Is EQR a good stock to own? Find out who bought Equity Residential, who sold Equity Residential (EQR) stock, and who holds a large position in Equity Residential.

• Vanguard owns 37.79M shares worth $2.08B
• Lehman Brothers Holdings owns 34.47M shares worth $1.90B
• Cohen & Steers Capital Management owns 15.88M shares worth $874.56M
• STATE STREET CORPORATION owns 13.30M shares worth $732.48M
• Inves owns 10.62M shares worth $584.92M
• Daiwa Securities owns 9.27M shares worth $510.37M
• LASALLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SECURITIES owns 7.77M shares worth $427.91M
• Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings owns 6.23M shares worth $390.30M
• ING CLARION REAL ESTATE SECURITIES owns 6.01M shares worth $331.14M
• European Investors owns 5.58M shares worth $307.02M
• Shinko Asset Management Co., Ltd.* owns 5.54M shares worth $304.88M
• SECURITY CAPITAL RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT owns 5.51M shares worth $303.14M
• T. Rowe Price Associates owns 4.53M shares worth $249.42M
• AEW Capital Management owns 4.38M shares worth $241.42M
• D. E. Shaw & Co owns 3.82M shares worth $210.16M
• Principal Financial owns 2.87M shares worth $162.68M
• GOLDMAN SACHS owns 2.72M shares worth $149.76M
• Neuberger Berman owns 2.67M shares worth $146.80M
• Teachers Advisors owns 2.61M shares worth $150.08M
• Norges Bank Investment Management owns 2.46M shares worth $139.55M
• Nuveen Asset Management owns 2.44M shares worth $0
• Geode Capital Management owns 2.32M shares worth $127.99M
• JPMORGAN CHASE & CO owns 2.32M shares worth $144.46M
• Credit Suisse AG owns 2.11M shares worth $116.32M
• Frank Russell Company owns 2.04M shares worth $124.88M
• Adelante Capital Management owns 2.03M shares worth $126.90M

• FIL sold on Sept. 30, 2011
• Johnson Investment Counsel sold on June 30, 2011
• Ameriprise Financial sold on June 30, 2011
• Heitman Real Estate Securities sold on March 31, 2011
• FMR sold on Dec. 31, 2010
• Dodge & Cox sold on June 30, 2006