 3.8%, CFFO 4.8%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
No material inventory
CapEx growth 12.7% vs revenue 3.8%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 3.4%, excellent (<30%)
Gross margin 62.9%, change -0.4pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 1.47. Profits backed by cash
FCF $1.3B, FCF/NI = 1.15
Accruals ratio = -2.5%. Low accruals
Cash $0.1B covers only 1% of debt $8.5B
Balance Sheet Health
No goodwill. Clean balance sheet
Debt/EBITDA = 3.4x. Healthy
Other assets grew 34.2% vs revenue 3.8%
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
No goodwill
Manipulation Score
Insufficient data
Altman Z-Score — Not Applicable
Equity Residential is a financial company. Z-Score is designed for non-financial companies.
Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-09