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Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR) reported its Q3 2020 results with earnings per share (EPS) at $0.24, down 66.2% from $0.71 in Q3 2019. Funds from Operations (FFO) per share fell 17.4% to $0.76. Urban properties remain particularly challenged, with occupancy rates declining significantly due to pandemic impacts. The company collected approximately 97% of expected residential revenues and reduced total debt by over $600 million. Looking ahead, financial results are expected to weaken further as pandemic effects persist.

Positive
  • Collected approximately 97% of expected residential revenues in Q3 2020.
  • Maintained strong balance sheet with over $600 million debt reduction in 2020.
Negative
  • EPS down 66.2% year-over-year to $0.24.
  • FFO per share decreased 17.4% from $0.92 to $0.76.
  • Urban portfolio occupancy declined significantly, leading to lower rental rates.

CHICAGO--()--Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR) today reported results for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Third Quarter 2020 Results

All per share results are reported as available to common shares/units on a diluted basis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quarter Ended September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

2019

 

$ Change

 

% Change

 

 

Earnings Per Share (EPS)

 

$

0.24

 

 

$

0.71

 

 

$

(0.47

)

 

 

(66.2

%)

 

 

Funds from Operations (FFO) per share

 

$

0.76

 

 

$

0.92

 

 

$

(0.16

)

 

 

(17.4

%)

 

 

Normalized FFO per share

 

$

0.77

 

 

$

0.91

 

 

$

(0.14

)

 

 

(15.4

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

2019

 

$ Change

 

% Change

 

 

Earnings Per Share (EPS)

 

$

1.77

 

 

$

1.82

 

 

$

(0.05

)

 

 

(2.7

%)

 

 

Funds from Operations (FFO) per share

 

$

2.48

 

 

$

2.53

 

 

$

(0.05

)

 

 

(2.0

%)

 

 

Normalized FFO per share

 

$

2.49

 

 

$

2.58

 

 

$

(0.09

)

 

 

(3.5

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Operating results in the quarter were challenging and widely varying. Our suburban portfolio continues to fare relatively well with occupancy similar to last year, rates down only modestly and recovery under way in some markets. However, the approximately 23% of our portfolio located in the urban cores of New York, San Francisco and Boston continues to struggle with pandemic-related reductions in economic activity, which have led to declines in occupancy, lower resident renewal levels and a related drop in rental rates. While we have seen recent improvements in renewals and application volume, pricing pressures continue and headwinds remain," said Mark J. Parrell, Equity Residential's President and CEO.

"We anticipate that our financial results will weaken over subsequent quarters as the full effect of the pandemic is felt on our business. Looking longer term, we expect that positive developments relating to the pandemic will eventually re-energize the urban centers which have persevered and thrived through many decades and in similarly challenging circumstances. We continue to see the urban locations in our markets as centers of our country’s knowledge industries and expect them to again attract disproportionate numbers of affluent renters once the pandemic ends. Many thanks to my colleagues at our properties and offices across the country for their hard work and dedication in these difficult times."

Highlights

  • The Company collected approximately 97% of its expected Residential revenues in the third quarter of 2020; and
  • The Company’s balance sheet and liquidity position remains exceptionally strong, having reduced its total debt by over $600 million during 2020 using proceeds from property dispositions.

Results Per Share

The change in EPS for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 compared to the same period of 2019 is due primarily to lower property sale gains in the third quarter of 2020, the various adjustment items listed on page 25 of this release and the items described below. The change in EPS for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the same period of 2019 is due primarily to the various adjustment items listed on page 25 of this release and the items described below.

The per share changes in FFO for both the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the same periods of 2019, are due primarily to the various adjustment items listed on page 25 of this release and the items described below.

The per share changes in Normalized FFO are due primarily to:

 

 

Positive/(Negative) Impact

 

 

 

Third Quarter 2020 vs.

Third Quarter 2019

 

September YTD 2020 vs.

September YTD 2019

Residential same store Net Operating Income (NOI)

 

$

(0.09

)

 

$

(0.07

)

Non-Residential same store NOI (1)

 

 

(0.05

)

 

 

(0.07

)

Lease-Up NOI

 

 

 

 

0.01

 

2020 and 2019 transaction activity impact on NOI, net

 

(0.03

)

 

 

(0.03

)

Interest expense

 

 

0.03

 

 

 

0.08

 

Other items

 

 

 

 

(0.01

)

Net

 

$

(0.14

)

 

$

(0.09

)

(1)

Non-Residential same store NOI was negatively impacted by a $(0.03) per share non-cash write-off of Non-Residential straight-line lease receivables during the third quarter of 2020 and nine months ended September 30, 2020.

The Company has a glossary of defined terms and related reconciliations of Non-GAAP financial measures on pages 26 through 32 of this release. Reconciliations and definitions of FFO and Normalized FFO are provided on pages 6, 28 and 29 of this release.

Same Store Results

The Company has provided a breakout of Residential and Non-Residential same store results on pages 10 and 11 of this release with definitions that can be found on page 30 of this release. Non-Residential operations account for approximately 2.4% of total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The table below reflects same store Residential only results for the third quarter 2020 to third quarter 2019 comparison, which includes 75,596 apartment units, as well as for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 to nine months ended September 30, 2019 comparison, which includes 74,264 apartment units. The Company’s Physical Occupancy was 94.8% compared to 96.5% for the third quarter of 2020 and 2019, respectively, and 95.4% compared to 96.4% for the first nine months of 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

 

Third Quarter 2020 vs.

Third Quarter 2019

 

September YTD 2020 vs.

September YTD 2019

Revenues

 

(5.0%)

 

(1.0%)

Expenses

 

3.0%

 

1.7%

NOI

 

(8.4%)

 

(2.2%)

The following table reflects the detail of the change in Same Store Residential Revenues, which is presented on a GAAP basis showing Leasing Concessions on a straight-line basis. See pages 30 and 31 for detail and reconciliations of Same Store Residential Revenues on a GAAP basis to Same Store Residential Revenues with Leasing Concessions on a cash basis.

 

Third Quarter 2020 vs.
Third Quarter 2019

September YTD 2020 vs.
September YTD 2019

 

% Change

% Change

Same Store Residential Revenues-

comparable period

 

 

Lease rates

(1.4

%)

1.0

%

Leasing Concessions (1)

(0.6

%)

(0.2

%)

Vacancy loss

(1.7

%)

(1.2

%)

Bad Debt, Net (2)

(2.0

%)

(1.0

%)

Other (3)

0.7

%

0.4

%

Same Store Residential Revenues-

current period

(5.0

%)

(1.0

%)

(1)

Reflects upfront discounts on both new move-in and renewal leases on a straight-line basis.

(2)

Reduction in rental income due to bad debt write-offs and reserves, net of amounts collected on previously written-off or reserved accounts.

(3)

Includes ancillary income, utility recoveries, miscellaneous income and other items.

Residential Same Store Operating Statistics

The following table includes select statistics for Residential Same Store Properties presented on a suburban and urban basis. Statistics for October 2020 are preliminary and Blended Rate is inclusive of Leasing Concessions.

 

 

% of
Same
Store
Residential
Revenues

 

Physical Occupancy on:

 

Renewal %

 

Blended Rate

 

Change in Applications

 

 

Sep
YTD 2020

 

Jun 30,
2020

 

Sep 30,
2020

 

Oct 22,
2020

 

Oct
2019

 

Sep
2020

 

Oct
2020 (4)

 

Q3
2020

 

Sep
2020

 

Oct
2020 (4)

 

Q3 2020
vs.
Q3 2019

 

Oct 2020 (4)
vs.
Oct 2019

Suburban (1)

 

44%

 

96.4%

 

95.9%

 

95.8%

 

59%

 

54%

 

57%

 

(4.8%)

 

(5.8%)

 

(6.0%)

 

10%

 

32%

Urban (1)(2)

 

33%

 

94.7%

 

94.4%

 

94.4%

 

50%

 

46%

 

50%

 

(6.5%)

 

(8.4%)

 

(10.7%)

 

21%

 

47%

Urban Core (1)(3)

 

23%

 

92.5%

 

89.2%

 

88.9%

 

58%

 

43%

 

46%

 

(14.7%)

 

(17.9%)

 

(21.4%)

 

48%

 

108%

Total

 

100%

 

95.1%

 

94.2%

 

94.1%

 

56%

 

50%

 

53%

 

(7.9%)

 

(9.5%)

 

(10.6%)

 

20%

 

46%

(1)

The Company defines Urban submarkets as those with 3,500 or more households per square mile with the remainder defined as Suburban.

(2)

Includes all other Urban properties excluding Urban Core.

(3)

Includes Urban properties in Manhattan/Brooklyn, Downtown Boston/Cambridge and Downtown San Francisco.

(4)

October 2020 results are preliminary.

Investment Activity

The Company acquired a 158-unit apartment property in suburban Seattle during the third quarter of 2020 for a purchase price of approximately $48.9 million at an Acquisition Capitalization Rate of 4.7%. The Company did not sell any assets during the third quarter of 2020. During the first nine months of 2020, the Company acquired the property described above and sold five properties, consisting of 1,552 apartment units, for an aggregate sales price of approximately $754.4 million at a weighted average Disposition Yield of 4.7%, generating an Unlevered IRR of 10.8%.

Fourth Quarter 2020 Earnings and Conference Call

Equity Residential expects to announce its fourth quarter and full year 2020 results on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 and host a conference call to discuss those results at 10:00 a.m. CT on Wednesday, February 3, 2021.

About Equity Residential

Equity Residential is committed to creating communities where people thrive. The Company, a member of the S&P 500, is focused on the acquisition, development and management of residential properties located in and around dynamic cities that attract high quality long-term renters. Equity Residential owns or has investments in 305 properties consisting of 78,568 apartment units, located in Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Seattle, San Francisco, Southern California and Denver. For more information on Equity Residential, please visit our website at www.equityapartments.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

In addition to historical information, this press release contains forward-looking statements and information within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions made by management. While Equity Residential’s management believes the assumptions underlying its forward-looking statements are reasonable, such information is inherently subject to uncertainties and may involve certain risks, including, without limitation, changes in general market conditions, including the rate of job growth and cost of labor and construction material, the level of new multifamily construction and development, competition and local government regulation. In addition, these forward-looking statements are subject to risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of which are unknown, including the duration and severity of the pandemic, the extent of the adverse health impact on the general population and on our residents, customers and employees in particular, its impact on the employment rate and the economy and the corresponding impact on our residents’ and tenants’ ability to pay their rent on time or at all, the extent and impact of governmental responses and the impact of operational changes we have implemented and may implement in response to the pandemic. Other risks and uncertainties are described under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and available on our website, www.equityapartments.com. Many of these uncertainties and risks are difficult to predict and beyond management’s control. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, results or events. Equity Residential assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events.

A live web cast of the Company’s conference call discussing these results will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. CT. Please visit the Investor section of the Company’s web site at www.equityapartments.com for the link. A replay of the web cast will be available for two weeks at this site.

Equity Residential

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Amounts in thousands except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

Quarter Ended September 30,

 

 

2020

 

2019

 

2020

 

2019

REVENUES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental income

 

$

1,958,270

 

 

$

2,016,796

 

 

$

622,433

 

 

$

685,120

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and maintenance

 

 

333,333

 

 

 

338,497

 

 

 

113,065

 

 

 

114,966

 

Real estate taxes and insurance

 

 

288,043

 

 

 

270,434

 

 

 

95,273

 

 

 

87,546

 

Property management

 

 

71,513

 

 

 

72,705

 

 

 

20,196

 

 

 

21,940

 

General and administrative

 

 

37,212

 

 

 

41,127

 

 

 

10,859

 

 

 

11,417

 

Depreciation

 

 

619,003

 

 

 

616,201

 

 

 

200,605

 

 

 

211,478

 

Total expenses

 

 

1,349,104

 

 

 

1,338,964

 

 

 

439,998

 

 

 

447,347

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net gain (loss) on sales of real estate properties

 

 

352,218

 

 

 

269,400

 

 

 

(25

)

 

 

130,565

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income

 

 

961,384

 

 

 

947,232

 

 

 

182,410

 

 

 

368,338

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest and other income

 

 

4,006

 

 

 

2,581

 

 

 

535

 

 

 

656

 

Other expenses

 

 

(8,324

)

 

 

(11,205

)

 

 

(4,097

)

 

 

(2,813

)

Interest:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expense incurred, net

 

 

(248,349

)

 

 

(289,776

)

 

 

(80,874

)

 

 

(85,936

)

Amortization of deferred financing costs

 

 

(6,253

)

 

 

(8,664

)

 

 

(2,101

)

 

 

(2,881

)

Income before income and other taxes, income (loss) from

investments in unconsolidated entities and net gain (loss)

on sales of land parcels

 

 

702,464

 

 

 

640,168

 

 

 

95,873

 

 

 

277,364

 

Income and other tax (expense) benefit

 

 

(502

)

 

 

(749

)

 

 

(262

)

 

 

(265

)

Income (loss) from investments in unconsolidated entities

 

 

(2,445

)

 

 

66,906

 

 

 

(246

)

 

 

(1,152

)

Net gain (loss) on sales of land parcels

 

 

 

 

 

2,077

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,899

 

Net income

 

 

699,517

 

 

 

708,402

 

 

 

95,365

 

 

 

277,846

 

Net (income) loss attributable to Noncontrolling Interests:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Partnership

 

 

(24,624

)

 

 

(25,339

)

 

 

(3,376

)

 

 

(9,910

)

Partially Owned Properties

 

 

(14,113

)

 

 

(2,450

)

 

 

(703

)

 

 

(830

)

Net income attributable to controlling interests

 

 

660,780

 

 

 

680,613

 

 

 

91,286

 

 

 

267,106

 

Preferred distributions

 

 

(2,318

)

 

 

(2,318

)

 

 

(773

)

 

 

(773

)

Net income available to Common Shares

 

$

658,462

 

 

$

678,295

 

 

$

90,513

 

 

$

266,333

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share – basic:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income available to Common Shares

 

$

1.77

 

 

$

1.83

 

 

$

0.24

 

 

$

0.72

 

Weighted average Common Shares outstanding

 

 

371,749

 

 

 

370,227

 

 

 

371,869

 

 

 

370,768

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share – diluted:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income available to Common Shares

 

$

1.77

 

 

$

1.82

 

 

$

0.24

 

 

$

0.71

 

Weighted average Common Shares outstanding

 

 

385,973

 

 

 

386,177

 

 

 

385,652

 

 

 

386,896

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions declared per Common Share outstanding

 

$

1.8075

 

 

$

1.7025

 

 

$

0.6025

 

 

$

0.5675

 

Equity Residential

Consolidated Statements of Funds From Operations and Normalized Funds From Operations

(Amounts in thousands except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

Quarter Ended September 30,

 

 

2020

 

2019

 

2020

 

2019

Net income

 

$

699,517

 

 

$

708,402

 

 

$

95,365

 

 

$

277,846

 

Net (income) loss attributable to Noncontrolling Interests – Partially

Owned Properties

 

 

(14,113

)

 

 

(2,450

)

 

 

(703

)

 

 

(830

)

Preferred distributions

 

 

(2,318

)

 

 

(2,318

)

 

 

(773

)

 

 

(773

)

Net income available to Common Shares and Units

 

 

683,086

 

 

 

703,634

 

 

 

93,889

 

 

 

276,243

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

 

619,003

 

 

 

616,201

 

 

 

200,605

 

 

 

211,478

 

Depreciation – Non-real estate additions

 

 

(3,433

)

 

 

(4,235

)

 

 

(1,126

)

 

 

(1,932

)

Depreciation – Partially Owned Properties

 

 

(2,514

)

 

 

(2,700

)

 

 

(828

)

 

 

(898

)

Depreciation – Unconsolidated Properties

 

 

1,838

 

 

 

2,385

 

 

 

614

 

 

 

613

 

Net (gain) loss on sales of unconsolidated entities - operating

assets

 

 

(1,000

)

 

 

(69,522

)

 

 

(1,000

)

 

 

 

Net (gain) loss on sales of real estate properties

 

 

(352,218

)

 

 

(269,400

)

 

 

25

 

 

 

(130,565

)

Noncontrolling Interests share of gain (loss) on sales

of real estate properties

 

 

11,655

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FFO available to Common Shares and Units

 

 

956,417

 

 

 

976,363

 

 

 

292,179

 

 

 

354,939

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustments (see note for additional detail):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impairment – non-operating assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Write-off of pursuit costs

 

 

4,864

 

 

 

4,098

 

 

 

1,586

 

 

 

1,111

 

Debt extinguishment and preferred share redemption (gains)

losses

 

 

37

 

 

 

11,807

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

(4,840

)

Non-operating asset (gains) losses

 

 

1,022

 

 

 

(1,200

)

 

 

352

 

 

 

(1,452

)

Other miscellaneous items

 

 

(514

)

 

 

6,539

 

 

 

1,796

 

 

 

2,121

 

Normalized FFO available to Common Shares and Units

 

$

961,826

 

 

$

997,607

 

 

$

295,918

 

 

$

351,879

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FFO

 

$

958,735

 

 

$

978,681

 

 

$

292,952

 

 

$

355,712

 

Preferred distributions

 

 

(2,318

)

 

 

(2,318

)

 

 

(773

)

 

 

(773

)

FFO available to Common Shares and Units

 

$

956,417

 

 

$

976,363

 

 

$

292,179

 

 

$

354,939

 

FFO per share and Unit – basic

 

$

2.49

 

 

$

2.55

 

 

$

0.76

 

 

$

0.93

 

FFO per share and Unit – diluted

 

$

2.48

 

 

$

2.53

 

 

$

0.76

 

 

$

0.92

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Normalized FFO

 

$

964,144

 

 

$

999,925

 

 

$

296,691

 

 

$

352,652

 

Preferred distributions

 

 

(2,318

)

 

 

(2,318

)

 

 

(773

)

 

 

(773

)

Normalized FFO available to Common Shares and Units

 

$

961,826

 

 

$

997,607

 

 

$

295,918

 

 

$

351,879

 

Normalized FFO per share and Unit – basic

 

$

2.50

 

 

$

2.60

 

 

$

0.77

 

 

$

0.92

 

Normalized FFO per share and Unit – diluted

 

$

2.49

 

 

$

2.58

 

 

$

0.77

 

 

$

0.91

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average Common Shares and Units outstanding – basic

 

 

384,759

 

 

 

383,142

 

 

 

384,871

 

 

 

383,709

 

Weighted average Common Shares and Units outstanding – diluted

 

 

385,973

 

 

 

386,177

 

 

 

385,652

 

 

 

386,896

 

Note: See Adjustments from FFO to Normalized FFO for additional detail regarding the adjustments from FFO to Normalized FFO. See Additional Reconciliations and Definitions of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Terms for the definitions of non-GAAP financial measures and other terms as well as the reconciliations of EPS to FFO per share and Normalized FFO per share.

Equity Residential

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Amounts in thousands except for share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

2020

 

2019

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land

 

$

5,794,771

 

 

$

5,936,188

 

Depreciable property

 

 

21,076,222

 

 

 

21,319,101

 

Projects under development

 

 

337,696

 

 

 

181,630

 

Land held for development

 

 

103,900

 

 

 

96,688

 

Investment in real estate

 

 

27,312,589

 

 

 

27,533,607

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

 

(7,738,318

)

 

 

(7,276,786

)

Investment in real estate, net

 

 

19,574,271

 

 

 

20,256,821

 

Investments in unconsolidated entities

 

 

54,828

 

 

 

52,238

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

178,333

 

 

 

45,753

 

Restricted deposits

 

 

56,881

 

 

 

71,246

 

Right-of-use assets

 

 

502,184

 

 

 

512,774

 

Other assets

 

 

257,481

 

 

 

233,937

 

Total assets

 

$

20,623,978

 

 

$

21,172,769

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage notes payable, net

 

$

2,313,833

 

 

$

1,941,610

 

Notes, net

 

 

6,082,897

 

 

 

6,077,513

 

Line of credit and commercial paper

 

 

 

 

 

1,017,833

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

158,611

 

 

 

94,350

 

Accrued interest payable

 

 

65,669

 

 

 

66,852

 

Lease liabilities

 

 

329,684

 

 

 

331,334

 

Other liabilities

 

 

331,522

 

 

 

346,963

 

Security deposits

 

 

61,453

 

 

 

70,062

 

Distributions payable

 

 

232,237

 

 

 

218,326

 

Total liabilities

 

 

9,575,906

 

 

 

10,164,843

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests – Operating Partnership

 

 

293,706

 

 

 

463,400

 

Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred Shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value;

100,000,000 shares authorized; 745,600 shares issued and

outstanding as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019

 

 

37,280

 

 

 

37,280

 

Common Shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value;

1,000,000,000 shares authorized; 372,239,249 shares issued

and outstanding as of September 30, 2020 and 371,670,884

shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019

 

 

3,722

 

 

 

3,717

 

Paid in capital

 

 

9,166,018

 

 

 

8,965,577

 

Retained earnings

 

 

1,371,938

 

 

 

1,386,495

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

(61,478

)

 

 

(77,563

)

Total shareholders’ equity

 

 

10,517,480

 

 

 

10,315,506

 

Noncontrolling Interests:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Partnership

 

 

232,516

 

 

 

227,837

 

Partially Owned Properties

 

 

4,370

 

 

 

1,183

 

Total Noncontrolling Interests

 

 

236,886

 

 

 

229,020

 

Total equity

 

 

10,754,366

 

 

 

10,544,526

 

Total liabilities and equity

 

$

20,623,978

 

 

$

21,172,769

 

Equity Residential

Portfolio Summary

As of September 30, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

% of
Stabilized

 

 

Average

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apartment

 

 

Budgeted

 

 

Rental

 

Markets/Metro Areas

 

Properties

 

 

Units

 

 

NOI

 

 

Rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Los Angeles

 

 

72

 

 

 

16,603

 

 

 

19.0

%

 

$

2,488

 

Orange County

 

 

13

 

 

 

4,028

 

 

 

4.4

%

 

 

2,243

 

San Diego

 

 

12

 

 

 

3,385

 

 

 

3.8

%

 

 

2,405

 

Subtotal – Southern California

 

 

97

 

 

 

24,016

 

 

 

27.2

%

 

 

2,435

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

San Francisco

 

 

48

 

 

 

12,707

 

 

 

19.8

%

 

 

3,202

 

Washington DC

 

 

47

 

 

 

14,731

 

 

 

15.8

%

 

 

2,449

 

New York

 

 

37

 

 

 

9,606

 

 

 

14.6

%

 

 

3,805

 

Seattle

 

 

46

 

 

 

9,454

 

 

 

11.0

%

 

 

2,422

 

Boston

 

 

25

 

 

 

6,430

 

 

 

10.1

%

 

 

3,079

 

Denver

 

 

5

 

 

 

1,624

 

 

 

1.5

%

 

 

2,041

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

305

 

 

 

78,568

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

2,765

 

 

 

Properties

 

 

Apartment Units

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wholly Owned Properties

 

 

288

 

 

 

75,007

 

Master-Leased Properties – Consolidated

 

 

1

 

 

 

162

 

Partially Owned Properties – Consolidated

 

 

16

 

 

 

3,399

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

305

 

 

 

78,568

 

Note: Projects under development are not included in the Portfolio Summary until construction has been completed.

Equity Residential

Portfolio Rollforward Q3 2020

($ in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

Properties

 

 

Apartment
Units

 

 

Purchase
Price

 

 

Acquisition
Cap Rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6/30/2020

 

 

304

 

 

 

78,410

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisitions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Rental Properties – Not Stabilized (A)

 

 

1

 

 

 

158

 

 

$

48,860

 

 

 

4.7

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9/30/2020

 

 

305

 

 

 

78,568

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portfolio Rollforward 2020

($ in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

Properties

 

 

Apartment
Units

 

 

Purchase
Price

 

 

Acquisition
Cap Rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12/31/2019

 

 

309

 

 

 

79,962

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisitions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Rental Properties – Not Stabilized (A)

 

 

1

 

 

 

158

 

 

$

48,860

 

 

 

4.7

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales Price

 

 

Disposition
Yield

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dispositions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Rental Properties

 

 

 

 

(5

)

 

 

(1,552

)

 

$

(754,361

)

 

 

(4.7

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9/30/2020

 

 

305

 

 

 

78,568

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(A)

The Company acquired one property in the Seattle market in the third quarter of 2020 that is in lease-up and is expected to stabilize in its second year of ownership at an Acquisition Cap Rate of 4.7%.

Equity Residential

Third Quarter 2020 vs. Third Quarter 2019

Same Store Results/Statistics Including 75,596 Same Store Apartment Units

$ in thousands (except for Average Rental Rate)

Third Quarter 2020

 

 

Third Quarter 2019

 

 

Residential

 

 

%
Change

 

 

Non-
Residential

 

 

%
Change

 

 

Total

 

 

%
Change

 

 

 

Residential

 

 

Non-
Residential

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

$

597,210

 

(1)

(5.0%)

 

 

$

5,887

 

(2)

(75.5%)

 

 

$

603,097

 

 

(7.5%)

 

 

Revenues

$

628,345

 

 

$

23,985

 

 

$

652,330

 

Expenses

$

197,440

 

 

3.0%

 

 

$

5,718

 

 

10.3%

 

 

$

203,158

 

 

3.2%

 

 

Expenses

$

191,677

 

 

$

5,186

 

 

$

196,863

 

NOI

$

399,770

 

 

(8.4%)

 

 

$

169

 

 

(99.1%)

 

 

$

399,939

 

 

(12.2%)

 

 

NOI

$

436,668

 

 

$

18,799

 

 

$

455,467

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Rental Rate

$

2,781

 

 

(3.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Rental Rate

$

2,874

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physical Occupancy

 

94.8

%

 

(1.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physical Occupancy

 

96.5

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turnover

 

17.7

%

 

1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turnover

 

16.1

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Third Quarter 2020 vs. Second Quarter 2020

Same Store Results/Statistics Including 78,030 Same Store Apartment Units

$ in thousands (except for Average Rental Rate)

Third Quarter 2020

 

 

Second Quarter 2020

 

 

Residential

 

 

%
Change

 

 

Non-
Residential

 

 

%
Change

 

 

Total

 

 

%
Change

 

 

 

Residential

 

 

Non-
Residential

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

$

613,726

 

(1)

(2.7%)

 

 

$

6,126

 

(2)

(58.5%)

 

 

$

619,852

 

 

(4.0%)

 

 

Revenues

$

630,951

 

 

$

14,766

 

 

$

645,717

 

Expenses

$

202,964

 

 

5.9%

 

 

$

5,787

 

 

9.7%

 

 

$

208,751

 

 

6.0%

 

 

Expenses

$

191,728

 

 

$

5,273

 

 

$

197,001

 

NOI

$

410,762

 

 

(6.5%)

 

 

$

339

 

 

(96.4%)

 

 

$

411,101

 

 

(8.4%)

 

 

NOI

$

439,223

 

 

$

9,493

 

 

$

448,716

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Rental Rate

$

2,769

 

 

(2.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Rental Rate

$

2,844

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physical Occupancy

 

94.8

%

 

0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physical Occupancy

 

94.8

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turnover

 

17.9

%

 

6.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turnover

 

11.8

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

 

With Leasing Concessions reflected on a cash basis, Same Store Residential Revenues decreased 6.2% in the third quarter of 2020 compared to the third quarter of 2019 and 3.8% in the third quarter of 2020 compared to the second quarter of 2020. See Additional Reconciliations and Definitions of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Terms for additional detail and reconciliations.

 

(2)

 

Non-Residential operations for the third quarter of 2020 include a $10.6 million non-cash write-off of Non-Residential straight-line lease receivables. The decline in Non-Residential revenues is primarily driven by the deferral/abatement of rent, higher bad debt (inclusive of the Non-Residential straight-line write-off), and to a lesser extent, lower public parking income.

Equity Residential

September YTD 2020 vs. September YTD 2019

Same Store Results/Statistics Including 74,264 Same Store Apartment Units

$ in thousands (except for Average Rental Rate)

September YTD 2020

 

 

September YTD 2019

 

 

Residential

 

 

%
Change

 

 

Non-
Residential

 

 

%
Change

 

 

Total

 

 

%
Change

 

 

 

Residential

 

 

Non-
Residential

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

$

1,811,101

 

(1)

(1.0%)

 

 

$

43,282

 

(2)

(39.0%)

 

 

$

1,854,383

 

 

(2.4%)

 

 

Revenues

$

1,829,896

 

 

$

70,924

 

 

$

1,900,820

 

Expenses

$

569,970

 

 

1.7%

 

 

$

16,737

 

 

5.6%

 

 

$

586,707

 

 

1.8%

 

 

Expenses

$

560,225

 

 

$

15,845

 

 

$

576,070

 

NOI

$

1,241,131

 

 

(2.2%)

 

 

$

26,545

 

 

(51.8%)

 

 

$

1,267,676

 

 

(4.3%)

 

 

NOI

$

1,269,671

 

 

$

55,079

 

 

$

1,324,750

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Rental Rate

$

2,843

 

 

0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Rental Rate

$

2,841

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physical Occupancy

 

95.4

%

 

(1.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physical Occupancy

 

96.4

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turnover

 

39.1

%

 

(0.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turnover

 

39.4

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

With Leasing Concessions reflected on a cash basis, Same Store Residential Revenues decreased 1.6% in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019. See Additional Reconciliations and Definitions of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Terms for additional detail and reconciliations.

 

 

(2)

Non-Residential operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 include a $12.9 million non-cash write-off of Non-Residential straight-line lease receivables. The decline in Non-Residential revenues is primarily driven by the deferral/abatement of rent, higher bad debt (inclusive of the Non-Residential straight-line write-off), and to a lesser extent, lower public parking income.

Same Store Resident/Tenant Accounts Receivable Balances

Including 74,264 Same Store Apartment Units

$ in thousands

 

 

 

Residential

 

 

Non-Residential

 

Balance Sheet (Other assets):

 

September 30, 2020

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

September 30, 2020

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

Resident/tenant accounts receivable balances

$

23,797

 

 

$

18,175

 

 

$

7,635

 

 

$

4,815

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

(15,201

)

 

 

(6,518

)

 

 

(6,444

)

 

 

(2,416

)

Net receivable balances

$

8,596

 

(1)

$

11,657

 

 

$

1,191

 

 

$

2,399

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Straight-line receivable balances

 

$

10,536

 

 

$

2,990

 

 

$

13,727

 

 

$

24,161

 

(1)

The Company held Residential security deposits approximating 27.5% of the net receivable balance at September 30, 2020.

Same Store Residential Bad Debt

Including 74,264 Same Store Apartment Units

$ in thousands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September

 

 

September

 

Income Statement (Rental income):

 

Q3 2020

 

 

YTD 2020

 

 

YTD 2019

 

Bad Debt, Net

 

$

15,064

 

 

$

27,301

 

 

$

8,261

 

% of Same Store Residential Revenues

 

 

2.6

%

 

 

1.5

%

 

 

0.5

%

Equity Residential

Third Quarter 2020 vs. Third Quarter 2019

Same Store Residential Results/Statistics by Market

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) from Prior Year's Quarter

 

Markets/Metro Areas

 

Apartment
Units

 

 

Q3 2020
% of
Actual
NOI

 

 

Q3 2020
Average
Rental
Rate

 

 

Q3 2020
Weighted
Average
Physical
Occupancy %

 

 

Q3 2020
Turnover

 

 

Revenues

 

 

Expenses

 

 

NOI

 

 

Average
Rental
Rate

 

 

Physical
Occupancy

 

 

Turnover

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Los Angeles

 

 

15,968

 

 

 

19.5

%

 

$

2,497

 

 

 

96.0

%

 

 

15.0

%

 

 

(5.6

%)

 

 

1.5

%

 

 

(8.6

%)

 

 

(5.0

%)

 

 

(0.6

%)

 

 

(1.7

%)

Orange County

 

 

4,028

 

 

 

4.9

%

 

 

2,243

 

 

 

96.8

%

 

 

15.9

%

 

 

(1.5

%)

 

 

2.9

%

 

 

(2.8

%)

 

 

(1.7

%)

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

(1.4

%)

San Diego

 

 

3,385

 

 

 

4.4

%

 

 

2,405

 

 

 

96.8

%

 

 

17.4

%

 

 

(1.4

%)

 

 

(1.9

%)

 

 

(1.2

%)

 

 

(1.5

%)

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

(1.1

%)

Subtotal – Southern California

 

 

23,381

 

 

 

28.8

%

 

 

2,440

 

 

 

96.2

%

 

 

15.5

%

 

 

(4.4

%)

 

 

1.2

%

 

 

(6.6

%)

 

 

(4.0

%)

 

 

(0.4

%)

 

 

(1.6

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

San Francisco

 

 

12,570

 

 

 

20.7

%

 

 

3,193

 

 

 

94.4

%

 

 

18.5

%

 

 

(5.8

%)

 

 

3.0

%

 

 

(8.7

%)

 

 

(4.4

%)

 

 

(1.5

%)

 

 

2.4

%

Washington DC

 

 

14,077

 

 

 

16.7

%

 

 

2,445

 

 

 

95.6

%

 

 

17.5

%

 

 

(1.2

%)

 

 

2.7

%

 

 

(3.0

%)

 

 

(0.2

%)

 

 

(1.0

%)

 

 

0.9

%

New York

 

 

9,606

 

 

 

13.0

%

 

 

3,805

 

 

 

91.3

%

 

 

20.3

%

 

 

(9.2

%)

 

 

2.6

%

 

 

(17.9

%)

 

 

(3.7

%)

 

 

(5.6

%)

 

 

7.0

%

Seattle

 

 

8,616

 

 

 

10.3

%

 

 

2,431

 

 

 

94.7

%

 

 

17.2

%

 

 

(2.6

%)

 

 

9.1

%

 

 

(7.1

%)

 

 

(0.7

%)

 

 

(1.8

%)

 

 

2.1

%

Boston

 

 

6,346

 

 

 

9.4

%

 

 

3,079

 

 

 

93.6

%

 

 

20.6

%

 

 

(5.8

%)

 

 

3.2

%

 

 

(9.4

%)

 

 

(3.0

%)

 

 

(2.8

%)

 

 

4.2

%

Denver

 

 

1,000

 

 

 

1.1

%

 

 

2,146

 

 

 

94.5

%

 

 

24.4

%

 

 

(3.8

%)

 

 

9.8

%

 

 

(9.0

%)

 

 

(2.7

%)

 

 

(1.2

%)

 

 

3.4

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

75,596

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

2,781

 

 

 

94.8

%

 

 

17.7

%

 

 

(5.0

%)

(1)

 

3.0

%

 

 

(8.4

%)

 

 

(3.2

%)

 

 

(1.7

%)

 

 

1.6

%

(1)

With Leasing Concessions reflected on a cash basis, Same Store Residential Revenues decreased 6.2% in the third quarter of 2020 compared to the third quarter of 2019. See Additional Reconciliations and Definitions of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Terms for additional detail and reconciliations.

Note: The above table reflects Residential same store results only, which account for approximately 97.6% of total revenues.

Equity Residential

Third Quarter 2020 vs. Second Quarter 2020

Same Store Residential Results/Statistics by Market

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) from Prior Quarter

 

Markets/Metro Areas

 

Apartment
Units

 

 

Q3 2020
% of
Actual
NOI

 

 

Q3 2020
Average
Rental
Rate

 

 

Q3 2020
Weighted
Average
Physical
Occupancy %

 

 

Q3 2020
Turnover

 

 

Revenues

 

 

Expenses

 

 

NOI

 

 

Average
Rental
Rate

 

 

Physical
Occupancy

 

 

Turnover

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Los Angeles

 

 

16,603

 

 

 

19.6

%

 

$

2,488

 

 

 

95.9

%

 

 

15.4

%

 

 

(2.5

%)

 

 

5.3

%

 

 

(5.9

%)

 

 

(3.9

%)

 

 

1.3

%

 

 

3.3

%

Orange County

 

 

4,028

 

 

 

4.8

%

 

 

2,243

 

 

 

96.8

%

 

 

15.9

%

 

 

(0.3

%)

 

 

9.8

%

 

 

(3.3

%)

 

 

(0.9

%)

 

 

0.5

%

 

 

6.1

%

San Diego

 

 

3,385

 

 

 

4.2

%

 

 

2,405

 

 

 

96.8

%

 

 

17.4

%

 

 

(0.1

%)

 

 

4.2

%

 

 

(1.6

%)

 

 

(0.9

%)

 

 

0.8

%

 

 

5.6

%

Subtotal – Southern California

 

 

24,016

 

 

 

28.6

%

 

 

2,435

 

 

 

96.2

%

 

 

15.8

%

 

 

(1.9

%)

 

 

5.7

%

 

 

(4.8

%)

 

 

(3.0

%)

 

 

1.1

%

 

 

4.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

San Francisco

 

 

12,707

 

 

 

20.4

%

 

 

3,202

 

 

 

94.4

%

 

 

18.6

%

 

 

(4.0

%)

 

 

4.2

%

 

 

(6.8

%)

 

 

(3.6

%)

 

 

(0.4

%)

 

 

6.9

%

Washington DC

 

 

14,569

 

 

 

16.8

%

 

 

2,449

 

 

 

95.6

%

 

 

17.6

%

 

 

(0.1

%)

 

 

10.2

%

 

 

(4.4

%)

 

 

(0.4

%)

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

6.3

%

New York

 

 

9,606

 

 

 

12.7

%

 

 

3,805

 

 

 

91.3

%

 

 

20.3

%

 

 

(5.6

%)

 

 

3.5

%

 

 

(12.8

%)

 

 

(2.7

%)

 

 

(2.8

%)

 

 

8.8

%

Seattle

 

 

9,078

 

 

 

10.6

%

 

 

2,438

 

 

 

94.6

%

 

 

17.5

%

 

 

(2.3

%)

 

 

4.3

%

 

 

(5.0

%)

 

 

(1.5

%)

 

 

(0.8

%)

 

 

5.9

%

Boston

 

 

6,430

 

 

 

9.3

%

 

 

3,079

 

 

 

93.5

%

 

 

20.7

%

 

 

(3.0

%)

 

 

9.3

%

 

 

(7.6

%)

 

 

(3.0

%)

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

7.1

%

Denver

 

 

1,624

 

 

 

1.6

%

 

 

2,041

 

 

 

95.1

%

 

 

22.7

%

 

 

0.8

%

 

 

10.1

%

 

 

(2.9

%)

 

 

(0.3

%)

 

 

1.0

%

 

 

5.6

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

78,030

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

2,769

 

 

 

94.8

%

 

 

17.9

%

 

 

(2.7

%)

(1)

 

5.9

%

 

 

(6.5

%)

 

 

(2.6

%)

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

6.1

%

(1)

With Leasing Concessions reflected on a cash basis, Same Store Residential Revenues decreased 3.8% in the third quarter of 2020 compared to the second quarter of 2020. See Additional Reconciliations and Definitions of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Terms for additional detail and reconciliations.

Note: The above table reflects Residential same store results only, which account for approximately 97.6% of total revenues.

Equity Residential

September YTD 2020 vs. September YTD 2019

Same Store Residential Results/Statistics by Market

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) from Prior Year

 

Markets/Metro Areas

 

Apartment
Units

 

 

Sept. YTD 20
% of
Actual
NOI

 

 

Sept. YTD 20
Average
Rental
Rate

 

 

Sept. YTD 20
Weighted
Average
Physical
Occupancy %

 

 

Sept. YTD 20
Turnover

 

 

Revenues

 

 

Expenses

 

 

NOI

 

 

Average
Rental
Rate

 

 

Physical
Occupancy

 

 

Turnover

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Los Angeles

 

 

15,968

 

 

 

19.8

%

 

$

2,575

 

 

 

95.5

%

 

 

38.2

%

 

 

(1.8

%)

 

 

0.3

%

 

 

(2.8

%)

 

 

(1.0

%)

 

 

(0.8

%)

 

 

(4.3

%)

Orange County

 

 

4,028

 

 

 

4.9

%

 

 

2,262

 

 

 

96.6

%

 

 

34.7

%

 

 

1.0

%

 

 

1.1

%

 

 

0.9

%

 

 

0.7

%

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

(6.7

%)

San Diego

 

 

3,385

 

 

 

4.2

%

 

 

2,425

 

 

 

96.5

%

 

 

41.2

%

 

 

0.8

%

 

 

0.7

%

 

 

0.9

%

 

 

0.8

%

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

(3.6

%)

Subtotal – Southern California

 

 

23,381

 

 

 

28.9

%

 

 

2,499

 

 

 

95.9

%

 

 

38.0

%

 

 

(1.0

%)

 

 

0.5

%

 

 

(1.6

%)

 

 

(0.5

%)

 

 

(0.5

%)

 

 

(4.6

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

San Francisco

 

 

12,183

 

 

 

20.6

%

 

 

3,292

 

 

 

95.4

%

 

 

39.7

%

 

 

(1.3

%)

 

 

2.8

%

 

 

(2.6

%)

 

 

(0.3

%)

 

 

(0.9

%)

 

 

0.7

%

Washington DC

 

 

13,711

 

 

 

16.2

%

 

 

2,461

 

 

 

95.8

%

 

 

37.4

%

 

 

0.4

%

 

 

0.9

%

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

1.4

%

 

 

(0.8

%)

 

 

0.1

%

New York

 

 

9,475

 

 

 

13.6

%

 

 

3,891

 

 

 

94.0

%

 

 

39.1

%

 

 

(3.3

%)

 

 

2.5

%

 

 

(7.7

%)

 

 

(0.5

%)

 

 

(2.8

%)

 

 

7.6

%

Seattle

 

 

8,442

 

 

 

10.2

%

 

 

2,456

 

 

 

95.8

%

 

 

40.0

%

 

 

1.6

%

 

 

4.7

%

 

 

0.3

%

 

 

2.3

%

 

 

(0.7

%)

 

 

(3.2

%)

Boston

 

 

6,346

 

 

 

9.7

%

 

 

3,145

 

 

 

94.3

%

 

 

43.3

%

 

 

(1.3

%)

 

 

(0.2

%)

 

 

(1.7

%)

 

 

0.7

%

 

 

(1.9

%)

 

 

5.3

%

Denver

 

 

726

 

 

 

0.8

%

 

 

2,123

 

 

 

94.5

%

 

 

54.5

%

 

 

(1.8

%)

 

 

3.7

%

 

 

(3.7

%)

 

 

(0.1

%)

 

 

(1.8

%)

 

 

3.3

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

74,264

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

2,843

 

 

 

95.4

%

 

 

39.1

%

 

 

(1.0

%)

(1)

 

1.7

%

 

 

(2.2

%)

 

 

0.1

%

 

 

(1.0

%)

 

 

(0.3

%)

(1)

With Leasing Concessions reflected on a cash basis, Same Store Residential Revenues decreased 1.6% in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019. See Additional Reconciliations and Definitions of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Terms for additional detail and reconciliations.

Note: The above table reflects Residential same store results only, which account for approximately 97.6% of total revenues.

Equity Residential

Same Store Residential Net Effective Lease Pricing Statistics

For 74,264 Same Store Apartment Units

 

 

 

New Lease Change (1)

 

 

Renewal Rate Achieved (2)

 

 

Blended Rate (3)

 

Markets/Metro Areas

 

Q3 2020

 

 

Q3 2019

 

 

Q3 2020

 

 

Q3 2019

 

 

Q3 2020

 

 

Q3 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Los Angeles

 

 

(8.3

%)

 

 

(0.1

%)

 

 

(0.1

%)

 

 

5.3

%

 

 

(4.7

%)

 

 

2.4

%

Orange County

 

 

(4.6

%)

 

 

(0.2

%)

 

 

1.2

%

 

 

5.6

%

 

 

(1.5

%)

 

 

2.6

%

San Diego

 

 

(3.9

%)

 

 

(0.8

%)

 

 

1.6

%

 

 

5.8

%

 

 

(1.3

%)

 

 

2.0

%

Subtotal – Southern California

 

 

(7.1

%)

 

 

(0.2

%)

 

 

0.4

%

 

 

5.4

%

 

 

(3.6

%)

 

 

2.4

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

San Francisco

 

 

(19.0

%)

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

(5.3

%)

 

 

5.4

%

 

 

(12.7

%)

 

 

2.7

%

Washington DC

 

 

(8.3

%)

 

 

2.6

%

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

4.7

%

 

 

(4.3

%)

 

 

3.7

%

New York

 

 

(20.1

%)

 

 

2.0

%

 

 

(1.9

%)

 

 

3.9

%

 

 

(11.5

%)

 

 

3.1

%

Seattle

 

 

(13.6

%)

 

 

3.6

%

 

 

(1.7

%)

 

 

7.3

%

 

 

(7.8

%)

 

 

5.5

%

Boston

 

 

(15.2

%)

 

 

3.8

%

 

 

(1.9

%)

 

 

5.7

%

 

 

(9.1

%)

 

 

4.8

%

Denver

 

 

(10.2

%)

 

 

(2.1

%)

 

 

1.0

%

 

 

5.6

%

 

 

(6.2

%)

 

 

0.6

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

(13.5

%)

 

 

1.3

%

 

 

(1.6

%)

 

 

5.2

%

 

 

(7.9

%)

 

 

3.3

%

(1)

New Lease Change – The net effective change in rent (inclusive of Leasing Concessions) for a lease with a new or transferring resident compared to the rent for the prior lease of the identical apartment unit, regardless of lease term.

 

 

(2)

Renewal Rate Achieved – The net effective change in rent (inclusive of Leasing Concessions) for a new lease on an apartment unit where the lease has been renewed as compared to the rent for the prior lease of the identical apartment unit, regardless of lease term.

 

 

(3)

Blended Rate – The weighted average of New Lease Change and Renewal Rate Achieved.

Equity Residential

Third Quarter 2020 vs. Third Quarter 2019

Total Same Store Operating Expenses Including 75,596 Same Store Apartment Units

$ in thousands

 

 

 

Q3 2020

 

 

Q3 2019

 

 

$
Change (1)

 

 

%
Change

 

 

% of
Q3 2020
Operating
Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate taxes

 

$

87,334

 

 

$

83,337

 

 

$

3,997

 

 

 

4.8

%

 

 

43.0

%

On-site payroll

 

 

42,503

 

 

 

42,565

 

 

 

(62

)

 

 

(0.1

%)

 

 

20.9

%

Utilities

 

 

27,282

 

 

 

26,789

 

 

 

493

 

 

 

1.8

%

 

 

13.4

%

Repairs and maintenance

 

 

26,602

 

 

 

25,457

 

 

 

1,145

 

 

 

4.5

%

 

 

13.1

%

Insurance

 

 

6,246

 

 

 

5,268

 

 

 

978

 

 

 

18.6

%

 

 

3.1

%

Leasing and advertising

 

 

3,024

 

 

 

2,792

 

 

 

232

 

 

 

8.3

%

 

 

1.5

%

Other on-site operating expenses

 

 

10,167

 

 

 

10,655

 

 

 

(488

)

 

 

(4.6

%)

 

 

5.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Same Store Operating Expenses (2)

(includes Residential and Non-Residential)

 

$

203,158

 

 

$

196,863

 

 

$

6,295

 

 

 

3.2

%

 

 

100.0

%

September YTD 2020 vs. September YTD 2019

Total Same Store Operating Expenses Including 74,264 Same Store Apartment Units

$ in thousands

 

 

 

September
YTD 2020

 

 

September
YTD 2019

 

 

$
Change (1)

 

 

%
Change

 

 

% of
September
YTD 2020
Operating
Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate taxes

 

$

256,320

 

 

$

246,112

 

 

$

10,208

 

 

 

4.1

%

 

 

43.7

%

On-site payroll

 

 

123,061

 

 

 

123,653

 

 

 

(592

)

 

 

(0.5

%)

 

 

21.0

%

Utilities

 

 

77,545

 

 

 

76,183

 

 

 

1,362

 

 

 

1.8

%

 

 

13.2

%

Repairs and maintenance

 

 

70,635

 

 

 

73,079

 

 

 

(2,444

)

 

 

(3.3

%)

 

 

12.0

%

Insurance

 

 

18,345

 

 

 

15,547

 

 

 

2,798

 

 

 

18.0

%

 

 

3.1

%

Leasing and advertising

 

 

7,366

 

 

 

7,649

 

 

 

(283

)

 

 

(3.7

%)

 

 

1.3

%

Other on-site operating expenses

 

 

33,435

 

 

 

33,847

 

 

 

(412

)

 

 

(1.2

%)

 

 

5.7

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Same Store Operating Expenses (2)

(includes Residential and Non-Residential)

 

$

586,707

 

 

$

576,070

 

 

$

10,637

 

 

 

1.8

%

 

 

100.0

%

(1)

The quarter over quarter and YTD over YTD changes are due primarily to:

 

 

 

Real estate taxes – Higher rates and assessed values continue to drive real estate tax growth across most markets. Lower than anticipated appeals activity also impacted growth, particularly during the third quarter of 2020.

 

 

 

On-site payroll – Year over year decrease driven by the transition to an enhanced operating platform, lower employee benefit-related costs and less overtime, partially offset by one-time frontline worker bonuses.

 

 

 

Repairs and maintenance – Quarter over quarter increase primarily driven by COVID-19-related cleaning expenses and higher turnover expenses. Year over year decrease primarily driven by deferral and cancellation of some projects as a result of COVID-19-related delays.

 

 

 

Insurance – Increase due to higher premiums on property insurance renewal due to challenging conditions in the insurance market.

 

 

 

Leasing and advertising – Quarter over quarter increase primarily driven by the write-off of a Non-Residential deferred leasing cost. Year over year decrease primarily due to suspension of in-person resident social activities sponsored by the Company.

 

 

(2)

See Additional Reconciliations and Definitions of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Terms for additional details.

Equity Residential

Debt Summary as of September 30, 2020

($ in thousands)

 

 

 

Debt
Balances (1)

 

 

% of Total

 

 

Weighted
Average
Rates (1)

 

 

Weighted
Average
Maturities
(years)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secured

 

$

2,313,833

 

 

 

27.6

%

 

 

3.39

%

 

 

6.9

 

Unsecured

 

 

6,082,897

 

 

 

72.4

%

 

 

3.91

%

 

 

10.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

8,396,730

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

3.78

%

 

 

9.2

 

Fixed Rate Debt:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secured – Conventional

 

$

1,935,286

 

 

 

23.1

%

 

 

3.84

%

 

 

5.3

 

Unsecured – Public

 

 

6,082,897

 

 

 

72.4

%

 

 

4.04

%

 

 

10.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Rate Debt

 

 

8,018,183

 

 

 

95.5

%

 

 

4.00

%

 

 

8.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Debt:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secured – Conventional

 

 

17,605

 

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

3.02

%

 

 

1.7

 

Secured – Tax Exempt

 

 

360,942

 

 

 

4.3

%

 

 

1.17

%

 

 

15.2

 

Unsecured – Revolving Credit Facility

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.47

%

 

 

4.1

 

Unsecured – Commercial Paper Program (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.81

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Debt

 

 

378,547

 

 

 

4.5

%

 

 

1.50

%

 

 

14.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

8,396,730

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

3.78

%

 

 

9.2

 

(1) See Additional Reconciliations and Definitions of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Terms for additional details.

(2) The weighted average amount outstanding for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was approximately $347.2 million.

Note: The Company capitalized interest of approximately $6.9 million and $4.8 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The Company capitalized interest of approximately $2.8 million and $2.1 million during the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Equity Residential

Debt Maturity Schedule as of September 30, 2020

($ in thousands)

 

Year

 

Fixed
Rate

 

 

Floating
Rate

 

 

Total

 

 

% of Total

 

 

Weighted
Average Coupons
on Fixed
Rate Debt (1)

 

 

Weighted
Average
Coupons on
Total Debt (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

$

1,991

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,991

 

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

3.40

%

 

 

3.40

%

2021

 

 

818,366

 

 

 

 

 

 

818,366

 

 

 

9.7

%

 

 

4.62

%

 

 

4.62

%

2022

 

 

264,185

 

 

 

18,026

 

 

 

282,211

 

 

 

3.3

%

 

 

3.25

%

 

 

3.19

%

2023

 

 

1,325,588

 

 

 

3,500

 

 

 

1,329,088

 

 

 

15.7

%

 

 

3.74

%

 

 

3.73

%

2024

 

 

 

 

 

6,100

 

 

 

6,100

 

 

 

0.1

%

 

N/A

 

 

 

0.13

%

2025

 

 

450,000

 

 

 

8,200

 

 

 

458,200

 

 

 

5.4

%

 

 

3.38

%

 

 

3.32

%

2026

 

 

592,025

 

 

 

9,000

 

 

 

601,025

 

 

 

7.1

%

 

 

3.58

%

 

 

3.53

%

2027

 

 

400,000

 

 

 

9,800

 

 

 

409,800

 

 

 

4.8

%

 

 

3.25

%

 

 

3.18

%

2028

 

 

900,000

 

 

 

42,380

 

 

 

942,380

 

 

 

11.1

%

 

 

3.79

%

 

 

3.62

%

2029

 

 

888,120

 

 

 

11,500

 

 

 

899,620

 

 

 

10.6

%

 

 

3.30

%

 

 

3.26

%

2030+

 

 

2,445,850

 

 

 

288,135

 

 

 

2,733,985

 

 

 

32.2

%

 

 

3.56

%

 

 

3.21

%

Subtotal

 

 

8,086,125

 

 

 

396,641

 

 

 

8,482,766

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

3.66

%

 

 

3.50

%

Deferred Financing Costs and Unamortized (Discount)

 

 

(67,942

)

 

 

(18,094

)

 

 

(86,036

)

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

8,018,183

 

 

$

378,547

 

 

$

8,396,730

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

3.66

%

 

 

3.50

%

(1) See Additional Reconciliations and Definitions of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Terms for additional details.

Equity Residential

Selected Unsecured Public Debt Covenants

 

 

September 30,

 

 

June 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2020

 

Debt to Adjusted Total Assets (not to exceed 60%)

 

31.6%

 

 

31.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secured Debt to Adjusted Total Assets (not to exceed 40%)

 

9.6%

 

 

9.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to

 

 

 

 

Maximum Annual Service Charges

 

 

 

 

(must be at least 1.5 to 1)

 

4.99

 

 

4.94

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Unencumbered Assets to Unsecured Debt

 

 

 

 

(must be at least 125%)

 

437.4%

 

 

439.5%

 

Note: These selected covenants represent the most restrictive financial covenants relating to ERP Operating Limited Partnership's ("ERPOP") outstanding public debt securities. Equity Residential is the general partner of ERPOP.

 

Selected Credit Ratios

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

June 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2020

 

Total debt to Normalized EBITDAre

 

5.00x

 

 

4.82x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net debt to Normalized EBITDAre

 

4.89x

 

 

4.71x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unencumbered NOI as a % of total NOI

 

86.1%

 

 

85.8%

 

Note: See Normalized EBITDAre Reconciliations for detail.

Equity Residential

Capital Structure as of September 30, 2020

(Amounts in thousands except for share/unit and per share amounts)

 

Secured Debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,313,833

 

 

 

27.6

%

 

 

 

 

Unsecured Debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,082,897

 

 

 

72.4

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,396,730

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

29.7

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Shares (includes Restricted Shares)

 

 

372,239,249

 

 

 

96.4

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Units (includes OP Units and Restricted Units)

 

 

13,879,400

 

 

 

3.6

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Shares and Units

 

 

386,118,649

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Share Price at September 30, 2020

 

$

51.33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,819,470

 

 

 

99.8

%

 

 

 

 

Perpetual Preferred Equity (see below)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

37,280

 

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,856,750

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

70.3

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Market Capitalization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

28,253,480

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

%

Perpetual Preferred Equity as of September 30, 2020

(Amounts in thousands except for share and per share amounts)

 

Series

 

Call Date

 

Outstanding
Shares

 

 

Liquidation
Value

 

 

Annual
Dividend
Per Share

 

 

Annual
Dividend
Amount

 

Preferred Shares:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.29% Series K

 

12/10/26

 

 

745,600

 

 

$

37,280

 

 

$

4.145

 

 

$

3,091

 

Equity Residential

Common Share and Unit

Weighted Average Amounts Outstanding

 

 

 

Sept. YTD 2020

 

 

Sept. YTD 2019

 

 

Q3 2020

 

 

Q3 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted Average Amounts Outstanding for Net Income Purposes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Shares - basic

 

 

371,749,243

 

 

 

370,226,966

 

 

 

371,869,274

 

 

 

370,767,761

 

Shares issuable from assumed conversion/vesting of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- OP Units

 

 

13,009,281

 

 

 

12,915,512

 

 

 

13,001,245

 

 

 

12,941,406

 

- long-term compensation shares/units

 

 

1,214,047

 

 

 

3,034,089

 

 

 

781,405

 

 

 

3,186,671

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Common Shares and Units - diluted

 

 

385,972,571

 

 

 

386,176,567

 

 

 

385,651,924

 

 

 

386,895,838

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted Average Amounts Outstanding for FFO and Normalized FFO Purposes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Shares - basic

 

 

371,749,243

 

 

 

370,226,966

 

 

 

371,869,274

 

 

 

370,767,761

 

OP Units - basic

 

 

13,009,281

 

 

 

12,915,512

 

 

 

13,001,245

 

 

 

12,941,406

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Common Shares and OP Units - basic

 

 

384,758,524

 

 

 

383,142,478

 

 

 

384,870,519

 

 

 

383,709,167

 

Shares issuable from assumed conversion/vesting of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- long-term compensation shares/units

 

 

1,214,047

 

 

 

3,034,089

 

 

 

781,405

 

 

 

3,186,671

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Common Shares and Units - diluted

 

 

385,972,571

 

 

 

386,176,567

 

 

 

385,651,924

 

 

 

386,895,838

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Period Ending Amounts Outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Shares (includes Restricted Shares)

 

 

372,239,249

 

 

 

371,327,332

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Units (includes OP Units and Restricted Units)

 

 

13,879,400

 

 

 

13,749,690

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Shares and Units

 

 

386,118,649

 

 

 

385,077,022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity Residential

Development and Lease-Up Projects as of September 30, 2020

(Amounts in thousands except for project and apartment unit amounts)

 

 

 

 

 

No. of

 

 

Total
Budgeted

 

 

Total
Book

 

 

Total Book
Value Not

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Estimated/Actual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Projects

 

Location

 

Apartment
Units

 

 

Capital
Cost

 

 

Value
to Date

 

 

Placed in
Service

 

 

Total
Debt

 

 

Percentage
Completed

 

 

Initial
Occupancy

 

 

Completion
Date

 

Stabilization
Date

 

Percentage
Leased

 

 

Percentage
Occupied

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Projects Under Development - Wholly Owned:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alcott Apartments (fka West End Tower)

 

Boston, MA

 

 

470

 

 

$

409,749

 

 

$

225,141

 

 

$

225,141

 

 

$

 

 

56%

 

 

Q2 2021

 

 

Q3 2021

 

Q1 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Edge (fka 4885 Edgemoor Lane) (A)

 

Bethesda, MD

 

 

154

 

 

 

75,271

 

 

 

38,450

 

 

 

38,450

 

 

 

 

 

50%

 

 

Q3 2021

 

 

Q3 2021

 

Q3 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Projects Under Development - Wholly Owned

 

 

624

 

 

 

485,020

 

 

 

263,591

 

 

 

263,591

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Projects Under Development - Partially Owned:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aero Apartments (B)

 

Alameda, CA

 

 

200

 

 

 

117,794

 

 

 

74,105

 

 

 

74,105

 

 

 

17,605

 

 

59%

 

 

Q1 2021

 

 

Q2 2021

 

Q2 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Projects Under Development - Partially Owned

 

 

200

 

 

 

117,794

 

 

 

74,105

 

 

 

74,105

 

 

 

17,605

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Projects Under Development

 

 

 

 

824

 

 

$

602,814

 

 

$

337,696

 

 

$

337,696

 

 

$

17,605

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land Held for Development

 

 

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

 

$

103,900

 

 

$

103,900

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOI CONTRIBUTION FROM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total
Budgeted
Capital
Cost

 

 

Q3 2020
NOI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Projects Under Development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

602,814

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(A)

The Edge – The land under this project is subject to a long-term ground lease. This project is adjacent to an existing apartment property owned by the Company.

 

 

(B)

Aero Apartments – This development project is owned 90% by the Company and 10% by a third party partner in a joint venture consolidated by the Company. Construction is being partially funded with a construction loan that is non-recourse to the Company. The joint venture partner has funded $4.7 million for its allocated share of the project equity and serves as the developer of the project.

Equity Residential

Capital Expenditures to Real Estate

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020

(Amounts in thousands except for apartment unit and per apartment unit amounts)

 

 

 

 

Same Store
Properties

 

Non-Same Store
Properties/Other

 

Total

 

Same Store Avg.
Per Apartment Unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Apartment Units

 

 

 

74,264

 

 

 

4,304

 

 

 

78,568

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building Improvements

 

 

$

47,977

 

 

$

1,977

 

 

$

49,954

 

 

$

646

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Renovation Expenditures (1)

 

 

 

17,682

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

17,688

 

 

 

238

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Replacements

 

 

 

24,148

 

 

 

333

 

 

 

24,481

 

 

 

325

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Expenditures to Real Estate (2)

 

 

$

89,807

 

 

$

2,316

 

 

$

92,123

 

 

$

1,209

 

(1)

Renovation Expenditures on 782 same store apartment units for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 approximated $22,612 per apartment unit renovated.

 

 

(2)

See Additional Reconciliations and Definitions of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Terms for additional details.

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Normalized EBITDAre Reconciliations

(Amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

Trailing Twelve Months

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

 

September 30, 2020

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

Q3

 

 

Q2

 

 

Q1

 

 

Q4

 

 

Q3

 

Net income

 

$

1,000,823

 

 

$

1,183,304

 

 

$

95,365

 

 

$

271,481

 

 

$

332,671

 

 

$

301,306

 

 

$

277,846

 

Interest expense incurred, net

 

 

348,649

 

 

 

353,711

 

 

 

80,874

 

 

 

81,885

 

 

 

85,590

 

 

 

100,300

 

 

 

85,936

 

Amortization of deferred financing costs

 

 

9,259

 

 

 

10,039

 

 

 

2,101

 

 

 

2,111

 

 

 

2,041

 

 

 

3,006

 

 

 

2,881

 

Amortization of above/below market lease intangibles

 

 

4,391

 

 

 

4,391

 

 

 

1,098

 

 

 

1,098

 

 

 

1,097

 

 

 

1,098

 

 

 

1,098

 

Depreciation

 

 

833,885

 

 

 

844,758

 

 

 

200,605

 

 

 

205,976

 

 

 

212,422

 

 

 

214,882

 

 

 

211,478

 

Income and other tax expense (benefit)

 

 

(2,528

)

 

 

(2,525

)

 

 

262

 

 

 

187

 

 

 

53

 

 

 

(3,030

)

 

 

265

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EBITDA

 

 

2,194,479

 

 

 

2,393,678

 

 

 

380,305

 

 

 

562,738

 

 

 

633,874

 

 

 

617,562

 

 

 

579,504

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (gain) loss on sales of real estate properties

 

 

(530,455

)

 

 

(661,045

)

 

 

25

 

 

 

(144,266

)

 

 

(207,977

)

 

 

(178,237

)

 

 

(130,565

)

Net (gain) loss on sales of unconsolidated entities - operating assets

 

 

(1,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EBITDAre

 

 

1,663,024

 

 

 

1,732,633

 

 

 

379,330

 

 

 

418,472

 

 

 

425,897

 

 

 

439,325

 

 

 

448,939

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Write-off of pursuit costs (other expenses)

 

 

6,295

 

 

 

5,820

 

 

 

1,586

 

 

 

1,651

 

 

 

1,627

 

 

 

1,431

 

 

 

1,111

 

(Income) loss from investments in unconsolidated entities - operations

 

 

4,406

 

 

 

4,312

 

 

 

1,246

 

 

 

1,042

 

 

 

1,157

 

 

 

961

 

 

 

1,152

 

Net (gain) loss on sales of land parcels

 

 

33

 

 

 

(1,866

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33

 

 

 

(1,899

)

Insurance/litigation settlement or reserve income (interest and other income)

 

 

(2,353

)

 

 

(2,350

)

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(767

)

 

 

(1,582

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

Insurance/litigation/environmental settlement or reserve expense (other expenses)

 

 

3,936

 

 

 

3,454

 

 

 

500

 

 

 

(1,956

)

 

 

163

 

 

 

5,229

 

 

 

18

 

Advocacy contributions (other expenses)

 

 

4,146

 

 

 

2,423

 

 

 

1,728

 

 

 

1,852

 

 

 

501

 

 

 

65

 

 

 

5

 

Data analytics project (other expenses)

 

 

 

 

 

1,416

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,416

 

Other

 

 

(1,108

)

 

 

3

 

 

 

(429

)

 

 

(521

)

 

 

 

 

 

(158

)

 

 

682

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Normalized EBITDAre

 

$

1,678,379

 

 

$

1,745,845

 

 

$

383,958

 

 

$

419,773

 

 

$

427,763

 

 

$

446,885

 

 

$

451,424

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance Sheet Items:

 

September 30, 2020

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total debt

 

$

8,396,730

 

 

$

8,421,859

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(178,333

)

 

 

(187,416

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage principal reserves/sinking funds

 

 

(13,013

)

 

 

(11,895

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net debt

 

$

8,205,384

 

 

$

8,222,548

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note:

EBITDA, EBITDAre and Normalized EBITDAre do not include any adjustments for the Company’s share of partially owned unconsolidated entities or the minority partner’s share of partially owned consolidated entities due to the immaterial size of the Company’s partially owned portfolio.

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Adjustments from FFO to Normalized FFO
(Amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Quarter Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Variance

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Variance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impairment – non-operating assets

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Write-off of pursuit costs (other expenses)

 

 

4,864

 

 

 

4,098

 

 

 

766

 

 

 

1,586

 

 

 

1,111

 

 

 

475

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepayment premiums/penalties (interest expense)

 

 

 

 

 

3,381

 

 

 

(3,381

)

 

 

 

 

 

3,381

 

 

 

(3,381

)

Write-off of unamortized deferred financing costs (interest expense)

 

 

37

 

 

 

2,273

 

 

 

(2,236

)

 

 

5

 

 

 

767

 

 

 

(762

)

Write-off of unamortized (premiums)/discounts/OCI (interest expense)

 

 

 

 

 

6,153

 

 

 

(6,153

)

 

 

 

 

 

(8,988

)

 

 

8,988

 

Debt extinguishment and preferred share redemption (gains) losses

 

 

37

 

 

 

11,807

 

 

 

(11,770

)

 

 

5

 

 

 

(4,840

)

 

 

4,845

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (gain) loss on sales of land parcels

 

 

 

 

 

(2,077

)

 

 

2,077

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,899

)

 

 

1,899

 

(Income) loss from investments in unconsolidated entities ─ non-operating assets

 

 

1,022

 

 

 

877

 

 

 

145

 

 

 

352

 

 

 

447

 

 

 

(95

)

Non-operating asset (gains) losses

 

 

1,022

 

 

 

(1,200

)

 

 

2,222

 

 

 

352

 

 

 

(1,452

)

 

 

1,804

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance/litigation settlement or reserve income (interest and other income)

 

 

(2,352

)

 

 

(383

)

 

 

(1,969

)

 

 

(3

)

 

 

 

 

 

(3

)

Insurance/litigation/environmental settlement or reserve expense (other expenses)

 

 

(1,293

)

 

 

1,969

 

 

 

(3,262

)

 

 

500

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

482

 

Advocacy contributions (other expenses)

 

 

4,081

 

 

 

205

 

 

 

3,876

 

 

 

1,728

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

1,723

 

Data analytics project (other expenses)

 

 

 

 

 

4,199

 

 

 

(4,199

)

 

 

 

 

 

1,416

 

 

 

(1,416

)

Other

 

 

(950

)

 

 

549

 

 

 

(1,499

)

 

 

(429

)

 

 

682

 

 

 

(1,111

)

Other miscellaneous items

 

 

(514

)

 

 

6,539

 

 

 

(7,053

)

 

 

1,796

 

 

 

2,121

 

 

 

(325

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustments from FFO to Normalized FFO

 

$

5,409

 

 

$

21,244

 

 

$

(15,835

)

 

$

3,739

 

 

$

(3,060

)

 

$

6,799

 

Note: See Additional Reconciliations and Definitions of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Terms for the definitions of non-GAAP financial measures and other terms as well as the reconciliations of EPS to FFO per share and Normalized FFO per share.

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Additional Reconciliations and Definitions of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Terms

(Amounts in thousands except per share and per apartment unit data)

(All per share data is diluted)

This Earnings Release and Supplemental Financial Information includes certain non-GAAP financial measures and other terms that management believes are helpful in understanding our business. The definitions and calculations of these non-GAAP financial measures and other terms may differ from the definitions and methodologies used by other real estate investment trusts (“REIT”) and, accordingly, may not be comparable. These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as an alternative to net earnings or any other measurement of performance computed in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) or as an alternative to cash flows from specific operating, investing or financing activities. Furthermore, these non-GAAP financial measures are not intended to be a measure of cash flow or liquidity.

Acquisition Capitalization Rate or Cap Rate – NOI that the Company anticipates receiving in the next 12 months (or the year two or three stabilized NOI for properties that are in lease-up at acquisition) less an estimate of property management costs/management fees allocated to the project (generally ranging from 2.0% to 4.0% of revenues depending on the size and income streams of the asset) and less an estimate for in-the-unit replacement capital expenditures (generally ranging from $100-$450 per apartment unit depending on the age and condition of the asset) divided by the gross purchase price of the asset. The weighted average Acquisition Cap Rate for acquired properties is weighted based on the projected NOI streams and the relative purchase price for each respective property.

Average Rental Rate – Total Residential rental revenues reflected on a straight-line basis in accordance with GAAP divided by the weighted average occupied apartment units for the reporting period presented.

Bad Debt, Net – Reduction in rental income due to bad debt write-offs and reserves, net of amounts collected on previously written-off or reserved accounts.

Blended Rate – The weighted average of New Lease Change and Renewal Rate Achieved.

Capital Expenditures to Real Estate:

Building Improvements Includes roof replacement, paving, building mechanical equipment systems, exterior siding and painting, major landscaping, furniture, fixtures and equipment for amenities and common areas, vehicles and office and maintenance equipment.

Renovation Expenditures – Apartment unit renovation costs (primarily kitchens and baths) designed to reposition these units for higher rental levels in their respective markets.

Replacements – Includes appliances, mechanical equipment, fixtures and flooring (including hardwood and carpeting).

Debt Balances:

Commercial Paper Program The Company may borrow up to a maximum of $1.0 billion under its commercial paper program subject to market conditions. The notes bear interest at various floating rates.

Revolving Credit Facility The Company’s $2.5 billion unsecured revolving credit facility matures November 1, 2024. The interest rate on advances under the facility will generally be LIBOR plus a spread (currently 0.775%), or based on bids received from the lending group, and an annual facility fee (currently 0.125%). Both the spread and the facility fee are dependent on the Company’s senior unsecured credit rating. In addition, the Company limits its utilization of the facility in order to maintain liquidity to support its $1.0 billion commercial paper program along with certain other obligations. The following table presents the availability on the Company’s unsecured revolving credit facility:

 

 

September 30, 2020

 

Unsecured revolving credit facility commitment

 

$

2,500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial paper balance outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unsecured revolving credit facility balance outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other restricted amounts

 

 

(100,949

)

 

 

 

 

 

Unsecured revolving credit facility availability

 

$

2,399,051

 

Debt Covenant Compliance – Our unsecured debt includes certain financial and operating covenants including, among other things, maintenance of certain financial ratios. These provisions are contained in the indentures applicable to each notes payable or the credit agreement for our line of credit. The Debt Covenant Compliance ratios that are provided show the Company's compliance with certain covenants governing our public unsecured debt. These covenants generally reflect our most restrictive financial covenants. The Company was in compliance with its unsecured debt covenants for all periods presented.

Development Yield – NOI that the Company anticipates receiving in the next 12 months following stabilization less an estimate of property management costs/management fees allocated to the project (generally ranging from 2.0% to 4.0% of revenues depending on the size and income streams of the asset) and less an estimate for in-the-unit replacement capital expenditures (generally ranging from $50-$150 per apartment unit depending on the type of asset) divided by the Total Budgeted Capital Cost of the asset. The weighted average Development Yield for development properties is weighted based on the projected NOI streams and the relative Total Budgeted Capital Cost for each respective property.

Disposition Yield – NOI that the Company anticipates giving up in the next 12 months less an estimate of property management costs/management fees allocated to the project (generally ranging from 2.0% to 4.0% of revenues depending on the size and income streams of the asset) and less an estimate for in-the-unit replacement capital expenditures (generally ranging from $100-$450 per apartment unit depending on the age and condition of the asset) divided by the gross sales price of the asset. The weighted average Disposition Yield for sold properties is weighted based on the projected NOI streams and the relative sales price for each respective property.

Earnings Per Share ("EPS") Net income per share calculated in accordance with GAAP. Expected EPS is calculated on a basis consistent with actual EPS. Due to the uncertain timing and extent of property dispositions and the resulting gains/losses on sales, actual EPS could differ materially from expected EPS.

EBITDA for Real Estate and Normalized EBITDA for Real Estate:

Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization for Real Estate (“EBITDAre”) The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“Nareit”) defines EBITDAre (September 2017 White Paper) as net income (computed in accordance with GAAP) before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization expense, and further adjusted for gains and losses from sales of depreciated operating properties, impairment write-downs of depreciated operating properties, impairment write-downs of investments in unconsolidated entities caused by a decrease in value of depreciated operating properties within the joint venture and adjustments to reflect the Company’s share of EBITDAre of investments in unconsolidated entities.

The Company believes that EBITDAre is useful to investors, creditors and rating agencies as a supplemental measure of the Company’s ability to incur and service debt because it is a recognized measure of performance by the real estate industry, and by excluding gains or losses related to sales or impairment of depreciated operating properties, EBITDAre can help compare the Company’s credit strength between periods or as compared to different companies.

Normalized Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization for Real Estate (“Normalized EBITDAre”) – Represents net income (computed in accordance with GAAP) before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization expense, and further adjusted for non-comparable items. Normalized EBITDAre, total debt to Normalized EBITDAre and net debt to Normalized EBITDAre are important metrics in evaluating the credit strength of the Company and its ability to service its debt obligations. The Company believes that Normalized EBITDAre, total debt to Normalized EBITDAre, and net debt to Normalized EBITDAre are useful to investors, creditors and rating agencies because they allow investors to compare the Company’s credit strength to prior reporting periods and to other companies without the effect of items that by their nature are not comparable from period to period and tend to obscure the Company’s actual credit quality.

Economic Gain (Loss) – Economic Gain (Loss) is calculated as the net gain (loss) on sales of real estate properties in accordance with GAAP, excluding accumulated depreciation. The Company generally considers Economic Gain (Loss) to be an appropriate supplemental measure to net gain (loss) on sales of real estate properties in accordance with GAAP because it is one indication of the gross value created by the Company's acquisition, development, renovation, management and ultimate sale of a property and because it helps investors to understand the relationship between the cash proceeds from a sale and the cash invested in the sold property. The following table presents a reconciliation of net gain (loss) on sales of real estate properties in accordance with GAAP to Economic Gain (Loss):

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020

 

 

Quarter Ended September 30, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Sales of Real Estate Properties

 

$

352,218

 

 

$

(25

)

Accumulated Depreciation Gain

 

 

(157,471

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Economic Gain (Loss)

 

$

194,747

 

 

$

(25

)

FFO and Normalized FFO:

Funds From Operations (“FFO”) Nareit defines FFO (December 2018 White Paper) as net income (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains or losses from sales and impairment write-downs of depreciable real estate and land when connected to the main business of a REIT, impairment write-downs of investments in entities when the impairment is directly attributable to decreases in the value of depreciable real estate held by the entity and depreciation and amortization related to real estate. Adjustments for partially owned consolidated and unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures are calculated to reflect FFO on the same basis. Expected FFO per share is calculated on a basis consistent with actual FFO per share and is considered an appropriate supplemental measure of expected operating performance when compared to expected EPS.

The Company believes that FFO and FFO available to Common Shares and Units are helpful to investors as supplemental measures of the operating performance of a real estate company, because they are recognized measures of performance by the real estate industry and by excluding gains or losses from sales and impairment write-downs of depreciable real estate and excluding depreciation related to real estate (which can vary among owners of identical assets in similar condition based on historical cost accounting and useful life estimates), FFO and FFO available to Common Shares and Units can help compare the operating performance of a company’s real estate between periods or as compared to different companies.

Normalized Funds From Operations ("Normalized FFO") – Normalized FFO begins with FFO and excludes:

• the impact of any expenses relating to non-operating asset impairment;

• pursuit cost write-offs;

• gains and losses from early debt extinguishment and preferred share redemptions;

• gains and losses from non-operating assets; and

• other miscellaneous items.

Expected Normalized FFO per share is calculated on a basis consistent with actual Normalized FFO per share and is considered an appropriate supplemental measure of expected operating performance when compared to expected EPS.

The Company believes that Normalized FFO and Normalized FFO available to Common Shares and Units are helpful to investors as supplemental measures of the operating performance of a real estate company because they allow investors to compare the Company's operating performance to its performance in prior reporting periods and to the operating performance of other real estate companies without the effect of items that by their nature are not comparable from period to period and tend to obscure the Company's actual operating results.

FFO, FFO available to Common Shares and Units, Normalized FFO and Normalized FFO available to Common Shares and Units do not represent net income, net income available to Common Shares or net cash flows from operating activities in accordance with GAAP. Therefore, FFO, FFO available to Common Shares and Units, Normalized FFO and Normalized FFO available to Common Shares and Units should not be exclusively considered as alternatives to net income, net income available to Common Shares or net cash flows from operating activities as determined by GAAP or as a measure of liquidity. The Company's calculation of FFO, FFO available to Common Shares and Units, Normalized FFO and Normalized FFO available to Common Shares and Units may differ from other real estate companies due to, among other items, variations in cost capitalization policies for capital expenditures and, accordingly, may not be comparable to such other real estate companies.

FFO available to Common Shares and Units and Normalized FFO available to Common Shares and Units are calculated on a basis consistent with net income available to Common Shares and reflects adjustments to net income for preferred distributions and premiums on redemption of preferred shares in accordance with GAAP. The equity positions of various individuals and entities that contributed their properties to the Operating Partnership in exchange for OP Units are collectively referred to as the "Noncontrolling Interests – Operating Partnership". Subject to certain restrictions, the Noncontrolling Interests – Operating Partnership may exchange their OP Units for Common Shares on a one-for-one basis.

The following table presents reconciliations of EPS to FFO per share and Normalized FFO per share for Consolidated Statements of Funds From Operations and Normalized Funds From Operations.

 

 

Actual Sept.

 

 

Actual Sept.

 

 

Actual

 

 

Actual

 

 

 

YTD 2020

 

 

YTD 2019

 

 

Q3 2020

 

 

Q3 2019

 

 

 

Per Share

 

 

Per Share

 

 

Per Share

 

 

Per Share

 

EPS – Diluted

 

$

1.77

 

 

$

1.82

 

 

$

0.24

 

 

$

0.71

 

Depreciation expense

 

 

1.59

 

 

 

1.59

 

 

 

0.52

 

 

 

0.54

 

Net (gain) loss on sales

 

 

(0.88

)

 

 

(0.88

)

 

 

 

 

 

(0.33

)

Impairment – operating assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FFO per share – Diluted

 

 

2.48

 

 

 

2.53

 

 

 

0.76

 

 

 

0.92

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impairment – non-operating assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Write-off of pursuit costs

 

 

0.01

 

 

 

0.01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt extinguishment and preferred share

redemption (gains) losses

 

 

 

 

 

0.03

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.01

)

Non-operating asset (gains) losses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other miscellaneous items

 

 

 

 

 

0.01

 

 

 

0.01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Normalized FFO per share – Diluted

 

$

2.49

 

 

$

2.58

 

 

$

0.77

 

 

$

0.91

 

Lease-Up NOI – Represents NOI for development properties: (i) in various stages of lease-up; and (ii) where lease-up has been completed but the properties were not stabilized (defined as having achieved 90% occupancy for three consecutive months) for all of the current and comparable periods presented.

Leasing Concessions – Reflects upfront discounts on both new move-in and renewal leases on a straight-line basis.

Net Operating Income (“NOI”) – NOI is the Company’s primary financial measure for evaluating each of its apartment properties. NOI is defined as rental income less direct property operating expenses (including real estate taxes and insurance). The Company believes that NOI is helpful to investors as a supplemental measure of its operating performance because it is a direct measure of the actual operating results of the Company's apartment properties. NOI does not include an allocation of property management expenses either in the current or comparable periods. Rental income for all leases and operating expense for ground leases (for both same store and non-same store properties) are reflected on a straight-line basis in accordance with GAAP for the current and comparable periods.

The following tables present reconciliations of operating income per the consolidated statements of operations to NOI, along with rental income, operating expenses and NOI per the consolidated statements of operations allocated between same store and non-same store/other results (see Same Store Results):

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Quarter Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Operating income

 

$

961,384

 

 

$

947,232

 

 

$

182,410

 

 

$

368,338

 

Adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property management

 

 

71,513

 

 

 

72,705

 

 

 

20,196

 

 

 

21,940

 

General and administrative

 

 

37,212

 

 

 

41,127

 

 

 

10,859

 

 

 

11,417

 

Depreciation

 

 

619,003

 

 

 

616,201

 

 

 

200,605

 

 

 

211,478

 

Net (gain) loss on sales of real estate

properties

 

 

(352,218

)

 

 

(269,400

)

 

 

25

 

 

 

(130,565

)

Total NOI

 

$

1,336,894

 

 

$

1,407,865

 

 

$

414,095

 

 

$

482,608

 

Rental income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same store

 

$

1,854,383

 

 

$

1,900,820

 

 

$

603,097

 

 

$

652,330

 

Non-same store/other

 

 

103,887

 

 

 

115,976

 

 

 

19,336

 

 

 

32,790

 

Total rental income

 

 

1,958,270

 

 

 

2,016,796

 

 

 

622,433

 

 

 

685,120

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same store

 

 

586,707

 

 

 

576,070

 

 

 

203,158

 

 

 

196,863

 

Non-same store/other

 

 

34,669

 

 

 

32,861

 

 

 

5,180

 

 

 

5,649

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

621,376

 

 

 

608,931

 

 

 

208,338

 

 

 

202,512

 

NOI:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same store

 

 

1,267,676

 

 

 

1,324,750

 

 

 

399,939

 

 

 

455,467

 

Non-same store/other

 

 

69,218

 

 

 

83,115

 

 

 

14,156

 

 

 

27,141

 

Total NOI

 

$

1,336,894

 

 

$

1,407,865

 

 

$

414,095

 

 

$

482,608

 

New Lease Change The net effective change in rent (inclusive of Leasing Concessions) for a lease with a new or transferring resident compared to the rent for the prior lease of the identical apartment unit, regardless of lease term.

Non-Residential – Consists of revenues and expenses from retail and public parking garage operations.

Non-Same Store Properties – For annual comparisons, primarily includes all properties acquired during 2019 and 2020, plus any properties in lease-up and not stabilized as of January 1, 2019.

Physical Occupancy – The weighted average occupied apartment units for the reporting period divided by the average of total apartment units available for rent for the reporting period.

Renewal % – Leases renewed expressed as a percentage of total renewal offers extended during the reporting period.

Renewal Rate Achieved The net effective change in rent (inclusive of Leasing Concessions) for a new lease on an apartment unit where the lease has been renewed as compared to the rent for the prior lease of the identical apartment unit, regardless of lease term.

Residential – Consists of multifamily apartment revenues and expenses.

Same Store Operating Expenses:

On-site Payroll Includes payroll and related expenses for on-site personnel including property managers, leasing consultants, and maintenance staff.

Other On-site Operating Expenses Includes ground lease costs and administrative costs such as office supplies, telephone and data charges and association and business licensing fees.

Repairs and Maintenance Includes general maintenance costs, apartment unit turnover costs including interior painting, routine landscaping, security, exterminating, fire protection, snow removal, elevator, roof and parking lot repairs and other miscellaneous building repair and maintenance costs.

Utilities Represents gross expenses prior to any recoveries under the Resident Utility Billing System (“RUBS”). Recoveries are reflected in rental income.

Same Store Properties – For annual comparisons, primarily includes all properties acquired or completed that are stabilized prior to January 1, 2019, less properties subsequently sold. Properties are included in Same Store when they are stabilized for all of the current and comparable periods presented.

Same Store Residential Revenues – Revenues from our Same Store Properties presented on a GAAP basis which reflects the impact of Leasing Concessions on a straight-line basis.

Same Store Residential Revenues with Leasing Concessions on a cash basis is considered by the Company to be a supplemental measure to Same Store Residential Revenues in conformity with GAAP to help investors evaluate the impact of both current and historical Leasing Concessions on GAAP-based Same Store Residential Revenues and to more readily enable comparisons to revenue as reported by other companies. Same Store Residential Revenues with Leasing Concessions on a cash basis reflects the impact of Leasing Concessions used in the period and allows an investor to understand the historical trend in cash Leasing Concessions.

The following table presents reconciliations of Same Store Residential Revenues on a GAAP basis to Same Store Residential Revenues with Leasing Concessions on a cash basis:

 

Quarter over Quarter

 

 

Sequential

 

 

Year over Year

 

 

Q3 2020

 

 

Q3 2019

 

 

Q3 2020

 

 

Q2 2020

 

 

Sept. YTD 2020

 

 

Sept. YTD 2019

 

Same Store Residential

Revenues (GAAP Basis)

$

597,210

 

 

$

628,345

 

 

$

613,726

 

 

$

630,951

 

 

$

1,811,101

 

 

$

1,829,896

 

Leasing Concessions amortized

 

3,973

 

 

 

675

 

 

 

4,376

 

 

 

1,666

 

 

 

5,821

 

 

 

2,665

 

Leasing Concessions granted

 

(11,585

)

 

 

(529

)

 

 

(12,183

)

 

 

(2,861

)

 

 

(15,329

)

 

 

(1,278

)

Same Store Residential

Revenues with Leasing

Concessions on a cash basis

$

589,598

 

 

$

628,491

 

 

$

605,919

 

 

$

629,756

 

 

$

1,801,593

 

 

$

1,831,283

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

% change - GAAP revenue

 

(5.0

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2.7

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1.0

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

% change - cash revenue

 

(6.2

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3.8

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1.6

%)

 

 

 

 

% of Stabilized Budgeted NOI – Represents original budgeted 2020 NOI for stabilized properties and projected annual NOI at stabilization (defined as having achieved 90% occupancy for three consecutive months) for properties that are in lease-up.

Total Budgeted Capital Cost – Estimated remaining cost for projects under development and/or developed plus all capitalized costs incurred to date, including land acquisition costs, construction costs, capitalized real estate taxes and insurance, capitalized interest and loan fees, permits, professional fees, allocated development overhead and other regulatory fees, plus any estimates of costs remaining to be funded for all projects, all in accordance with GAAP.

Total Market Capitalization – The aggregate of the market value of the Company’s outstanding common shares, including restricted shares, the market value of the Company’s operating partnership units outstanding, including restricted units (based on the market value of the Company’s common shares) and the outstanding principal balance of debt. The Company believes this is a useful measure of a real estate operating company’s long-term liquidity and balance sheet strength, because it shows an approximate relationship between a company’s total debt and the current total market value of its assets based on the current price at which the Company’s common shares trade. However, because this measure of leverage changes with fluctuations in the Company’s share price, which occur regularly, this measure may change even when the Company’s earnings, interest and debt levels remain stable.

Traffic – Consists of an expression of interest in an apartment by completing an in-person tour, self-guided tour or virtual tour that may result in an application to lease.

Transaction Accretion (Dilution) – Represents the spread between the Acquisition Cap Rate and the Disposition Yield.

Turnover Total Residential move-outs (including inter-property and intra-property transfers) divided by total Residential apartment units.

Unencumbered NOI % – Represents NOI generated by consolidated real estate assets unencumbered by outstanding secured debt as a percentage of total NOI generated by all of the Company's consolidated real estate assets.

Unlevered Internal Rate of Return (“IRR”) – The Unlevered IRR on sold properties is the compound annual rate of return calculated by the Company based on the timing and amount of: (i) the gross purchase price of the property plus any direct acquisition costs incurred by the Company; (ii) total revenues earned during the Company’s ownership period; (iii) total direct property operating expenses (including real estate taxes and insurance) incurred during the Company’s ownership period; (iv) capital expenditures incurred during the Company’s ownership period; and (v) the gross sales price of the property net of selling costs.

The calculation of the Unlevered IRR does not include an adjustment for the Company’s property management expense, general and administrative expense or interest expense (including loan assumption costs and other loan-related costs). Therefore, the Unlevered IRR is not a substitute for net income as a measure of our performance. Management believes that the Unlevered IRR achieved during the period a property is owned by the Company is useful because it is one indication of the gross value created by the Company’s acquisition, development, renovation, management and ultimate sale of a property, before the impact of Company overhead. The Unlevered IRR achieved on the properties as cited in this release should not be viewed as an indication of the gross value created with respect to other properties owned by the Company, and the Company does not represent that it will achieve similar Unlevered IRRs upon the disposition of other properties. The weighted average Unlevered IRR for sold properties is weighted based on all cash flows over the investment period for each respective property, including net sales proceeds.

Weighted Average Coupons – Contractual interest rate for each debt instrument weighted by principal balances as of September 30, 2020. In case of debt for which fair value hedges are in place, the rate payable under the corresponding derivatives is used in lieu of the contractual interest rate.

Weighted Average Rates – Interest expense for each debt instrument for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 weighted by its average principal balance for the same period. Interest expense includes amortization of premiums, discounts and other comprehensive income on debt and related derivative instruments. In case of debt for which derivatives are in place, the income or expense recognized under the corresponding derivatives is included in the total interest expense for the period.

Contacts

Marty McKenna
(312) 474-1300
investorrelations@eqr.com

FAQ

What were Equity Residential's earnings for Q3 2020?

Equity Residential reported earnings per share (EPS) of $0.24 for Q3 2020.

How did Equity Residential's FFO change in Q3 2020?

Funds from Operations (FFO) per share decreased 17.4% to $0.76 compared to Q3 2019.

What challenges is Equity Residential facing in urban properties?

Equity Residential's urban properties are struggling with decreased occupancy and lower rental rates due to pandemic-related economic activity reductions.

When will Equity Residential announce its Q4 2020 results?

Equity Residential is expected to announce its Q4 2020 results on February 2, 2021.

What is the outlook for Equity Residential amidst the pandemic?

The company anticipates further weakening of financial results as the full effects of the pandemic are felt.

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