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Essex Property Trust (ESS) Competitors

$216.07
+1.56 (+0.73%)
(As of 05/31/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$214.06
$217.03
50-Day Range
$196.17
$220.66
52-Week Range
$195.03
$300.33
Volume
704,616 shs
Average Volume
472,734 shs
Market Capitalization
$13.87 billion
P/E Ratio
28.66
Dividend Yield
4.28%
Price Target
$245.18

ESS vs. UDR, ELS, CPT, SUI, MAA, EQR, AVB, GLPI, WPC, and AMH

Should you be buying Essex Property Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Essex Property Trust include UDR (UDR), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Sun Communities (SUI), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Equity Residential (EQR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), W. P. Carey (WPC), and American Homes 4 Rent (AMH). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.

Essex Property Trust vs.

UDR (NYSE:UDR) and Essex Property Trust (NYSE:ESS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Essex Property Trust has a net margin of 29.84% compared to UDR's net margin of 6.68%. Essex Property Trust's return on equity of 8.29% beat UDR's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
UDR 6.68% 2.94% 1.04%
Essex Property Trust 29.84% 8.29% 3.92%

UDR currently has a consensus target price of $47.97, suggesting a potential upside of 21.78%. Essex Property Trust has a consensus target price of $245.09, suggesting a potential upside of 13.39%. Given UDR's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe UDR is more favorable than Essex Property Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
UDR
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53
Essex Property Trust
5 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
UDR$1.52 billion8.54$86.92 million$0.30131.30
Essex Property Trust$1.61 billion8.63$408.32 million$7.5428.67

Essex Property Trust received 270 more outperform votes than UDR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.09% of users gave Essex Property Trust an outperform vote while only 56.44% of users gave UDR an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
UDROutperform Votes
434
56.44%
Underperform Votes
335
43.56%
Essex Property TrustOutperform Votes
704
58.09%
Underperform Votes
508
41.91%

92.1% of UDR shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Essex Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of UDR shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Essex Property Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

UDR has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Essex Property Trust has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, UDR and UDR both had 8 articles in the media. Essex Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat UDR's score of 0.37 indicating that Essex Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
UDR
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Essex Property Trust
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

UDR pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Essex Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $9.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. UDR pays out 560.0% 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 pays out 122.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. UDR has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Essex Property Trust has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years. Essex Property Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Essex Property Trust beats UDR on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ESS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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 TrustReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$13.87B$5.73B$5.90B$14.23B
Dividend Yield4.39%7.49%7.26%4.07%
P/E Ratio28.6727.99156.1117.87
Price / Sales8.634.786,377.138.91
Price / Cash14.2710.2332.3623.16
Price / Book2.391.952.389.04
Net Income$408.32M$199.38M$642.42M$895.89M
7 Day Performance3.80%0.89%29.69%-1.27%
1 Month Performance-1.63%-2.27%13.51%-3.17%
1 Year Performance-23.85%-23.34%7.14%-10.61%

Essex Property Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UDR
UDR
2.5861 of 5 stars
$40.24
-1.0%
$48.16
+19.7%
-19.3%$13.25B$1.52B134.141,326Analyst Report
ELS
Equity LifeStyle Properties
2.477 of 5 stars
$64.10
-1.8%
$76.28
+19.0%
-17.7%$11.94B$1.45B42.174,200News Coverage
CPT
Camden Property Trust
2.6321 of 5 stars
$105.87
-0.4%
$129.50
+22.3%
-28.1%$11.30B$1.42B18.841,650Analyst Report
SUI
Sun Communities
2.8866 of 5 stars
$129.15
-1.2%
$164.38
+27.3%
-23.3%$16.07B$2.97B74.657,594Analyst Report
News Coverage
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
2.9215 of 5 stars
$146.22
-0.7%
$169.30
+15.8%
-20.0%$17.06B$2.02B25.652,387Analyst Report
Positive News
EQR
Equity Residential
2.3701 of 5 stars
$60.93
-1.4%
$70.18
+15.2%
-23.2%$23.09B$2.74B25.072,400Analyst Report
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
2.7025 of 5 stars
$175.14
-0.9%
$201.68
+15.2%
-18.1%$24.87B$2.59B24.022,947Dividend Announcement
Analyst Report
GLPI
Gaming and Leisure Properties
2.4258 of 5 stars
$47.86
-1.2%
$56.80
+18.7%
-0.2%$12.56B$1.31B16.4517Short Interest ↑
Positive News
WPC
W. P. Carey
2.9411 of 5 stars
$69.27
+0.0%
$86.80
+25.3%
-19.4%$14.82B$1.48B19.46183
AMH
American Homes 4 Rent
2.6157 of 5 stars
$33.35
-1.4%
$36.62
+9.8%
-10.2%$12.07B$1.49B38.331,794Analyst Report
News Coverage

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