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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Stocks - Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
EQR Equity Residential	$65.14 +0.4%	$61.99	$52.57 ▼ $69.45	$24.68B	0.84	2.11 million shs	2.79 million shs
ESS Essex Property Trust	$246.92 -0.1%	$238.81	$203.85 ▼ $252.85	$15.85B	0.8	399,326 shs	422,500 shs
SPG Simon Property Group	$142.36 -0.3%	$149.04	$100.17 ▼ $157.82	$46.40B	1.65	1.48 million shs	1.03 million shs
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF	$80.16 +0.0%	$84.06	$70.61 ▼ $90.09	$31.55B	1.05	4.87 million shs	3.37 million shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
EQR Equity Residential	0.00%	+5.85%	+3.22%	+9.50%	+2.99%
ESS Essex Property Trust	0.00%	+5.00%	+0.86%	+4.23%	+12.37%
SPG Simon Property Group	0.00%	+1.37%	-9.03%	+0.43%	+25.63%
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF	0.00%	+1.47%	-7.31%	-6.29%	-3.77%

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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
EQR Equity Residential	4.3455 of 5 stars	2.2	3.0	2.5	2.9	3.1	2.5	1.9
ESS Essex Property Trust	4.4691 of 5 stars	2.1	3.0	4.2	2.5	4.0	1.7	1.9
SPG Simon Property Group	3.7592 of 5 stars	1.3	3.0	2.5	1.9	2.8	3.3	1.9
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
EQR Equity Residential	2.40	Hold	$66.04	1.38% Upside
ESS Essex Property Trust	2.17	Hold	$245.37	-0.63% Downside
SPG Simon Property Group	2.50	Moderate Buy	$140.22	-1.50% Downside
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF	0.00	N/A	$92.49	15.38% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest VNQ, SPG, ESS, and EQR Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
4/25/2024	EQR Equity Residential	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$67.00 ➝ $70.00
4/22/2024	EQR Equity Residential	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$68.00 ➝ $70.00
4/9/2024	EQR Equity Residential	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$71.00 ➝ $67.00
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
4/1/2024	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
3/26/2024	EQR Equity Residential	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$62.00
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
3/22/2024	SPG Simon Property Group	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$139.00 ➝ $147.00
3/18/2024	EQR Equity Residential	Raymond James Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Market Perform
3/18/2024	ESS Essex Property Trust	Raymond James Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$265.00

(Data available from 4/29/2021 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
EQR Equity Residential	$2.90B	8.51	$4.62 per share	14.10	$29.71 per share	2.19
ESS Essex Property Trust	$1.67B	9.50	$14.97 per share	16.49	$87.15 per share	2.83
SPG Simon Property Group	$5.66B	8.20	$11.52 per share	12.36	$10.06 per share	14.15
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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
EQR Equity Residential	$835.44M	$2.41	27.03	16.33	3.78	31.70%	8.18%	4.59%	7/25/2024 (Estimated)
ESS Essex Property Trust	$405.83M	$6.31	39.13	15.84	3.65	24.31%	7.10%	3.29%	4/30/2024 (Confirmed)
SPG Simon Property Group	$2.28B	$6.98	20.40	11.45	7.47	42.30%	70.97%	7.18%	5/6/2024 (Confirmed)
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF	N/A	N/A	22.27	∞	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest VNQ, SPG, ESS, and EQR Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/6/2024	N/A	SPG Simon Property Group	$2.80	N/A	-$2.80	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
4/23/2024	Q1 24	EQR Equity Residential	$0.91	$0.93	+$0.02	$0.77	$728.09 million	$730.80 million
2/5/2024	12/31/2023	SPG Simon Property Group	$3.34	$2.29	-$1.05	$2.29	$1.38 billion	$1.53 billion
1/30/2024	Q4 23	EQR Equity Residential	$1.00	$0.82	-$0.18	$0.82	$725.07 million	$727.50 million

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
EQR Equity Residential	$2.70	4.14%	+3.22%	112.03%	3 Years
ESS Essex Property Trust	$9.80	3.97%	+3.60%	155.31%	30 Years
SPG Simon Property Group	$7.80	5.48%	+7.48%	111.75%	4 Years
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF	$3.23	4.03%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest VNQ, SPG, ESS, and EQR Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
3/14/2024	EQR Equity Residential	quarterly	$0.6750	4.33%	3/22/2024	3/25/2024	4/12/2024
2/22/2024	ESS Essex Property Trust	quarterly	$2.45	4.26%	3/27/2024	3/29/2024	4/12/2024
2/5/2024	SPG Simon Property Group	quarterly	$1.95	5.7%	3/7/2024	3/8/2024	3/29/2024

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
EQR Equity Residential	0.64	0.23	0.30
ESS Essex Property Trust	1.11	3.26	3.26
SPG Simon Property Group	7.54	1.77	1.77
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
EQR Equity Residential	92.68%
ESS Essex Property Trust	96.51%
SPG Simon Property Group	93.01%
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF	N/A

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
EQR Equity Residential	1.00%
ESS Essex Property Trust	3.80%
SPG Simon Property Group	8.50%
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF	N/A

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
EQR Equity Residential	2,400	378.94 million	375.15 million	Optionable
ESS Essex Property Trust	1,750	64.21 million	61.77 million	Optionable
SPG Simon Property Group	3,000	325.90 million	298.20 million	Optionable
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF	N/A	393.59 million	N/A	Not Optionable

VNQ, SPG, ESS, and EQR Headlines

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	2 Top ETFs That Could Help You Beat the Market When Interest Rates Start to Fall fool.com - April 23 at 5:08 AM
	Mortgage rates touch 4-month high as Fed weighs rate options finance.yahoo.com - April 19 at 7:27 PM
	Is Your Home For Sale? It's 'Peak Week,' Researchers Say msn.com - April 17 at 5:29 PM
	Prologis Stock Leading U.S. Logistics Boom (VNQ) marketbeat.com - April 17 at 7:50 AM
	3 High Dividend Stocks to Replace Lower Savings Yields Ahead (VNQ) marketbeat.com - April 11 at 11:09 AM
	Blackstone’s $10 Billion Bet on Property Prices Going Up (VNQ) marketbeat.com - April 11 at 7:30 AM
	How to Protect your Portfolio Against a Rising VIX (VNQ) marketbeat.com - April 10 at 9:23 AM
	Notable ETF Inflow Detected - VNQ, WELL, SPG, CCI nasdaq.com - April 7 at 3:50 PM
	Thinking About Buying a Rental Property? This Vanguard ETF Could Be a Better Choice. fool.com - April 6 at 11:11 AM
	Vanguard buys Centene's Charlotte office campus in move to consolidate Charlotte operations bizjournals.com - April 2 at 4:56 PM
	Decoding the S&P 500’s first quarter surge theglobeandmail.com - April 2 at 3:09 AM
	Stock market today: Hong Kong stocks lead Asia market gains while developer Vanke slumps msn.com - April 2 at 3:09 AM
	An ETF That Could Soar As Rates Come Down msn.com - April 1 at 5:08 PM
	Moving Averages: S&P Finishes March Up 3.1% etftrends.com - April 1 at 1:02 PM
	Stock market today: Wall Street futures rise ahead of busy week of economic data releases msn.com - April 1 at 9:49 AM
	Why I'm Greedily Buying Income In 2024 seekingalpha.com - April 1 at 4:49 AM
	VNQ: The Most Attractive Sector On Our Radar seekingalpha.com - March 31 at 1:47 PM
	ETFs in Focus With Fed Rate Cuts in the Cards zacks.com - March 21 at 11:01 AM
	These 7 Index ETFs Are a Retiree's Best Friend finance.yahoo.com - March 17 at 11:04 AM
	Investing $10,000 in Each of These 3 Vanguard ETFs Could Generate $1,164 per Year in Passive Income fool.com - March 17 at 7:30 AM
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Company Descriptions

Equity Residential

NYSE:EQR

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

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.

Simon Property Group

NYSE:SPG

Simon is a real estate investment trust engaged in the ownership of premier shopping, dining, entertainment and mixed-use destinations and an S&P 100 company (Simon Property Group, NYSE: SPG). Our properties across North America, Europe and Asia provide community gathering places for millions of people every day and generate billions in annual sales.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF

NYSEARCA:VNQ

Vanguard REIT ETF (the Fund) is an open-end investment company. The Fund invests in stocks issued by real estate investment trusts (REITs), companies that purchase office buildings, hotels, and other real property. It tracks the return of the MSCI US RIT Index, a gauge of real estate stocks. The Vanguard Group, Inc. provides investment advisory services to the Fund.

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