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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 4.09%, EPS fell 71.8%, free cash flow grew 21.0% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years, revenue growth for three, operating cash flow growth for five.
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Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) Piotroski F-score
Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s Piotroski F-score for fiscal 2025 is 5 out of 9: 5 of nine tests of profitability, leverage and efficiency passed, down from 6 in fiscal 2024.
Piotroski F-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Piotroski F-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 5 | (1.00) |
| FY2024 | 6 | (1.00) |
| FY2023 | 7 | 1.00 |
| FY2022 | 6 | 0.00 |
| FY2021 | 6 | (1.00) |
| FY2020 | 7 | 0.00 |
| FY2019 | 7 | 1.00 |
| FY2018 | 6 | 0.00 |
| FY2017 | 6 | (1.00) |
| FY2016 | 7 | — |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Test | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive return on assets | 5.13% | 5.86% | Pass | 1 |
| Positive operating cash flow | 1.07b | 1.07b | Pass | 1 |
| Rising return on assets | 5.13% | 5.86% | Fail | 0 |
| Cash flow above net income | 404.76m | 326.78m | Pass | 1 |
| Falling long-term leverage | 0.52 | 0.52 | Pass | 1 |
| Rising current ratio | 1.03 | 1.33 | Fail | 0 |
| No new shares issued | 64,379,000 | 64,228,000 | Fail | 0 |
| Rising gross margin | 67.78% | 68.00% | Fail | 0 |
| Rising asset turnover | 0.14 | 0.14 | Pass | 1 |
| Piotroski F-score | Mixed | 5 | ||
How the Piotroski F-score works
One point for each of nine tests, this fiscal year against the one before: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, a rising current ratio, no new shares issued, a rising gross margin and rising asset turnover. The ratios are the ones on this site, so each can be checked.
Joseph Piotroski (2000) called 8–9 high and 0–1 low; reading it in three bands is the common convention:
| 7–9 | Strong — most fundamentals improved |
|---|---|
| 4–6 | Mixed |
| 0–3 | Weak — most fundamentals deteriorated |
Where this differs from the paper: return on assets is on average rather than beginning-of-year assets, and weighted basic shares stand in for shares issued. The score is shown only when all nine tests can be worked out, which takes three fiscal years; banks and insurers, which report no current assets or gross profit, have none.
Piotroski F-score against peers
| Company | Piotroski F-score |
|---|---|
| AMH American Homes 4 Rent compare | 7 |
| SUI Sun Communities, Inc. compare | 7 |
| CPT Camden Property Trust compare | 7 |
| INVH Invitation Home compare | 6 |
| ELS Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. compare | 6 |
| VMRK Vivmark Residential compare | 6 |
| UDR United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc. compare | 5 |
| ESS Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 5 |
| MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. compare | 4 |
What Piotroski F-score is
The Piotroski F-Score tells an investor how many signs of improving profitability, funding and efficiency a company shows against a year earlier.
One point for each of nine tests against a year earlier: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, rising current ratio, no new shares issued, rising gross margin, and rising asset turnover
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