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Essex Property Trust Inc

ESS

267.670USD

+1.440+0.54%

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17.24BMarket Cap

21.54P/E TTM

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Essex Property Trust Inc

267.670

+1.440+0.54%

Overview Company Financials Analysis

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-17

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively stable. Its valuation is considered undervalued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Hold. Despite an average stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking

57 / 192

Overall Ranking

116 / 4723

Industry

Residential & Commercial REITs

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score

Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 26 analysts

Hold

Current Rating

294.114

Target Price

+10.76%

Upside Space

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Company Highlights

StrengthsRisks

Essex Property Trust, Inc. is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust. The Company acquires, develops, redevelops, and manages apartment communities in selected residential areas located on the West Coast of the United States. The Company defines its operating segments as the three geographical regions in which its communities are located: Southern California, Northern California, and Seattle Metro. It has ownership interests in approximately 254 apartment communities comprising approximately 62,000 apartment homes. The Company owns all of its interest in its real estate and other investments directly or indirectly through Essex Portfolio, L.P. It invests primarily in apartment communities that are located in predominantly coastal markets within Southern California, Northern California, and the Seattle metropolitan area. It focuses on acquiring and developing apartment communities in supply constrained markets and redeveloping its existing communities.

High Profit Growth

The company's net income leads the industry, with the latest annual income totaling USD 81.61.

High Dividend

The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 84.91%.

Stable Dividend

The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 84.91%.

Undervalued

The company’s latest PE is 21.39, at a low 3-year percentile range.

Institutional Selling

The latest institutional holdings are 65.47M shares, decreasing 1.93% quarter-over-quarter.

Held by The Vanguard

Star Investor The Vanguard holds 10.42M shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-17

The company's current financial score is 7.94, which is higher than the Residential & Commercial REITs industry's average of 7.46. Its financial status is weak, and its operating efficiency is high. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 469.83M, representing a year-over-year increase of 6.21%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 138.24%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.94

Change

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Financials

5.94

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

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Quality of Earnings

7.73

Key Metrics

Total revenue

Operating profit

Total assets

SG&A

No Data

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Operational Efficiency

8.89

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Income after tax

No Data

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Growth Potential

10.00

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Total revenue

No Data

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Shareholder Returns

7.17

Key Metrics

Free cash flow

No Data

Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-17

The company’s current valuation score is 4.60, which is lower than the Residential & Commercial REITs industry's average of 5.31. Its current P/E ratio is 21.39, which is 25.56% below the recent high of 26.86 and -4.18% above the recent low of 22.28.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

4.60

Change

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 57/192

No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-17

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 6.46, which is lower than the Residential & Commercial REITs industry's average of 7.15. The average price target for Essex Property Trust Inc is 291.00, with a high of 318.00 and a low of 275.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

6.46

Change

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 26 analysts

Hold

Current Rating

294.114

Target Price

+10.47%

Upside Space

Strong Buy

Buy

Hold

Sell

Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

Total

Median

Average

Company name

Ratings

Analysts

Essex Property Trust Inc

ESS

Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc

MAA

Equity Residential

EQR

Camden Property Trust

CPT

Invitation Homes Inc

INVH

American Homes 4 Rent

AMH

Financial Forecasting

EPS

Revenue

Net Profit

EBIT

No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-17

The company’s current price momentum score is 7.15, which is lower than the Residential & Commercial REITs industry's average of 7.35. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 271.77 and the support level at 259.75, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.29

Change

-0.14

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

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The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators

Sell(2)

Neutral(3)

Buy(2)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MACD(12,26,9)

0.917

Neutral

RSI(14)

50.207

Neutral

STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)

50.329

Sell

ATR(14)

4.820

High Vlolatility

CCI(14)

56.921

Neutral

Williams %R

38.353

Buy

TRIX(12,20)

0.026

Sell

StochRSI(14)

41.179

Buy

Moving Average

Sell(3)

Neutral(0)

Buy(3)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MA5

266.462

Buy

MA10

266.314

Buy

MA20

265.638

Buy

MA50

269.538

Sell

MA100

276.258

Sell

MA200

283.120

Sell

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-17

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 10.00, which is higher than the Residential & Commercial REITs industry's average of 7.72. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 101.66%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 0.09%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 10.42M shares, representing 16.18% of shares outstanding, with 1.14% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

10.00

Change

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name

Shares Held

Chg %

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

Star Investors

10.37M

+0.84%

Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc.

4.27M

+12.18%

State Street Global Advisors (US)

5.26M

+0.86%

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

4.58M

-3.44%

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

Star Investors

2.16M

+95.83%

Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.

1.80M

+2.46%

Principal Global Investors (Equity)

1.48M

-0.86%

MFS Investment Management

1.17M

-2.17%

Daiwa Asset Management Co., Ltd.

712.60K

+6.47%

Legal & General Investment Management Ltd.

948.79K

+3.59%

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-17

The company’s current risk assessment score is 6.07, which is higher than the Residential & Commercial REITs industry's average of 5.06. The company's beta value is 0.83. This indicates that the stock tends to underperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences smaller declines during downward trending markets.