Real Estate
Essex Property Trust, Inc.(ESS)
Live Price
Offline$273.71
-0.25% today
1Y Change
-0.18%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026
- Market Cap
- $17.14B
- Revenue Growth
- +7.1%
- EPS Growth
- -9.9%
- Dividend Yield
- 3.9%
Coverage: 245 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) is a Real Estate stock with a market cap of $17.14B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $273.71 and down 0.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +7.1%, EPS growth of -9.9%, a dividend yield of 3.9%. What stands out right now is revenue +7.1%, EPS -9.9%, free cash flow +15.3% with operating margin 38.4% and ROIC 5.6%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.9%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 29.9 and price/sales 9.0. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines ESS price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Real Estate peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
+7.1% vs +11.4% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+38.4% vs +59.6% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
29.9 vs 19.5 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 5, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +7.1% and EPS is at -9.9%, with operating margin around 38.4%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 3.9%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +3.2% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 3 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 5, 2026 | โ | +0.2% | +0.7% | +4.2% |
2026 Feb 4, 2026 | +172.6% | -0.4% | +3.5% | +2.2% |
2025 Oct 29, 2025 | +0.3% | +1.1% | +5.3% | +6.0% |
Benchmark Edge
ESS vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
ESS
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
ESS Max Drawdown
-18.10%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for ESS and SPY.
Company Overview
Essex Property Trust, Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
Essex Property Trust, Inc., an S&P 500 company, is a fully integrated real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires, develops, redevelops, and manages multifamily residential properties in selected West Coast markets. Essex currently has ownership interests in 246 apartment communities comprising approximately 60,000 apartment homes with an additional 6 properties in various stages of active development.
- Leadership
- Angela L. Kleiman
- IPO Date
- Jun 7, 1994
- Employees
- 1.7k
- Street Address
- 1100 Park Place
- Mailing
- San Mateo, CA, 94403
- Region
- San Mateo, CA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 650-655-7800
- Last Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 29.9
- EV/EBITDA
- 16.6
- Price/Sales
- 9.0
- Price/Book
- 3.2
Growth
- Revenue
- +7.1%
- EPS
- -9.9%
- Free Cash Flow
- +15.3%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 69.4%
- Operating Margin
- 38.4%
- Net Margin
- 30.2%
- ROE
- 10.4%
- ROIC
- 5.6%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 1.26
- Current Ratio
- 0.45
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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