NYSE:ESSEssex Property Trust Stock Price, Forecast & 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 15.0% and is now trading at $235.97. 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) posted its earnings results 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 had revenue of $392.37 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $383.23 million. Essex Property Trust had a net margin of 42.47% and a return on equity of 9.94%. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $3.23 earnings per share. View Essex Property Trust's earnings history.

Essex Property Trust announced 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.52%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 29th. View Essex Property Trust's dividend history.

16 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Essex Property Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $203.00 to $355.00. On average, they expect Essex Property Trust's share price to reach $291.31 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 23.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Essex Property Trust.

News coverage about ESS stock has been trending negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Essex Property Trust earned a news sentiment score of -2.1 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 impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Essex Property Trust.

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

Some companies that are related to Essex Property Trust include Equity Residential (EQR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Sun Communities (SUI), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS), UDR (UDR), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), American Campus Communities (ACC) and UMH PROPERTIES/SH SH (UMH). View all competitors.

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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Timbercreek Investment Management Inc. (0.15%), 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Timbercreek Investment Management Inc., 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 $235.97.

Essex Property Trust has a market capitalization of $15.44 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]