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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	$204.36 +0.1%	$205.71	$180.40 ▼ $239.29	$29.06B	0.86	740,957 shs	1.48 million shs
CLP Colonial Properties Trust		$0.00	$0.00 ▼ $0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
EQR Equity Residential	$67.31 -0.2%	$69.30	$59.41 ▼ $78.84	$25.63B	0.9	1.74 million shs	2.05 million shs
ESS Essex Property Trust	$285.04 -0.9%	$281.98	$243.85 ▼ $317.73	$18.52B	0.78	421,090 shs	579,734 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	-0.16%	-1.24%	+1.24%	-4.28%	+0.27%
CLP Colonial Properties Trust	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
EQR Equity Residential	-0.20%	-2.32%	-2.42%	-5.71%	-1.05%
ESS Essex Property Trust	-1.02%	+0.13%	+2.51%	-6.79%	+4.44%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
AVB AvalonBay Communities	4.1973 of 5 stars	3.2	3.0	1.7	2.4	2.3	2.5	0.6
CLP Colonial Properties Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
EQR Equity Residential	4.6067 of 5 stars	3.3	5.0	2.5	2.9	2.6	1.7	0.6
ESS Essex Property Trust	4.1011 of 5 stars	2.2	3.0	4.2	2.5	3.1	1.7	0.6

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AVB AvalonBay Communities	2.47	Hold	$235.86	15.41% Upside
CLP Colonial Properties Trust	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
EQR Equity Residential	2.50	Moderate Buy	$79.25	17.74% Upside
ESS Essex Property Trust	2.37	Hold	$310.28	8.85% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest CLP, AVB, EQR, and ESS Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
6/24/2025	ESS Essex Property Trust	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$315.00
6/17/2025	AVB AvalonBay Communities	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$251.00 ➝ $249.00
6/13/2025	ESS Essex Property Trust	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform
6/13/2025	AVB AvalonBay Communities	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Sector Perform ➝ Sector Perform	$251.00 ➝ $236.00
6/13/2025	EQR Equity Residential	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Sector Perform ➝ Sector Perform	$82.00 ➝ $78.00
6/13/2025	ESS Essex Property Trust	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Sector Outperform ➝ Sector Outperform	$344.00 ➝ $320.00
5/28/2025	EQR Equity Residential	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$75.00
5/28/2025	ESS Essex Property Trust	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$315.00 ➝ $317.00
5/23/2025	AVB AvalonBay Communities	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$238.00 ➝ $213.00
5/23/2025	EQR Equity Residential	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$76.00 ➝ $71.00
5/23/2025	ESS Essex Property Trust	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$314.00 ➝ $293.00

(Data available from 6/28/2022 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	$2.91B	9.99	$13.85 per share	14.76	$83.95 per share	2.43
CLP Colonial Properties Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
EQR Equity Residential	$2.98B	8.58	$5.31 per share	12.68	$29.59 per share	2.27
ESS Essex Property Trust	$1.77B	10.34	$20.49 per share	13.91	$89.01 per share	3.20

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	$1.08B	$8.03	25.45	16.75	2.78	38.86%	9.65%	5.42%	7/30/2025 (Estimated)
CLP Colonial Properties Trust	N/A	N/A	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
EQR Equity Residential	$1.04B	$2.62	25.69	15.99	3.94	33.11%	8.93%	4.86%	8/4/2025 (Estimated)
ESS Essex Property Trust	$741.52M	$10.45	27.28	17.19	6.00	37.08%	11.81%	5.24%	7/29/2025 (Estimated)

Latest CLP, AVB, EQR, and ESS Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
4/30/2025	Q1 2025	AVB AvalonBay Communities	$2.80	$2.83	+$0.03	$2.83	$744.61 million	$693.43 million
4/29/2025	Q1 2025	EQR Equity Residential	$0.93	$0.95	+$0.02	$0.95	$769.43 million	$760.81 million
4/29/2025	Q1 2025	ESS Essex Property Trust	$3.92	$3.97	+$0.05	$3.97	$458.03 million	$464.58 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AVB AvalonBay Communities	$7.00	3.43%	N/A	87.17%	3 Years
CLP Colonial Properties Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
EQR Equity Residential	$2.77	4.12%	N/A	105.73%	4 Years
ESS Essex Property Trust	$10.28	3.61%	N/A	98.37%	31 Years

Latest CLP, AVB, EQR, and ESS Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
5/21/2025	AVB AvalonBay Communities	quarterly	$1.75	3.47%	6/30/2025	6/30/2025	7/15/2025
5/15/2025	ESS Essex Property Trust	quarterly	$2.57	3.6%	6/30/2025	6/30/2025	7/15/2025
6/13/2025	EQR Equity Residential	quarterly	$0.6925	3.96%	6/24/2025	6/24/2025	7/11/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AVB AvalonBay Communities	0.70	0.51	0.51
CLP Colonial Properties Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
EQR Equity Residential	0.70	0.20	0.20
ESS Essex Property Trust	1.18	1.04	1.04

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AVB AvalonBay Communities	92.61%
CLP Colonial Properties Trust	N/A
EQR Equity Residential	92.68%
ESS Essex Property Trust	96.51%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AVB AvalonBay Communities	0.45%
CLP Colonial Properties Trust	N/A
EQR Equity Residential	1.10%
ESS Essex Property Trust	3.46%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AVB AvalonBay Communities	2,988	142.37 million	141.73 million	Optionable
CLP Colonial Properties Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	Not Optionable
EQR Equity Residential	2,500	379.94 million	375.77 million	Optionable
ESS Essex Property Trust	1,715	64.39 million	62.16 million	Optionable

CLP, AVB, EQR, and ESS Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Achmea Investment Management B.V. Buys 8,420 Shares of Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS)

3 hours ago | marketbeat.com

Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) Shares Sold by Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc.

5 hours ago | marketbeat.com

Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC Acquires 1,321 Shares of Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS)

5 hours ago | marketbeat.com

Essex Property Trust (NYSE:ESS) Stock Rating Lowered by Wall Street Zen

June 27 at 12:17 AM | marketbeat.com

NXRT or ESS: Which Is the Better Value Stock Right Now?

June 27 at 12:41 PM | zacks.com

Essex Property Trust Publishes 2024 Sustainability and Impact Report

June 26 at 4:29 PM | businesswire.com

Essex Property Trust (NYSE:ESS) Upgraded by Raymond James Financial to Outperform Rating

June 26 at 2:49 AM | americanbankingnews.com

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June 25 at 7:13 PM | msn.com

Essex Property Trust: Well Positioned Amidst Rental Market Uncertainty

June 25 at 8:05 AM | seekingalpha.com

Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) Shares Acquired by Asset Management One Co. Ltd.

June 25 at 4:41 AM | marketbeat.com

Kentucky Retirement Systems Insurance Trust Fund Makes New $569,000 Investment in Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS)

June 25 at 3:52 AM | marketbeat.com

Raymond James Upgrades Essex Property Trust (ESS)

June 24, 2025 | msn.com

Essex Property Trust (NYSE:ESS) Raised to "Outperform" at Raymond James Financial

June 24, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Intact Investment Management Inc. Buys Shares of 2,300 Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS)

June 23, 2025 | marketbeat.com

QRG Capital Management Inc. Purchases Shares of 2,130 Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS)

June 22, 2025 | marketbeat.com

GAM Holding AG Takes $2.34 Million Position in Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS)

June 21, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) Receives $310.83 Average Price Target from Analysts

June 21, 2025 | americanbankingnews.com

Is Essex Property Trust Underperforming the Dow?

June 20, 2025 | finance.yahoo.com

Vanderbilt University Buys 2,779 Shares of Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS)

June 20, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Kingswood Wealth Advisors LLC Cuts Stake in Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS)

June 19, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Hold" by Analysts

June 18, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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CLP, AVB, EQR, and ESS Company Descriptions

AvalonBay Communities NYSE:AVB

$204.36 +0.23 (+0.11%)

Closing price 06/27/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$204.14 -0.21 (-0.10%)

As of 06/27/2025 06:30 PM Eastern

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.

Colonial Properties Trust NYSE:CLP

Colonial Properties Trust (the Trust) is a multifamily-focused self-administered equity real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns, operates and develops multifamily communities primarily located in the Sunbelt region of the United States. Its activities include full or partial ownership and operation of 153 properties as of December 31, 2011, located in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia, development of new properties, acquisition of existing properties, build-to-suit development and the provision of management, leasing and brokerage services for commercial real estate. In September 2013, the Company announced the disposition of its Colonial Promenade Tannehill retail asset in Birmingham, Alabama. In October 2013, Mid America Apartment Communities Inc and Colonial Properties Trust announced the completion of the merger of the two companies.

Equity Residential NYSE:EQR

$67.31 -0.15 (-0.23%)

Closing price 06/27/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$67.27 -0.04 (-0.06%)

As of 06/27/2025 07:51 PM Eastern

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

$285.04 -2.68 (-0.93%)

Closing price 06/27/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$285.08 +0.04 (+0.01%)

As of 06/27/2025 05:58 PM 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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