Compare Stocks: AVB, CPT, EQR, and ESS

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AVB AvalonBay Communities	$184.06	$187.89	$160.10 ▼ $198.63	$26.28B	0.76	950,736 shs	1 shs
CPT Camden Property Trust	$105.75 0.0%	$111.95	$96.53 ▼ $119.81	$10.63B	0.77	913,189 shs	659,219 shs
EQR Equity Residential	$63.68 +0.0%	$66.97	$57.57 ▼ $71.50	$23.88B	0.73	3.46 million shs	17.44 million shs
ESS Essex Property Trust	$280.86 +0.0%	$289.61	$238.46 ▼ $303.35	$18.05B	0.69	417,936 shs	497,398 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AVB AvalonBay Communities	0.00%	0.00%	-3.43%	+0.75%	-5.21%
CPT Camden Property Trust	-1.84%	-2.10%	-8.10%	-0.75%	-4.39%
EQR Equity Residential	0.00%	0.00%	-6.55%	-2.74%	-2.29%
ESS Essex Property Trust	-2.51%	-2.54%	-4.61%	+2.92%	+4.79%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AVB AvalonBay Communities	$184.06	$187.89	$160.10 ▼ $198.63	$26.28B	0.76	950,736 shs	1 shs
CPT Camden Property Trust	$105.75 0.0%	$111.95	$96.53 ▼ $119.81	$10.63B	0.77	913,189 shs	659,219 shs
EQR Equity Residential	$63.68 +0.0%	$66.97	$57.57 ▼ $71.50	$23.88B	0.73	3.46 million shs	17.44 million shs
ESS Essex Property Trust	$280.86 +0.0%	$289.61	$238.46 ▼ $303.35	$18.05B	0.69	417,936 shs	497,398 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AVB AvalonBay Communities	0.00%	0.00%	-3.43%	+0.75%	-5.21%
CPT Camden Property Trust	-1.84%	-2.10%	-8.10%	-0.75%	-4.39%
EQR Equity Residential	0.00%	0.00%	-6.55%	-2.74%	-2.29%
ESS Essex Property Trust	-2.51%	-2.54%	-4.61%	+2.92%	+4.79%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AVB AvalonBay Communities	2.17	Hold	$196.87	6.96% Upside
CPT Camden Property Trust	2.06	Hold	$116.27	9.94% Upside
EQR Equity Residential	2.43	Hold	$71.40	12.12% Upside
ESS Essex Property Trust	2.52	Moderate Buy	$304.79	8.52% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest AVB, CPT, EQR, and ESS Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/19/2026	AVB AvalonBay Communities	Cantor Fitzgerald Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$190.00
8/18/2026	ESS Essex Property Trust	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C+)
8/18/2026	ESS Essex Property Trust	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$325.00
8/17/2026	CPT Camden Property Trust	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$122.00 ➝ $123.00
8/17/2026	AVB AvalonBay Communities	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$205.00 ➝ $206.00
8/17/2026	ESS Essex Property Trust	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$296.00 ➝ $297.00
8/14/2026	ESS Essex Property Trust	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$275.00 ➝ $295.00
8/13/2026	CPT Camden Property Trust	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$113.00 ➝ $114.00
8/12/2026	CPT Camden Property Trust	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$120.00 ➝ $118.00
8/7/2026	CPT Camden Property Trust	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$114.00
8/6/2026	AVB AvalonBay Communities	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Hold (C)

(Data available from 8/28/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AVB AvalonBay Communities	$3.04B	8.64	$14.31 per share	12.86	$84.48 per share	2.18
CPT Camden Property Trust	$1.57B	6.76	$9.20 per share	11.50	$38.58 per share	2.74
EQR Equity Residential	$3.13B	7.63	$5.48 per share	11.63	$29.48 per share	2.16
ESS Essex Property Trust	$1.89B	9.56	$19.44 per share	14.45	$85.35 per share	3.29

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AVB AvalonBay Communities	$1.05B	$6.12	30.08	15.75	2.98	33.33%	8.58%	4.65%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
CPT Camden Property Trust	$384.46M	$3.02	35.02	15.37	7.63	20.80%	7.66%	3.56%	11/5/2026 (Estimated)
EQR Equity Residential	$1.12B	$2.30	27.69	15.05	5.53	27.97%	8.06%	4.29%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
ESS Essex Property Trust	$669.67M	$6.43	43.68	16.84	10.54	21.48%	7.33%	3.16%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)

Latest AVB, CPT, EQR, and ESS Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	CPT Camden Property Trust	$1.67	$0.18	-$1.49	$0.18	$392.88 million	$396.08 million
7/29/2026	Q2 2026	ESS Essex Property Trust	$1.46	$4.08	+$2.62	$0.97	$485.12 million	$489.05 million
7/23/2026	Q2 2026	AVB AvalonBay Communities	$1.23	$1.11	-$0.12	$1.11	$772.37 million	$777.77 million
7/22/2026	Q2 2026	EQR Equity Residential	$1.01	$1.02	+$0.01	$0.30	$787.28 million	$785.05 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AVB AvalonBay Communities	$7.12	3.87%	+1.94%	116.34%	3 Years
CPT Camden Property Trust	$4.24	4.01%	+4.82%	140.40%	4 Years
EQR Equity Residential	$2.81	4.41%	+2.68%	122.17%	4 Years
ESS Essex Property Trust	$10.36	3.69%	+4.10%	161.12%	31 Years

Latest AVB, CPT, EQR, and ESS Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
6/15/2026	CPT Camden Property Trust	quarterly	$1.06	3.7%	6/30/2026	6/30/2026	7/17/2026
6/9/2026	AVB AvalonBay Communities	quarterly	$1.78	3.77%	6/30/2026	6/30/2026	7/15/2026
6/18/2026	EQR Equity Residential	quarterly	$0.7025	4.11%	6/29/2026	6/29/2026	7/10/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AVB AvalonBay Communities	0.74	0.54	0.54
CPT Camden Property Trust	1.25	0.18	0.18
EQR Equity Residential	0.77	0.19	0.19
ESS Essex Property Trust	1.22	0.60	0.60

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AVB AvalonBay Communities	92.61%
CPT Camden Property Trust	97.22%
EQR Equity Residential	92.68%
ESS Essex Property Trust	96.51%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AVB AvalonBay Communities	0.53%
CPT Camden Property Trust	1.90%
EQR Equity Residential	1.20%
ESS Essex Property Trust	3.47%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AVB AvalonBay Communities	3,041	142.80 million	142.04 million	Optionable
CPT Camden Property Trust	1,640	100.54 million	98.63 million	Optionable
EQR Equity Residential	2,400	374.94 million	370.45 million	Optionable
ESS Essex Property Trust	1,689	64.27 million	62.04 million	Optionable

AVB, CPT, EQR, and ESS Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

100,000 Shares in Essex Property Trust, Inc. $ESS Purchased by Pacific Heights Asset Management LLC

3 hours ago | marketbeat.com

25,225 Shares in Essex Property Trust, Inc. $ESS Acquired by Bamco Inc. NY

August 28 at 3:05 AM | marketbeat.com

Essex Property Trust stock outlook: Is Wall Street bullish or bearish?

August 27 at 3:19 PM | msn.com

Hsbc Holdings PLC Invests $74.69 Million in Essex Property Trust, Inc. $ESS

August 27 at 5:28 AM | marketbeat.com

Legal & General Group Plc Buys Shares of 892,526 Essex Property Trust, Inc. $ESS

August 27 at 5:19 AM | marketbeat.com

Adelante Capital Management LLC Takes $19.83 Million Position in Essex Property Trust, Inc. $ESS

August 27 at 3:03 AM | marketbeat.com

Zacks Industry Outlook Essex Property, Equity LifeStyle and American Homes

August 26 at 6:05 AM | zacks.com

Osterweis Capital Management Inc. Makes New $1.17 Million Investment in Essex Property Trust, Inc. $ESS

August 26 at 5:44 AM | marketbeat.com

Sanctuary Advisors LLC Purchases New Holdings in Essex Property Trust, Inc. $ESS

August 26 at 5:20 AM | marketbeat.com

Cibc World Market Inc. Invests $8.80 Million in Essex Property Trust, Inc. $ESS

August 26 at 4:00 AM | marketbeat.com

Commerce Bank Takes Position in Essex Property Trust, Inc. $ESS

August 26 at 3:51 AM | marketbeat.com

Bank of Nova Scotia Invests $3.15 Million in Essex Property Trust, Inc. $ESS

August 26 at 3:28 AM | marketbeat.com

Kinloch Capital LLC Takes Position in Essex Property Trust, Inc. $ESS

August 25 at 6:32 AM | marketbeat.com

Korea Investment CORP Makes New $1.90 Million Investment in Essex Property Trust, Inc. $ESS

August 25 at 5:19 AM | marketbeat.com

Ieq Capital LLC Invests $3.23 Million in Essex Property Trust, Inc. $ESS

August 25 at 5:12 AM | marketbeat.com

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August 24, 2026 | zacks.com

Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. Acquires Shares of 36,586 Essex Property Trust, Inc. $ESS

August 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. Invests $1.19 Million in Essex Property Trust, Inc. $ESS

August 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Bank of New York Mellon Corp Takes $135.84 Million Position in Essex Property Trust, Inc. $ESS

August 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

LM Advisors LLC Invests $1.72 Million in Essex Property Trust, Inc. $ESS

August 23, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Westpac Banking Corp Invests $4.64 Million in Essex Property Trust, Inc. $ESS

August 22, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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AVB, CPT, EQR, and ESS Company Descriptions

AvalonBay Communities NYSE:AVB

$184.06 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 08/17/2026

AvalonBay Communities, Inc. is a real estate investment trust, which engages in the development, acquisition, ownership, and operation of multifamily communities. It operates through the following segments: Same Store, Other Stabilized, and Development or Redevelopment. The Same Store segment refers to the operating communities that were owned and had stabilized occupancy. The Other Stabilized segment includes all other complete communities that have stabilized occupancy. The Development or Redevelopment segment consists of communities that are under construction. The company was founded by Gilbert M. Meyer in 1978 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Camden Property Trust NYSE:CPT

$105.75 -0.04 (-0.03%)

Closing price 08/27/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$105.80 +0.04 (+0.04%)

As of 04:00 AM Eastern

Camden Property Trust, an S&P 500 Company, is a real estate company primarily engaged in the ownership, management, development, redevelopment, acquisition, and construction of multifamily apartment communities. Camden owns and operates 172 properties containing 58,250 apartment homes across the United States. Upon completion of 5 properties currently under development, the Company's portfolio will increase to 59,996 apartment homes in 177 properties. Camden has been recognized as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For by FORTUNE magazine for 17 consecutive years, most recently ranking #24.

Equity Residential NYSE:EQR

$63.68 +0.02 (+0.03%)

As of 08/17/2026

Equity Residential is committed to creating communities where people thrive. The Company, a member of the S&P 500, is focused on the acquisition, development and management of residential properties located in and around dynamic cities that attract affluent long-term renters. Equity Residential owns or has investments in 305 properties consisting of 80,683 apartment units, with an established presence in Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Seattle, San Francisco and Southern California, and an expanding presence in Denver, Atlanta, Dallas/Ft. Worth and Austin.

Essex Property Trust NYSE:ESS

$280.86 +0.10 (+0.03%)

Closing price 08/27/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$280.97 +0.11 (+0.04%)

As of 07:46 AM Eastern

Essex Property Trust, Inc., an S&P 500 company, is a fully integrated real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires, develops, redevelops, and manages multifamily residential properties in selected West Coast markets. Essex currently has ownership interests in 252 apartment communities comprising approximately 62,000 apartment homes with an additional property in active development.

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