Equity Residential reported first quarter 2021 results, with EPS at $0.15, FFO per share at $0.67, and Normalized FFO per share at $0.68. The company raised its full year same store revenue guidance range by 100 basis points to -6.0% to -8.0%.
The Company has seen a 1.6% improvement in same store Physical Occupancy since the end of the fourth quarter 2020 (94.4% on December 31, 2020 to 96.0% on April 22, 2021).
Pricing Trends continue to improve across all markets with an approximately 14% sequential improvement portfolio-wide from December 2020 through April 2021.
The Company collected approximately 97% of its expected Residential revenues in the first quarter of 2021.
The Company expanded its efforts to improve access to affordable housing with a $5.0 million commitment to a fund dedicated to preserving affordable housing.
Equity Residential has established guidance ranges for the second quarter of 2021 EPS, FFO per share and Normalized FFO per share.