Essex Property Trust (ESS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

21 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Essex Property Trust in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" ESS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ESS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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21 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Essex Property Trust's stock. Their ESS share price forecasts range from $200.00 to $290.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $243.30 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.0% from the stock's current price.
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Essex Property Trust's stock was trading at $211.92 at the start of the year. Since then, ESS stock has increased by 3.4% and is now trading at $219.10.
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Essex Property Trust saw a decline in short interest in the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,280,000 shares, a decline of 5.9% from the July 31st total of 1,360,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 427,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.0 days. Approximately 2.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 25th 2023.
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Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 26th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.12 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $3.35 by $2.23. Essex Property Trust had a net margin of 32.13% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.10%. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $3.07 earnings per share.
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Essex Property Trust announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 7th. Investors of record on Friday, September 29th will be paid a dividend of $2.31 per share on Friday, October 13th. This represents a $9.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.22%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 28th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Essex Property Trust (NYSE:ESS) stock in their portfolio include Kelly Residential & Apartment Real Estate ETF (RESI), Nuveen Short-Term REIT ETF (NURE), Residential REIT ETF (HAUS), iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF (REZ), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Real Estate ETF (RSPR), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Real Estate ETF (EWRE), Xtrackers S&P ESG Dividend Aristocrats ETF (SNPD) and U.S. Diversified Real Estate ETF (PPTY).

Essex Property Trust (NYSE:ESS) pays an annual dividend of $9.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.16%. ESS has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 30 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 112.41%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, ESS will have a dividend payout ratio of 59.65% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Essex Property Trust issued an update on its FY23 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 27th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $14.88-$15.12 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $14.86.

236 employees have rated Essex Property Trust Chief Executive Officer Michael Schall on Glassdoor.com. Michael Schall has an approval rating of 95% among the company's employees. This puts Michael Schall in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Essex Property Trust trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ESS."

Essex Property Trust's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (10.48%), BlackRock Inc. (9.90%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (4.36%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (3.39%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.32%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.44%). Insiders that own company stock include Adam W Berry, Amal M Johnson, Angela L Kleiman, Barbara Pak, Byron A Scordelis, Irving F Lyons III, Irving F Lyons III, John Farias, Michael J Schall and Thomas E Robinson.
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Shares of ESS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of ESS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $219.10.

Essex Property Trust (NYSE:ESS) has a market capitalization of $14.06 billion and generates $1.61 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $408.32 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.22 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,772 workers across the globe.

Essex Property Trust's mailing address is 1100 PARK PLACE SUITE 200, SAN MATEO CA, 94403. The official website for the company is www.essexapartmenthomes.com. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (650) 655-7800, via email at rburns@essex.com, or via fax at 650-494-8743.