Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) vs Janus Living, Inc. (JAN)

Essex Property Trust, Inc. and Janus Living, Inc. are both Reit Residential companies. Essex Property Trust, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $17.6B against $9.1B — 1.9× the size. Essex Property Trust, Inc. has the higher net margin (17.9% vs −0.35%) and the higher return on invested capital (2.99% vs −0.56%). Across the 16 metrics below, Essex Property Trust, Inc. leads on 10 and Janus Living, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric ESS JAN Reit Residential median
P/E 48.30 — 26.83
P/S 8.75 8.07 5.42
P/B 3.12 1.56 1.73
Price to free cash flow 23.87 42.63 23.00
EV/EBITDA 19.65 81.67 15.65
EV/Sales 12.10 5.76 7.85
Earnings yield 2.07% — 2.91%
Free cash flow yield 4.19% 2.35% 3.93%

Profitability

Metric ESS JAN Reit Residential median
Gross margin 67.84% 26.42% 58.22%
Operating margin 29.47% (2.59%) 21.71%
Net margin 17.85% (0.35%) 17.26%
Free cash flow margin 36.65% 18.92% 29.94%
Return on equity 6.17% 0.00% 6.07%
Return on assets 2.67% (0.11%) 2.67%
Return on invested capital 2.99% (0.56%) 2.99%

Growth

Metric ESS JAN Reit Residential median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.51% — 3.11%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (9.88%) — 9.26%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.76% — 8.41%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 3.32% — 4.20%

Health

Metric ESS JAN Reit Residential median
Debt to equity 1.21 0.00 0.71
Current ratio 0.54 5.46 0.54
Net debt to EBITDA 4.44 (2.07) 4.26

Dividend

Metric ESS JAN Reit Residential median
Dividend yield 3.90% — 4.78%
Payout ratio 1.89 — 1.06

Size

Metric ESS JAN Reit Residential median
Market cap 17.62b 9.11b 6.45b

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