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 $286.19, up 1.24% from the previous day, and has increased 6.75% in one year. It has overperformed other stocks in the REIT - Residential industry by 0.02 percentage points. Essex Property Trust stock is currently +17.36% from its 52-week low of $243.85, and -9.93% from its 52-week high of $317.73.
As of Jun 11, 2025, there are 64.39M shares of ESS outstanding. The market capitalization of ESS is $18.43B. In the last 24 hours, 649,000 ESS shares were traded.
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Out of 12 Equities analysts who give forecasts on ESS, the consensus analyst rating on Essex Property Trust is a Buy
It's important to keep in mind that analyst forecasts are not stock recommendations, nor are they financial advice.
Brad Heffern, a top 29% analyst from RBC Capital maintains ESS with a buy rating and lowers their ESS price target from $311.00 to $309.00, on May 1, 2025.
Michael Lewis, a top 13% analyst from Truist Securities maintains ESS with a hold rating and raises their ESS price target from $292.00 to $304.00, on Mar 10, 2025.
Steve Sakwa, a bottom 16% analyst from Evercore ISI Group maintains ESS with a hold rating and raises their ESS price target from $297.00 to $302.00, on Feb 10, 2025.
James Feldman, a top 26% analyst from Wells Fargo maintains ESS with a hold rating and lowers their ESS price target from $314.00 to $305.00, on Jan 24, 2025.
Omotayo Okusanya, a top 20% analyst from Deutsche Bank upgrades ESS to a strong buy rating and raises their ESS price target from $308.00 to $310.00, on Jan 21, 2025.
You can dive deeper into what analysts are saying on the Essex Property Trust stock forecast page.
Last year, ESS earnings were $671.90M. In the last five year, ESS's earnings have gone up by 1.67% per year. This was slower than the REIT - Residential industry average of 3.07%.
Last year, ESS revenue was $1.81B. In the last five year, ESS's revenue has gone up by 3.9% per year. This was slower than the REIT - Residential industry average of 7.12%.
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In the last 12 months, executives and large shareholders at ESS have sold more shares than they have bought.
George M. Marcus, Director of ESS, was the latest ESS insider to buy. They bought $2,902,447.58 worth of ESS shares on May 28, 2025.
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Essex Property Trust pays a dividend of 2.61%, compared to the REIT - Residential industry's average dividend yield of 3.65%. If you owned $1,000 worth of ESS stock, you would have received $26.10 in the past year.
Essex Property Trust dividend payments have consistently grown over the past decade and have remained stable.
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