ESS

NYSE Essex Property Trust, Inc.
Oct 3, 2026 · 1:43 PM ET EOD Market Closed

$268.65 ↑ +0.00 (+0.00%) Trading Up from the previous close of $268.65, $3.83 below the day’s high of $272.48

YTD change
+2.66%
vs 20-day SMA
-1.70%
vs 200-day SMA
+0.11%

Price ranges

Previous day
$267.92 $272.48
open $271.16 close $268.65
-$2.51 (-0.93%)
Today
$267.92 $272.48
$268.65
Past week
$266.36 $274.93
from $271.65 now $268.65
-$3.00 (-1.10%)
Past month
$266.36 $280.33
from $277.29 now $268.65
-$8.64 (-3.12%)
This year
$238.46 $303.35
from $261.68 now $268.65
+$6.97 (+2.66%)

Price & Performance

+20.94 (+8.45%) / 6M

$243.66$263.23$282.81$302.38Apr 6Jul 6Oct 2

Signals & Sentiment

Momentum, market sentiment, and recent alerts

Not So Good
  • The stock is 26.1% away from all-time highs of $363.36
  • ESS is up 3% since the beginning of the year
  • ESS is up 2% over the past 12 months
  • ESS is down 3% over the past 1 month
  • 3% of all ESS investors are betting against ESS
  • Number of investors short ESS has gone down 8% versus last month

ESS reads not so good: price sits above one of the two key moving averages, short interest is falling month over month, the 12-month move is +1.6%.

Financial Strength

Earnings, valuation, and balance sheet

Earnings

Profitable Yes
EPS $0.97
Earnings momentum +34.0% Quarterly EPS growth
Quarterly change +34.0%

Valuation

P/E ratio 41.90
Enterprise value $24.2B
Beta 0.68

Balance sheet & scale

Income$413.8K
Revenue$1.9B
Cash$66.3M
Debt$6.7M
Income / Debt 0.06×

Company & Peers

Company profile and competitor comparison

Company profile

ExchangeNYSE
Sector Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
Sub Sector Real Estate
Market cap $17.3B

Essex Property Trust, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust. It engages in the ownership, operation, management, acquisition, development, and re-development of predominantly apartment communities. The company was founded by George M. Marcus in 1971 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Competitor comparison

TickerCompany PriceChange
BN Brookfield Corporation $36.92 +1.04%
INVH Invitation Homes, Inc. $26.04 -1.36%
SUI Sun Communities, Inc. $110.75 +0.68%
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. $115.27 -0.95%
ELS Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. $58.25 +1.09%

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