Essex Property Trust Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Essex Property Trust in the last twelve months. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Essex Property Trust stock.
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Essex Property Trust is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 27th 2021.
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Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) released its earnings results on Thursday, July, 29th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.00 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.99 by $1.99. Essex Property Trust had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.30% and a net margin of 27.99%.
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Essex Property Trust's stock was trading at $277.54 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ESS shares have increased by 18.2% and is now trading at $328.10.
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Essex Property Trust declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 12th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 30th will be given a dividend of $2.09 per share on Thursday, July 15th. This represents a $8.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.55%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 29th.
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Essex Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $8.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.55%. Essex Property Trust has been increasing its dividend for 27 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Essex Property Trust is 65.21%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Essex Property Trust will have a dividend payout ratio of 63.77% next year. This indicates that Essex Property Trust will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Essex Property Trust issued an update on its third quarter 2021 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.980-$3.100 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

14 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Essex Property Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $217.00 to $351.00. On average, they expect Essex Property Trust's stock price to reach $302.93 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.7%.
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236 employees have rated Essex Property Trust CEO Michael Schall on Glassdoor.com. Michael Schall has an approval rating of 95% among Essex Property Trust's employees. This puts Michael Schall in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to Essex Property Trust include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Sun Communities (SUI), UDR (UDR), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Camden Property Trust (CPT), American Campus Communities (ACC), UMH Properties (UMH) and Apartment Investment and Management (AIV).
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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.35%), PGGM Investments (0.09%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.05%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.04%) and State of Michigan Retirement System (0.03%). Company insiders that own Essex Property Trust stock include Adam W Berry, Angela L Kleiman, Byron A Scordelis, Craig K Zimmerman, Irving F Lyons III, Janice L Sears, John F Burkart, John Farias, Michael J Schall and Thomas E Robinson.
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ESS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Alliancebernstein L.P., Fisher Asset Management LLC, Hartford Investment Management Co., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Advisors Asset Management Inc., and Texas Permanent School Fund. Company insiders that have sold Essex Property Trust company stock in the last year include Irving F Lyons III, and Thomas E Robinson.
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ESS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Manning & Napier Group LLC, Aegon Asset Management UK PLC, CBOE Vest Financial LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt, Spirit of America Management Corp NY, Versor Investments LP, and Eagle Global Advisors LLC.
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Shares of ESS 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 $328.10.

Essex Property Trust has a market capitalization of $21.33 billion and generates $1.50 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $568.87 million in net income (profit) each year or $12.82 on an earnings per share basis.

Essex Property Trust employs 1,799 workers across the globe.

The official website for Essex Property Trust is www.essexapartmenthomes.com.

Essex Property Trust is headquartered at 1100 PARK PLACE SUITE 200, SAN MATEO CA, 94403.

Essex Property Trust's mailing address is 1100 PARK PLACE SUITE 200, SAN MATEO CA, 94403. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (650) 655-7800 or via email at [email protected]