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Essex Property Trust Inc (ESS)

US · Real Estate · REIT - Residential

$269.43-0.09%
Last close · 2026-10-16

Latest quarter · ended 2026-06-30

Revenue
$489.0M
Revenue YoY
+4.1%
Net profit
$62.5M
Profit YoY
-71.8%
EPS
$4.08
EPS estimate
$4.03
Net margin
12.8%

EPS came in at 4.08 against a street estimate of 4.03 — a beat of 1.2%.

Key statistics

Market cap
$18.74B
P/E
42.0
Forward P/E
43.9
P/B
3.32
Book value
$82.83
EPS (TTM)
$6.47
Dividend yield
3.82%
52-week high
$300.48
52-week low
$231.64
50-day MA
$278.45
200-day MA
$268.74
Beta
0.71

Analyst view

Analysts rate Essex Property Trust Inc a hold (10 buy, 14 hold, 2 sell out of 26) with an average price target of $301.71.

From the latest earnings call · 2026-07-30

CONFIDENT Essex beat Q2 expectations on strong operations, raised full-year FFO guidance $0.20 to midpoint. West Coast multifamily remains durable with limited supply. NorCal leads with 6.5% blended rents; SoCal stable at 1.4%; Seattle improving. Q2 2026 Portfolio 60% in SoCal and Seattle, 40% in NorCal. Regional divergence means company is assuming measured national growth rather than NorCal momentum accelerating. Analysts pressed on July trends sustainability, regional divergence explanation, and why guidance not raised further despite NorCal strength. Management emphasized macroeconomic headwinds offset NorCal outperformance; noted renewals now 5% while new leases weak, favoring retention over turnover cost. Clarified Seattle not seeing major tech layoff impact despite peer commentary. 2026-07-30…

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Shareholding

Insiders
0.73%
Institutions
104.50%

Largest institutional holders

FundStake
BlackRock Inc11.56%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC8.54%
State Street Corp8.11%
Cohen & Steers Inc7.65%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC6.54%
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.5.22%
Principal Financial Group Inc3.26%
Geode Capital Management, LLC3.04%

Recent filings & reports

DocumentDate
Material agreement · Q3 2026
ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC. - FORM 8-K SUMMARY HEADLINE NUMBERS • New unsecured term loan of $275 million entered into on September 24, 2026 • Loan m
2026-09-25
Reg FD disclosure · Q3 2026
ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC. – FORM 8-K SUMMARY HEADLINE NUMBERS • No financial results or specific performance metrics disclosed in this filing • Thi
2026-09-11
Quarterly report · Q2 2026
ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC. – FORM 10-Q SUMMARY Quarter & Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 --- HEADLINE NUMBERS • Total Assets: $12.898 billion (down
2026-07-30
Results announced · Q3 2026
ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC. — Q2 2026 EARNINGS SUMMARY --- HEADLINE NUMBERS • Core FFO per diluted share Q2 2026: $4.08 (up 1.2% vs. Q2 2025: $4.03)
2026-07-29
Reg FD disclosure · Q2 2026
ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC. - FORM 8-K SUMMARY HEADLINE NUMBERS • No financial metrics or numerical performance data included in this filing • This is
2026-05-29
Shareholder vote results · Q2 2026
ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC. - FORM 8-K SUMMARY HEADLINE NUMBERS • Annual Meeting held May 12, 2026 • 64,477,129 shares of common stock outstanding as
2026-05-14
Quarterly report · Q1 2026
ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC. – Q1 2026 10-Q SUMMARY HEADLINE NUMBERS • Total Assets: $13.10 billion as of March 31, 2026 (down from $13.16 billion at
2026-04-29
Results announced · Q2 2026
ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC. — Q1 2026 EARNINGS SUMMARY --- HEADLINE NUMBERS • Net Income per diluted share: $1.65 (Q1 2026) vs. $3.16 (Q1 2025), dow
2026-04-28

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Corporate actions

ActionDetailDate
Dividend$2.59 / share
ex-date Sep 30, 2026 · pay Oct 15, 2026
2026-09-30
Dividend$2.59 / share
ex-date Jun 30, 2026 · pay Jul 15, 2026
2026-06-30
Dividend$2.59 / share
ex-date Mar 31, 2026 · pay Apr 15, 2026
2026-03-31
Dividend$2.57 / share
ex-date Jan 2, 2026 · pay Jan 15, 2026
2026-01-02
Dividend$2.57 / share
ex-date Sep 30, 2025 · pay Oct 15, 2025
2025-09-30

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