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.

269.43 0.23 −0.09%
Market cap
$17.9B
P/E
41.9×
Fwd P/E
47.4×
Dividend yield
3.84%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 0.17
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — 1 — — — — —
Insider Ownership 0.80%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 17,920.00
Revenue 1,926.73
Net Income 437.61
Free Cash Flow 728.45
Net Debt 6,632.16
Current Ratio 0.60
Debt/Equity 1.22
P/E ratio 41.90 (above 35: high)
Fwd P/E 47.40 (above 35: high)
P/S ratio 8.99
P/B ratio 3.16
Past 5Y EPS Growth 3.66%
This Y EPS Growth (46.47%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 13.80%
Next Y revenue growth 3.69%
Next 5Y EPS Growth (13.08%) (below 0%: weak)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 57.10%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 13.23%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 75.30%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 9.29%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 26.10%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 1.61
Annual Dividend Rate 10.34
Annual Dividend Yield 3.84%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 10.34
2.57
2.59
2.59
2.59
2025 10.16
2.45
2.57
2.57
2.57
2024 7.35
2.45
2.45
2.45
2023 11.55
2.31
2.31
2.31
2.31
2.31
2022 8.80
2.20
2.20
2.20
2.20
2021 8.36
2.09
2.09
2.09
2.09
2020 8.31
2.08
2.08
2.08
2.08
2019 7.80
1.95
1.95
1.95
1.95
2018 7.44
1.86
1.86
1.86
1.86
2017 7.00
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
2016 6.40
1.60
1.60
1.60
1.60
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 400 76 86 66
Receivables — — — —
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
575 283 227 163
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 176 213 221 270
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
176 213 221 270

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 4.68% 4.76% 5.51%
Cash Flow 5.68% 5.99% 3.27%
Earnings 11.43% 3.32% 17.93%
Book Value (1.04%) (1.58%) (1.07%)

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 485 489 — — —
’25 465 470 473 480 1,887
’24 427 442 451 454 1,774
’23 412 416 419 422 1,669
’22 382 400 410 415 1,607
’21 355 351 363 372 1,441
’20 392 370 371 362 1,496
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 287 254 — — —
’25 282 216 343 234 1,074
’24 315 219 316 218 1,068
’23 277 211 288 204 980
’22 315 194 299 167 976
’21 195 233 272 205 905
’20 267 159 227 150 803
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 242 183 — — —
’25 14 151 296 8 469
’24 (80) 36 56 152 165
’23 330 131 234 138 834
’22 265 121 203 235 824
’21 392 158 177 90 817
’20 (253) 323 207 156 434
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1.65 0.97 — — —
’25 3.16 3.44 2.56 1.25 10.40
’24 4.25 1.45 1.84 4.00 11.54
’23 2.38 1.55 1.36 1.02 6.32
’22 1.12 0.87 1.43 2.86 6.27
’21 2.59 1.00 1.82 2.10 7.51
’20 4.76 1.29 1.13 1.47 8.69
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.5
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 191.25 218.41 214.03 235.51 175.81 226.79 205.24 195.03 223.06 243.25

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 240.55 270.04 267.41 334.17 329.74 357.90 363.36 252.85 317.73 316.29
People
People Employees 1,799 1,835 1,826 1,822 1,799 1,757 1,772 1,750 1,715 1,689
Revenue/emp, $m 0.72 0.74 0.77 0.80 0.83 0.82 0.91 0.95 1.03 1.12
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,294 1,364 1,400 1,460 1,496 1,441 1,607 1,669 1,774 1,887
Gross margin, % 69.94 70.27 70.26 70.51 68.25 66.58 68.39 68.17 68.00 67.78
EBT 438 458 414 464 599 516 433 431 811 703
EBT margin, % 33.88 33.58 29.54 31.81 40.07 35.80 26.95 25.80 45.72 37.24
Net income 438 458 414 464 599 516 433 431 811 703
Depreciation 412 448 460 461 513 530 546 555 588 615
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 19.76 20.72 21.20 22.18 22.85 22.15 24.69 25.98 27.63 29.32
Earnings 6.28 6.58 5.91 6.67 8.69 7.51 6.27 6.32 11.55 10.40
Cash flow 10.95 11.69 12.52 13.96 12.27 13.92 14.99 15.25 16.63 16.69
Capex (4.59) (5.39) (0.08) (6.70) (5.64) (1.36) (2.33) (2.28) (14.06) (9.41)
Free cash flow 6.36 6.30 12.44 7.26 6.63 12.55 12.66 12.97 2.57 7.28
Book value 96.11 97.17 96.82 97.26 94.47 94.95 90.58 87.06 89.06 88.67
Shares, m 65 66 66 66 65 65 65 64 64 64
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 36.56 36.43 41.49 45.11 27.42 46.90 33.65 39.60 24.71 25.14
P/S 11.60 11.59 11.57 13.57 10.39 15.91 8.56 9.62 10.33 8.93
P/B 2.39 2.47 2.53 3.09 2.51 3.71 2.33 2.87 3.20 2.95
EV/Sales 15.77 15.71 15.46 17.49 14.51 20.23 12.24 13.09 14.01 12.48
EV/FCF 49.00 51.65 26.36 53.40 50.02 35.69 23.86 26.23 150.38 50.25
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 717 770 827 919 803 905 976 980 1,068 1,074
Capex (300) (355) (5) (441) (369) (89) (152) (147) (903) (606)
Free cash flow 416 415 821 478 434 817 824 834 165 469
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 73 35 96 57 126 219 (20) 399 70 6
Total debt 5,563 5,689 5,606 5,809 6,252 6,287 5,958 6,206 6,602 6,800
Net debt 5,393 5,628 5,455 5,728 6,167 6,229 5,916 5,805 6,526 6,715
Shareholders’ equity 6,292 6,397 6,394 6,404 6,183 6,177 5,895 5,594 5,720 5,709
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 3.39 3.50 3.14 3.50 4.44 3.77 3.22 3.28 5.86 5.13
ROIC 2.25 2.32 2.70 2.48 2.49 2.67 3.15 3.20 3.59 4.52
ROE 6.55 6.83 6.10 6.87 9.04 7.91 6.76 7.06 13.11 11.72
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Essex Property Trust, Inc. vs peers in Reit Residential (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
VMRK Vivmark Residential $47.3B 26.5× 49.7× +2.11% (above 0%: growing) −41.18% (below 0%: shrinking) +298.73% (above 0%: growing) 61.38% 25.75% Compare
ESS Essex Property Trust, Inc. $17.9B 41.9× 47.4× +4.09% (above 0%: growing) −71.80% (below 0%: shrinking) +21.02% (above 0%: growing) 68.42% 22.36%
UDR United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc. $17.9B 21.7× 46.5× 0.00% +90.91% (above 0%: growing) −27.77% (below 0%: shrinking) 62.41% 27.23% Compare
INVH Invitation Home $15.8B 24.8× 39.7× +9.71% (above 0%: growing) +60.87% (above 0%: growing) +41.97% (above 0%: growing) 55.10% 24.62% Compare
SUI Sun Communities, Inc. $14.1B — (loss-making) 54.0× +8.02% (above 0%: growing) n/m −12.76% (below 0%: shrinking) 55.40% 12.25% Compare
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. $13.8B 34.1× 40.5× +0.95% (above 0%: growing) +13.04% (above 0%: growing) −3.86% (below 0%: shrinking) 57.37% 25.36% Compare
CPT Camden Property Trust $13.3B 32.7× 102× −0.90% (below 0%: shrinking) −75.68% (below 0%: shrinking) −1,195.62% (below 0%: shrinking) 64.13% 12.20% Compare
ELS Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. $12.1B 29.4× 30.8× +5.56% (above 0%: growing) +19.05% (above 0%: growing) +14.74% (above 0%: growing) 51.52% 32.00% Compare
AMH American Homes 4 Rent $11.1B 24.8× 44.5× +2.75% (above 0%: growing) +10.71% (above 0%: growing) +24.76% (above 0%: growing) 58.35% 25.92% Compare
Median of peers $14.0B 26.5× 45.5× +2.43% +13.04% +5.44% 57.86% 25.56%

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ESS metrics, ten years each

Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) key facts

  • Concern: Net income was $702.8 million, or $10.40 per share (basic), a net margin of 35.5%.
  • Strength: Essex Property Trust, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.9 billion, up 6.36% from fiscal 2024.
  • Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) is a Reit Residential company in the Real Estate sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, ESS traded at $269.43, a market capitalization of $17.9 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 41.9× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 9.0× sales; its P/E is higher than 57% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Essex Property Trust, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $10.34 per share, a yield of 3.84%, with a payout ratio of 160.8%.
  • Return on equity was 11.7% and debt-to-equity 1.22.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) Latest News

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