NYSE:ESSEssex Property Trust Stock Price, Forecast & News

Essex Property Trust's stock was trading at $277.54 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ESS stock has decreased by 13.8% and is now trading at $239.37. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Essex Property Trust in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Essex Property Trust.

Essex Property Trust is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Essex Property Trust.

Essex Property Trust Inc (NYSE:ESS) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 6th. The real estate investment trust reported $4.76 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $3.40 by $1.36. The real estate investment trust earned $392.37 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $383.23 million. Essex Property Trust had a return on equity of 9.94% and a net margin of 42.47%. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $3.23 earnings per share. View Essex Property Trust's earnings history.

Essex Property Trust declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 14th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 30th will be paid a dividend of $2.0775 per share on Wednesday, July 15th. This represents a $8.31 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 29th. View Essex Property Trust's dividend history.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Essex Property Trust's stock. Their forecasts range from $203.00 to $355.00. On average, they anticipate Essex Property Trust's share price to reach $291.31 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Essex Property Trust.

Headlines about ESS stock have been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Essex Property Trust earned a coverage optimism score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Essex Property Trust.

Essex Property Trust saw a decline in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 869,500 shares, a decline of 17.2% from the May 31st total of 1,050,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 581,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.5 days. Approximately 1.3% of the company's stock are sold short. View Essex Property Trust's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Essex Property Trust investors own include AT&T (T), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC), Mastercard (MA), Boeing (BA), Walt Disney (DIS), Mcdonald's (MCD), Realty Income (O), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Pfizer (PFE).

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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Pensionfund DSM Netherlands (0.02%), Pensionfund Sabic (0.01%) and Cox Capital Mgt LLC (0.00%). 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 D Eudy, John F Burkart, John Farias and Michael J Schall. View institutional ownership trends for Essex Property Trust.

ESS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Cox Capital Mgt LLC, and Pensionfund Sabic. View insider buying and selling activity for Essex Property Trust.

Shares of ESS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ESS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $239.37.

Essex Property Trust has a market capitalization of $15.66 billion and generates $1.46 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $439.29 million in net income (profit) each year or $13.38 on an earnings per share basis. Essex Property Trust employs 1,822 workers across the globe.

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

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]