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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ESS Essex Property Trust	$242.87 +1.2%	$237.58	$203.85 ▼ $252.85	$15.59B	0.8	392,275 shs	99,829 shs
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$128.06 +0.5%	$128.96	$115.56 ▼ $158.46	$14.95B	0.8	874,757 shs	99,094 shs
SUI Sun Communities	$119.61 +1.1%	$127.74	$102.74 ▼ $141.52	$14.91B	0.8	798,301 shs	190,995 shs
UDR UDR	$37.36 +0.9%	$36.54	$30.95 ▼ $44.02	$12.30B	0.8	2.94 million shs	534,100 shs
WPC W. P. Carey	$56.74 +0.9%	$56.05	$51.36 ▼ $74.66	$12.42B	0.86	1.36 million shs	207,988 shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ESS Essex Property Trust	+2.01%	+1.83%	-0.87%	+0.47%	+12.93%
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	+1.10%	+0.67%	-2.58%	-6.00%	-15.09%
SUI Sun Communities	+0.43%	-1.84%	-8.08%	-8.13%	-15.34%
UDR UDR	+1.68%	+3.24%	-0.40%	-1.28%	-10.88%
WPC W. P. Carey	+0.02%	+4.07%	+0.46%	-13.61%	-23.09%

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MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
ESS Essex Property Trust	4.3975 of 5 stars	2.1	3.0	4.2	2.5	3.7	1.7	1.9
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	4.7759 of 5 stars	3.0	3.0	4.2	2.9	2.9	2.5	1.9
SUI Sun Communities	4.8879 of 5 stars	3.3	5.0	2.5	2.8	3.6	2.5	1.9
UDR UDR	4.6654 of 5 stars	3.2	3.0	4.2	2.6	2.3	1.7	1.9
WPC W. P. Carey	4.7012 of 5 stars	3.0	2.0	2.5	2.8	3.5	1.7	3.1

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ESS Essex Property Trust	2.17	Hold	$245.37	1.03% Upside
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	2.07	Hold	$143.18	11.80% Upside
SUI Sun Communities	2.50	Moderate Buy	$141.17	18.02% Upside
UDR UDR	2.38	Hold	$41.71	11.63% Upside
WPC W. P. Carey	1.91	Reduce	$63.36	11.67% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest ESS, WPC, SUI, UDR, and MAA Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
4/23/2024	SUI Sun Communities	JMP Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Market Outperform ➝ Market Outperform	$150.00
4/10/2024	UDR UDR	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Underweight ➝ Neutral	$34.00 ➝ $40.00
4/9/2024	ESS Essex Property Trust	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$259.00 ➝ $255.00
4/9/2024	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$152.00 ➝ $148.00
4/9/2024	UDR UDR	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$45.00 ➝ $42.00
4/1/2024	ESS Essex Property Trust	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$250.00 ➝ $275.00
3/28/2024	ESS Essex Property Trust	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$276.00 ➝ $259.00
3/27/2024	WPC W. P. Carey	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Equal Weight	$40.00
3/26/2024	ESS Essex Property Trust	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$291.00
3/26/2024	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$140.00
3/26/2024	UDR UDR	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$34.00

(Data available from 4/23/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ESS Essex Property Trust	$1.67B	9.34	$15.47 per share	15.70	$87.15 per share	2.79
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$2.15B	6.96	$9.79 per share	13.08	$53.82 per share	2.38
SUI Sun Communities	$3.22B	4.62	$6.51 per share	18.36	$59.74 per share	2.00
UDR UDR	$1.63B	7.56	$3.54 per share	10.54	$12.00 per share	3.11
WPC W. P. Carey	$1.74B	7.13	$6.17 per share	9.20	$39.82 per share	1.42

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
ESS Essex Property Trust	$405.83M	$6.31	38.49	15.58	3.47	24.31%	7.10%	3.29%	4/30/2024 (Confirmed)
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$552.81M	$4.71	27.19	13.93	2.83	25.73%	8.74%	4.85%	5/1/2024 (Confirmed)
SUI Sun Communities	-$201M	$1.14	104.92	15.72	7.53	4.40%	1.79%	0.82%	4/29/2024 (Confirmed)
UDR UDR	$444.35M	$1.34	27.88	14.77	2.91	27.30%	11.26%	4.02%	4/30/2024 (Confirmed)
WPC W. P. Carey	$708.33M	$3.30	17.19	12.07	0.45	40.68%	7.78%	3.80%	4/30/2024 (Confirmed)

Latest ESS, WPC, SUI, UDR, and MAA Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/1/2024	N/A	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$2.24	N/A	-$2.24	N/A	N/A	N/A
4/30/2024	N/A	ESS Essex Property Trust	$3.74	N/A	-$3.74	N/A	N/A	N/A
4/30/2024	N/A	UDR UDR	$0.61	N/A	-$0.61	N/A	N/A	N/A
4/30/2024	N/A	WPC W. P. Carey	$1.14	N/A	-$1.14	N/A	N/A	N/A
4/29/2024	N/A	SUI Sun Communities	$1.16	N/A	-$1.16	N/A	N/A	N/A
2/9/2024	12/31/2023	WPC W. P. Carey	$0.52	$0.66	+$0.14	$0.66	$413.04 million	$410.38 million
2/8/2024	Q4 23	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$2.30	$1.37	-$0.93	$1.37	$542.64 million	$542.25 million

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ESS Essex Property Trust	$9.80	4.04%	+3.60%	155.31%	30 Years
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$5.88	4.59%	+11.87%	124.84%	15 Years
SUI Sun Communities	$3.76	3.14%	+5.59%	329.83%	8 Years
UDR UDR	$1.70	4.55%	+4.86%	126.87%	14 Years
WPC W. P. Carey	$3.46	6.10%	-0.85%	104.85%	1 Years

Latest ESS, WPC, SUI, UDR, and MAA Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
3/19/2024	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	quarterly	$1.47	4.51%	4/12/2024	4/15/2024	4/30/2024
3/14/2024	UDR UDR	quarterly	$0.4250	4.64%	4/9/2024	4/10/2024	4/30/2024
3/1/2024	SUI Sun Communities	quarterly	$0.94	2.83%	3/27/2024	3/29/2024	4/15/2024
3/14/2024	WPC W. P. Carey	quarterly	$0.8650	6.23%	3/27/2024	3/28/2024	4/15/2024
2/22/2024	ESS Essex Property Trust	quarterly	$2.45	4.26%	3/27/2024	3/29/2024	4/12/2024

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ESS Essex Property Trust	1.11	3.26	3.26
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	0.72	0.09	0.09
SUI Sun Communities	1.05	1.66	1.66
UDR UDR	1.47	5.15	5.15
WPC W. P. Carey	0.89	0.62	0.62

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ESS Essex Property Trust	96.51%
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	93.60%
SUI Sun Communities	99.59%
UDR UDR	97.84%
WPC W. P. Carey	73.73%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ESS Essex Property Trust	3.90%
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	1.30%
SUI Sun Communities	1.89%
UDR UDR	3.73%
WPC W. P. Carey	1.18%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ESS Essex Property Trust	1,750	64.21 million	61.70 million	Optionable
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	2,427	116.73 million	115.21 million	Optionable
SUI Sun Communities	6,733	124.64 million	122.29 million	Optionable
UDR UDR	1,410	329.33 million	317.05 million	Optionable
WPC W. P. Carey	197	218.82 million	216.24 million	Optionable

ESS, WPC, SUI, UDR, and MAA Headlines

Source	Headline
	W. P. Carey (WPC) Set to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Tuesday americanbankingnews.com - April 23 at 5:06 AM
	W. P. Carey's (NYSE:WPC) earnings trajectory could turn positive as the stock grows 4.1% this past week finance.yahoo.com - April 22 at 12:58 PM
	Want Decades of Passive Income? 3 Stocks to Buy Now and Hold Forever fool.com - April 22 at 7:00 AM
	W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE:WPC) Stake Reduced by Foundry Partners LLC marketbeat.com - April 21 at 10:26 PM
	W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE:WPC) Shares Sold by Strs Ohio marketbeat.com - April 19 at 5:37 AM
	Short-Sell REITs as Rates Rise msn.com - April 18 at 7:00 AM
	Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Has $235.97 Million Stock Position in W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE:WPC) marketbeat.com - April 17 at 6:35 PM
	Louisiana State Employees Retirement System Makes New $3.98 Million Investment in W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE:WPC) marketbeat.com - April 15 at 7:32 AM
	W. P. Carey: Office Market Exit Creates Growth Potential seekingalpha.com - April 15 at 3:31 AM
	Mutual of America Capital Management LLC Invests $8.75 Million in W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE:WPC) marketbeat.com - April 12 at 8:24 AM
	W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE:WPC) Receives Consensus Rating of "Reduce" from Analysts marketbeat.com - April 12 at 2:33 AM
	Monday's Main Events: Inflation, Gas Prices and More msn.com - April 10 at 11:46 PM
	Blue Cross Blue Shield's former HQ in Eagan up for sale bizjournals.com - April 10 at 6:46 PM
	W. P. Carey to Release First Quarter 2024 Financial Results on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 prnewswire.com - April 10 at 7:30 AM
	DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale Has $9 Million Stake in W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE:WPC) marketbeat.com - April 10 at 5:51 AM
	W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE:WPC) Shares Bought by Asset Management One Co. Ltd. marketbeat.com - April 5 at 12:36 PM
	W. P. Carey: Mr. Market Is Giving Second Chances To Investors seekingalpha.com - April 5 at 5:26 AM
	Putting Members First: Ron Carey’s Lessons For Labor Movement Reform counterpunch.org - April 4 at 8:21 AM
	W. P. Carey Selected as 2024 Green Lease Leader prnewswire.com - April 4 at 7:30 AM
	Raymond James & Associates Reduces Stock Position in W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE:WPC) marketbeat.com - April 4 at 4:22 AM
	W.P. Carey (WPC) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: Here's Why zacks.com - April 3 at 7:06 PM
	W.P. Carey Inc. (WPC) is Attracting Investor Attention: Here is What You Should Know zacks.com - April 2 at 10:06 AM
	Dividend stocks can produce a growing stream of passive income. msn.com - April 1 at 7:38 PM
	Top 4 Diversified REITs for Future Success stocknews.com - April 1 at 11:01 AM

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Company Descriptions

Essex Property Trust

NYSE:ESS

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.

Mid-America Apartment Communities

NYSE:MAA

MAA, an S&P 500 company, is a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on delivering full-cycle and superior investment performance for shareholders through the ownership, management, acquisition, development and redevelopment of quality apartment communities primarily in the Southeast, Southwest and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. As of December 31, 2023, MAA had ownership interest in 102,662 apartment units, including communities currently in development, across 16 states and the District of Columbia.

Sun Communities

NYSE:SUI

Established in 1975, Sun Communities, Inc. became a publicly owned corporation in December 1993. The Company is a fully integrated REIT listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol: SUI. As of December 31, 2023, the Company owned, operated, or had an interest in a portfolio of 667 developed MH, RV and Marina properties comprising 179,310 developed sites and approximately 48,030 wet slips and dry storage spaces in the U.S., the UK and Canada.

UDR

NYSE:UDR

UDR, Inc. (NYSE: UDR), an S&P 500 company, is a leading multifamily real estate investment trust with a demonstrated performance history of delivering superior and dependable returns by successfully managing, buying, selling, developing and redeveloping attractive real estate communities in targeted U.S. markets. As of December 31, 2023, UDR owned or had an ownership position in 60,336 apartment homes including 359 homes under development. For over 51 years, UDR has delivered long-term value to shareholders, the best standard of service to Residents and the highest quality experience for Associates.

W. P. Carey

NYSE:WPC

W. P. Carey ranks among the largest net lease REITs with a well-diversified portfolio of high-quality, operationally critical commercial real estate, which includes 1,424 net lease properties covering approximately 173 million square feet and a portfolio of 89 self-storage operating properties as of December 31, 2023. With offices in New York, London, Amsterdam and Dallas, the company remains focused on investing primarily in single-tenant, industrial, warehouse and retail properties located in the U.S. and Northern and Western Europe, under long-term net leases with built-in rent escalations.

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