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Hold
Our score -0.23
Short +0.20 Medium -0.34 Long -0.87
computed 2026-09-27
Essex Property Trust, Inc.
Real Estate · REIT - Residential
Market cap $18.72B Enterprise value $24.33B Trailing P/E 42.37x Forward P/E 43.12x EV / EBITDA 19.77x P / S (ttm) 9.45x Profit margin 20.9% Return on equity 7.7% Revenue growth +3.1% Earnings growth -71.8% Debt / equity 122.41
Layer Raw Contribution Fundamental -0.09 Sector -0.04 Technical +0.03 Earnings +0.00 Sentiment +0.00
macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27
Essex Property Trust, Inc., an S&P 500 company, is a fully integrated real estate investment trust. The firm acquires, develops, redevelops, and manages multifamily residential properties in selected West Coast markets. Essex currently has ownership interests in 258 apartment communities comprising over 62,000 apartment homes with an additional property in active development. Essex Property Trust, Inc. was incorporated in 1971 in Maryland and is based in San Mateo, United States.
United States · www.essexapartmenthomes.com
Beta vs SPX 0.54 Corr SPX 0.38 Annual vol 22.8% Annual ret -3.4% Sharpe -0.15 Max DD -23.7%
Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)
Mean PT $280.50 High / Low $310.00 / $239.00 Median $281.00 Analysts 23
Strong Buy 4 Buy 3 Hold 17 Sell 1 Strong Sell 1
Recent rating actions
2026-05-04 Piper Sandler → Overweight 2026-05-04 Cantor Fitzgerald → Overweight 2026-04-30 RBC Capital → Outperform 2026-04-29 Stifel → Hold 2026-04-27 Barclays → Equal-Weight 2026-04-23 Wells Fargo → Equal-Weight
Date Event 8-K 2026-07-29 Earnings Release, Exhibits read 2026-05-29 Reg FD Disclosure read 2026-05-14 Shareholder Vote read 2026-04-28 Earnings Release, Exhibits read 2026-02-04 Earnings Release, Exhibits read 2025-12-12 Material Agreement, Material Obligation… read 2025-12-04 Other Material Event, Exhibits read 2025-10-29 Earnings Release, Exhibits read 2025-07-29 Earnings Release, Exhibits read 2025-05-20 Material Agreement, Material Obligation… read 2025-05-15 Shareholder Vote read 2025-04-29 Earnings Release, Exhibits read
Date Insider Role Action Shares Value 2026-05-27 Kasaris Mary Sell 600 $167.67K 2026-05-12 GUERICKE KEITH R Grant 633 — 2026-05-12 Arabia John V Grant 633 — 2026-05-12 MARCUS GEORGE M Grant 1.12K — 2026-05-12 Johnson Amal M Grant 633 — 2026-05-12 HAWTHORNE MARIA R Grant 633 — 2026-05-12 Kasaris Mary Grant 633 — 2026-05-12 LYONS IRVING F III Grant 633 — 2026-05-12 GUST ANNE B Grant 633 — 2026-02-18 Burns Rylan EVP & Chief Investment Of Withheld for tax 121 $31.00K
Insider 180d net -$167.67K Insider buys / sells 0 / 1 Insider bias Neutral 13F holders 0 Top-5 share 0.0% HHI 0 (—)
Yield (TTM) 2.85% $ / share (TTM) $7.73 5y CAGR +4.1%
Annual dividend per share
2021 $8.36 2022 $8.80 2023 $9.24 2024 $7.35 2025 $10.16 2026 $5.16
FY 2010–2025 · 16 years
Line Latest CAGR Trend Revenue $11.13M -22.7% Gross profit $1.32B +6.0% Operating income $899.32M +14.9% Net income $414.98M +26.8% Cash from ops $1.07B +12.9%
Date Open High Low Close Vol Sep 25 $272.03 $272.21 $269.59 $271.61 563.70K Sep 24 $274.02 $275.14 $271.05 $271.65 842.30K Sep 23 $274.44 $276.75 $273.14 $273.47 988.90K Sep 22 $271.34 $275.92 $270.84 $274.76 567.00K Sep 21 $270.86 $271.67 $268.17 $271.39 464.50K
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