Essex Property Trust, Inc.

ESS Real Estate Reit Residential

Essex Property Trust, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.9 billion, up 6.36% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+4.10%
EPS
−37.0%
Free cash flow
−5.14%
Total debt
−0.84%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

270.55 0.97 −0.36%
Market cap
$18.1B
P/E
49.3×
Fwd P/E
46.4×
Dividend yield
3.82%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) Operating margin

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Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 29.5%, down 18.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (47.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 27.7% (fiscal 2015) to 47.7% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Reit Residential industry median of 20.6% and above the Real Estate sector median of 17.8%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 47.7% 8.03
FY2024 39.6% 4.62
FY2023 35.0% (2.04)
FY2022 37.0% 0.25
FY2021 36.8% 3.93
FY2020 32.9% (0.09)
FY2019 33.0% (3.62)
FY2018 36.6% 3.83
FY2017 32.7% 0.22
FY2016 32.5% 4.79

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 31.8% 9.46
Jun 2026 22.4% (9.65)
Mar 2026 32.0% 0.29
Dec 2025 31.7% (12.73)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 27.7% High 47.7%
Ten-year median 35.0%
Current reading's percentile 5

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
UDR United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc. compare 52.2%
ELS Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. compare 34.6%
ESS Essex Property Trust, Inc. 29.5%
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. compare 26.3%
INVH Invitation Home compare 24.3%
SUI Sun Communities, Inc. compare 21.7%
CPT Camden Property Trust compare 17.9%
AMH American Homes 4 Rent compare 0.00%
JAN Janus Living, Inc. compare −3.47%
Reit Residential industry median 20.6%
Real Estate sector median 17.8%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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