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Essex Property Trust (ESS) Competitors

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$264.63 +0.75 (+0.28%)
Closing price 10/3/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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ESS vs. AMH, AVB, CPT, CSR, EQR, INVH, IRT, MAA, NXRT, and UDR

Should you be buying Essex Property Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Essex Property Trust include American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Centerspace (CSR), Equity Residential (EQR), Invitation Home (INVH), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT), and United Dominion Realty Trust (UDR). These companies are all part of the "reit - eqty trust - resid" industry.

Essex Property Trust vs. Its Competitors

Essex Property Trust (NYSE:ESS) and American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

96.5% of Essex Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Essex Property Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Essex Property Trust had 13 more articles in the media than American Homes 4 Rent. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Essex Property Trust and 5 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent. Essex Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat American Homes 4 Rent's score of 0.40 indicating that Essex Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Essex Property Trust
12 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American Homes 4 Rent
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Essex Property Trust has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Essex Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $10.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Essex Property Trust pays out 82.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Homes 4 Rent pays out 108.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Essex Property Trust has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years and American Homes 4 Rent has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Essex Property Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Essex Property Trust has a net margin of 43.51% compared to American Homes 4 Rent's net margin of 23.72%. Essex Property Trust's return on equity of 13.98% beat American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Essex Property Trust43.51% 13.98% 6.16%
American Homes 4 Rent 23.72%5.60%3.29%

Essex Property Trust presently has a consensus target price of $297.28, suggesting a potential upside of 12.34%. American Homes 4 Rent has a consensus target price of $39.69, suggesting a potential upside of 21.70%. Given American Homes 4 Rent's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe American Homes 4 Rent is more favorable than Essex Property Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Essex Property Trust
1 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30
American Homes 4 Rent
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Essex Property Trust has higher revenue and earnings than American Homes 4 Rent. Essex Property Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Homes 4 Rent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Essex Property Trust$1.84B9.26$741.52M$12.4421.27
American Homes 4 Rent$1.73B7.00$412.43M$1.1129.38

Summary

Essex Property Trust beats American Homes 4 Rent on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ESS vs. The Competition

MetricEssex Property TrustREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$17.03B$6.74B$12.69B$21.63B
Dividend Yield3.86%4.66%5.51%3.55%
P/E Ratio21.2742.51246.1129.82
Price / Sales9.265.3631.9494.24
Price / Cash12.7621.5122.4824.73
Price / Book2.971.872.284.61
Net Income$741.52M$193.23M$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-1.17%-1.65%0.15%2.07%
1 Month Performance0.12%-2.32%1.04%3.89%
1 Year Performance-8.71%-17.06%537.37%13.14%

Essex Property Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.8501 of 5 stars
$264.63
+0.3%
$297.28
+12.3%
-8.6%$17.03B$1.84B21.271,715Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
AMH
American Homes 4 Rent
4.8979 of 5 stars
$32.45
-0.5%
$39.83
+22.8%
-14.4%$12.03B$1.73B29.231,730Analyst Upgrade
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
4.3374 of 5 stars
$193.49
-0.7%
$218.42
+12.9%
-13.5%$27.55B$2.91B23.832,988Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
CPT
Camden Property Trust
4.4204 of 5 stars
$106.34
-0.6%
$122.25
+15.0%
-13.7%$11.36B$1.54B74.371,660Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
CSR
Centerspace
3.2099 of 5 stars
$57.62
-1.8%
$68.75
+19.3%
-16.4%$965.71M$260.98M-32.01470News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
EQR
Equity Residential
4.708 of 5 stars
$64.06
-0.7%
$74.73
+16.7%
-13.7%$24.46B$2.98B24.172,500Analyst Forecast
INVH
Invitation Home
4.9486 of 5 stars
$29.02
-0.6%
$36.43
+25.6%
-16.1%$17.79B$2.62B32.971,750
IRT
Independence Realty Trust
4.7081 of 5 stars
$16.34
-1.2%
$22.14
+35.6%
-17.1%$3.82B$640.03M136.13920Ex-Dividend
Analyst Upgrade
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
4.5468 of 5 stars
$138.51
-0.8%
$162.53
+17.3%
-11.8%$16.22B$2.19B28.502,532News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
NXRT
NexPoint Residential Trust
4.0764 of 5 stars
$31.66
-1.1%
$40.88
+29.1%
-26.0%$802.85M$259.70M-16.153News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
UDR
United Dominion Realty Trust
4.773 of 5 stars
$36.87
-0.8%
$44.38
+20.4%
-18.6%$12.22B$1.67B97.021,432Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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