Essex Property Trust Stock Forecast, Price & News

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. Since then, ESS shares have decreased by 26.3% and is now trading at $204.59.
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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, 9 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Essex Property Trust is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 3rd 2021.
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Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 28th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.13 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $3.16 by $2.03. Essex Property Trust had a net margin of 41.70% and a return on equity of 9.81%.
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Essex Property Trust announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 2nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 30th will be given a dividend of $2.0775 per share on Thursday, October 15th. This represents a $8.31 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.06%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 29th.
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16 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Essex Property Trust's stock. Their forecasts range from $210.00 to $355.00. On average, they expect Essex Property Trust's share price to reach $264.85 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 29.5% from the stock's current price.
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Essex Property Trust saw a increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,260,000 shares, an increase of 28.5% from the September 30th total of 980,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 419,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.0 days. Currently, 1.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to Essex Property Trust include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Sun Communities (SUI), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), UDR (UDR), Camden Property Trust (CPT), American Campus Communities (ACC), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV) and UMH PROPERTIES/SH SH (UMH).
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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), Intel (INTC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Realty Income (O), AbbVie (ABBV), Simon Property Group (SPG), McDonald's (MCD), Crown Castle International (CCI) and 3M (MMM).

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 shareholders include PGGM Investments (0.64%), BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA (0.28%), Timbercreek Investment Management Inc. (0.22%), State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D (0.19%), Standard Life Aberdeen plc (0.16%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.11%). 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.
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ESS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Xponance Inc., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Toronto Dominion Bank, Alberta Investment Management Corp, Hexavest Inc., and Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd. Company insiders that have sold Essex Property Trust company stock in the last year include Craig K Zimmerman, Irving F Lyons III, John F Burkart, John Farias, and Michael J Schall.
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ESS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Timbercreek Investment Management Inc., PGGM Investments, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, American Assets Investment Management LLC, MEAG MUNICH ERGO Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, KBC Group NV, and Forsta AP Fonden.
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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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ESS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $204.59.

Essex Property Trust has a market capitalization of $13.34 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]