Essex Property Trust/$ESS
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About Essex Property Trust
Essex Property Trust owns a portfolio of 258 apartment communities with over 62,000 units. The company focuses on owning large, high-quality properties on the West Coast in the urban and suburban submarkets of Southern California, Northern California, and Seattle.
- Ticker
- $ESS
- Sector
- Real Estate
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 1,688
- Headquarters
- San Mateo, United States
- Website
- www.essexapartmenthomes.com
ESS Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$18B
42.90
$6.43
0.71
$10.32
3.76%
Price and volume
Market cap
$18B
Beta
0.71
52-week high
$303.35
52-week low
$238.46
Average daily volume
438K
Dividend rate
$10.32
Financial strength
Current ratio
0.249
Quick ratio
0.106
Long term debt to equity
1.144
Total debt to equity
1.224
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
160.29%
Interest coverage (TTM)
2.35%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
1,230.545
Gross margin (TTM)
68.77%
Net profit margin (TTM)
20.89%
Operating margin (TTM)
31.14%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$1,170,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
2.96%
Return on equity (TTM)
7.71%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
42.897
Price to revenue (TTM)
8.963
Price to book
3.33
Price to tangible book (TTM)
3.33
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
15.879
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
6.30%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
17.365
Dividend yield (TTM)
3.74%
Forward dividend yield
3.76%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
4.71%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-48.33%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
5.44%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
4.47%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-7.87%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
4.45%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
4.59%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
5.43%
What the Analysts think about ESS
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Essex Property Trust stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of Essex Property Trust stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
Raised full-year 2026 Core FFO guidance after Q2 results, with Core FFO per diluted share up 1.2% year-over-year and exceeding the midpoint of guidance. (Business Wire)
Achieved same-property revenue and NOI growth of 2.7% and 2.6% year-over-year in Q2 2026, underscoring resilient rental market fundamentals and operational execution. (Business Wire)
Executed sale of a 218-unit San Jose community for $105.3 million at a mid-4% cap rate, demonstrating disciplined asset rotation and value realization in core markets. (The Motley Fool)
Reported net income per diluted share fell 71.8% year-over-year to $0.97 in Q2 2026 due to the absence of last year’s one-time gain and legal settlement charges, highlighting earnings volatility. (Business Wire)
Shares trade at approximately 48 times next 12-month earnings, versus a peer average of around 42 three months ago, indicating elevated valuation risk and limited upside. (Stockopedia)
Concentration in high-barrier-to-entry West Coast markets (Southern California, Northern California, Seattle) exposes Essex to region-specific regulatory, economic and supply-risk headwinds that could constrain future growth. (Wikipedia)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 26 Aug 2026.
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Revenues and expenses
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Company profitability
Upcoming events
ESS News
AllArticlesVideos
Essex Property Trust to Present at The Bank of America Global Real Estate Conference 2026
Business Wire4 days ago
Essex Property Trust Declares Quarterly Distributions
Business Wire2 weeks ago
ESS Reschedules Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results Conference Call to Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Business Wire1 month ago
Funds containing ESS
AllEURGBPUSD
Fund name | Fund size | $ESS weighting |
|---|---|---|
VanEck Global Real Estate€TRET | €255M | 1.30% |
VanEck Global Real Estate£TREG | £222M | 1.30% |
iShares Developed Markets Property Yield$IDWP | $1.2B | 1.03% |
iShares Developed Markets Property Yield£IWDP | £859M | 1.03% |
SPDR S&P US Dividend Aristocrats€SPYD | €3.3B | 0.75% |
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