Essex Property Trust is a residential REIT company located in California, United States, which is part of the Real Estate sector, and is traded under the ticker ESS on the NYSE exchange.
Essex Property Trust stock last closed at $226.57, down 1.64% from the previous day, and has decreased 29.9% in one year. It has underperformed other stocks in the REIT - Residential industry by 0.07 percentage points. Essex Property Trust stock is currently +10.39% from its 52-week low of $205.24, and -37.65% from its 52-week high of $363.36.
There are currently 64.75M shares of ESS outstanding. The market capitalization of ESS is $14.67B. In the past 24 hours, 460,881 ESS shares were traded.
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Out of 23 Equities analysts who give forecasts on ESS, the consensus analyst rating on ESS is a Hold
Please keep in mind that analyst forecasts are not stock recommendations, nor are they financial advice.
Michael Lewis, a top 24% analyst from Truist Securities maintains ESS with a strong buy rating and raises their ESS price target from $247.00 to $250.00, on Jan 17, 2023.
Anthony Paolone, a top 24% analyst from JP Morgan downgrades ESS to a hold rating and lowers their ESS price target from $284.00 to $267.00, on Dec 16, 2022.
Michael Goldsmith, a top 37% analyst from UBS initiates coverage on ESS with a hold rating and announces their ESS price target of $226.00, on Dec 15, 2022.
Robert Stevenson, a bottom 15% analyst from Janney Montgomery Scott downgrades ESS to a hold rating, on Dec 14, 2022.
Todd Thomas, a top 5% analyst from KeyBanc downgrades ESS to a hold rating, on Dec 14, 2022.
You can dig deeper into what analysts are projecting on the Essex Property Trust stock forecast page.
Last year, ESS earnings were $360.02M. Over the past five year, ESS's earnings have increased by -7.18% per year. This was slower than the REIT - Residential industry average of 26.32%.
Last year, ESS revenue was $1.56B. Over the past 5 year, ESS's revenue has grown by 3.01% per year. This was slower than the REIT - Residential industry average of 8.97%.
You can research ESS's earnings and revenue performance here.
Over the last 12 months, insiders at ESS have bought more shares than they have sold.
Amal M. Johnson, Director of ESS, was the latest ESS insider to buy. They bought $109,220.00 worth of ESS shares on Dec 2, 2022.
Research more about who owns ESS shares here.
Essex Property Trust pays a dividend of 3.88%, compared to the REIT - Residential industry's average dividend yield of 3.18%. If you owned $1,000 of ESS stock, you would have been paid $38.84 in the past 12 months.
Essex Property Trust dividend payments have consistently grown over the past decade and have remained stable.
Dig into more data about Essex Property Trust dividend yield and history here.
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