Real Estate / REIT - ResidentialUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Market cap

17.5B

NYSE

Market data

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Current market quote for this ticker.

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Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E45.2

P25 11.5P50 28.2P75 47.4

Trailing P/E29.6

P25 15P50 26.1P75 39.7

ROE10.6

P25 -2.3P50 4.2P75 9.3

ROIC3.3

P25 0.6P50 2.5P75 4.5

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Indicator catalog

All ESS market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

245

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Currency

USD

Showing 245 of 245 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000920522
Company name	Essex Property Trust, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	297178105
Employees	1,689
Employees Change	-26%
Employees Change Percent	-1.52
Enterprise value	$24.3B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
In Index	SP500
Industry	REIT - Residential
IPO Date	1994-06-06
Isin	US2971781057
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$17.5B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Price	$264
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	1,164,015.39x
Sector	Real Estate
Sic	6798
Symbol	ESS
Website	https://www.essexapartmenthomes.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	3.27%
EV Earnings	42.48x
EV Sales Forward	12.23x
EV/EBIT	36.45x
EV/EBITDA	19.03x
EV/Sales	12.37x
Forward P/E	45.23x
P/B ratio	3.12x
P/E ratio	29.65x
P/S ratio	8.91x
PE Ratio10 Y	36.52x
PE Ratio3 Y	28.44x
PE Ratio5 Y	34.49x
PEG ratio	22.74x
PS Forward	8.81x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	33.95%
EBITDA Margin	65.03%
Gross margin	68.88%
Gross Profit	$1.4B
Net Income	$572.7M
Net Income Growth	-14.76%
Net Income Growth Q	-47.72%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	5.44%
Net Income Growth5 Y	6.28%
Pretax Margin	30.63%
Profit Margin	29.13%
Profit Per Employee	$339,101
Profitable Years	32
ROA	3.17
Roa5y	2.77
ROCE	5.57
ROE	10.56
Roe5y	9.88
ROIC	3.32

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	4.69%
Cagr15y	8.05%
Cagr1y	-3.8%
Cagr20y	8.11%
Cagr3y	10.33%
Cagr5y	1.76%
Div CAGR10	5.69%
Div CAGR3	4.95%
Div CAGR5	4.36%
EPS Growth	-14.94
EPS Growth Q	-47.83
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	5.7
EPS Growth5 Y	6.54
OCF Growth	4.36%
OCF Growth Q	2.01%
OCF Growth10 Y	5.12%
OCF Growth3 Y	4.84%
OCF Growth5 Y	8.11%
Revenue Growth	5.42x
Revenue Growth Q	6.4x
Revenue Growth Quarters	18x
Revenue Growth Years	4x
Revenue Growth3 Y	5.95x
Revenue Growth5 Y	5.27x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.15
Assets	$13.1B
Cash	$41.7M
Debt	$6.9B
Debt EBITDA	$5.33
Debt Equity	$1.22
Equity	$5.6B
Interest Coverage	2.55
Liabilities	$7.5B
Net Cash	$-6.8B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-38.92
Net Debt EBITDA	$5.33
Net Debt Equity	$1.21
Tangible Book Value	$5.4B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$84.52
WACC	6.77

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	0.3
Net Working Capital	$-269M
Quick ratio	0.06
Working Capital	$-776.4M

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-0.22%
Dividend Growth	3.83%
Dividend Growth Years	1%
Dividend per share	$10.36
Dividend Years	33
Dividend Yield	3.93%
Ex Div Date	2026-03-31
Last Dividend	$2.59
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	115.86%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	58.07%
1Y total return	-3.79%
200-day SMA	257.9
3Y total return	34.32%
50-day SMA	252.8
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	9.12%
All Time High	363.4
All Time High Change	-27.47%
All Time High Date	2022-04-21
All Time Low	14.63
All Time Low Change	1,702.05%
All Time Low Date	1994-12-28
ATR	5.39
Beta	0.73
Beta1y	0.65
Beta2y	0.71
Ch YTD	0.71
High	267.4
High52	294.1
High52 Date	2025-07-23
High52ch	-10.38%
Low	263.5
Low52	238.5
Low52 Date	2026-03-27
Low52ch	10.52%
Ma50ch	4.25%
Price vs 200-day SMA	2.17%
RSI	58.77
RSI Monthly	49.45
RSI Weekly	55.5
Sharpe ratio	-0.26x
Sortino ratio	-0.1
Total Return	3.71%
Tr YTD	2.81
Tr15y	219.3%
Tr1m	6.14%
Tr1w	0.08%
Tr3m	3.23%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	16
Analyst Count Top	2
Analyst Price Target Top	$274
Analyst Ratings	Hold
Analyst Ratings Top	Hold
Earnings EPS Estimate	$3.96
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	-0.25
Earnings Revenue Estimate	480,140,400x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	3.35x
Operating Income	$667.4M
Operating margin	33.95
Price target	$280
Price Target Change	$6.38
Price Target Change Top	$3.97

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	63,584,554%
Float Percent	95.69%
Shares Insiders	0.46%
Shares Institutions	100.97%
Shares Out	66,446,891
Shares Qo Q	0.06%
Shares Yo Y	0.22%
Short Float	2.76%
Short Ratio	3.64
Short Shares	2.64

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Average Volume	440,476x
Bv Per Share	84.52
Ch10y	13.52
Ch15y	98.2
Ch1m	6.14
Ch1w	0.08
Ch1y	-7.51
Ch20y	141.2
Ch3m	2.13
Ch3y	19.8
Ch5y	-8.77
Ch6m	1.2
Change	-1.43%
Change From Open	-1.38
Close	267.4
Days Gap	-0.04
Depreciation Amortization	611,150,000
Dollar Volume	100,542,743.7
Earnings Date	2026-04-28
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$667.4M
EBITDA	$1.3B
EPS	$8.89
F Score	5
Ffo	1,078,516,000
Financing CF	-750,218,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,971
Graham Number	130.02633
Graham Upside	-50.66
Investing CF	-390,323,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-04-28
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Type	Never
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-20
Lynch Fair Value	$55.86
Lynch Upside	-78.8
Ma150	255.6
Ma150ch	3.13%
Ma20	258.8
Ma20ch	1.85%
Net CF	-60,452,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-07-28
Open	267.3
Optionable	Yes
P FFO	16.29
P OCF Ratio	16.21
Payment Date	2026-04-15
Position In Range	1.54
Post Close	263.6
Postmarket Change Percent	0.26
Postmarket Price	$264
Ppne	12,009,773,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$13.7
Ptbv Ratio	3.22
Relative Volume	0.87x
Revenue	1,966,022,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.53x
Share Based Comp	10,328,000
Tr20y	375.89%
Tr6m	3.31%
Us State	California
Volume	381,494

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Next action

Research pending

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Income

ESS dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+3.9%

$10.4 annual per share

Payout ratio

+115.9%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+4.4%

1 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+3.7%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-03-31

Performance

ESS stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns ESS?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+101.0%

Float: +95.7% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+0.5%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

ESS momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

58.8

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+2.2%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.73

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

-0.26

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

ESS vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
PLD	Prologis Inc.	137.2B	36.3x	14.6x	3.9%	+13.9%	+41.9%	بيع
WELL	Welltower Inc.	151.5B	104.9x	12.9x	1.1%	+21.8%	+44.2%	بيع

Questions

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