Essex Property Trust (ESS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Essex Property Trust in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" ESS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ESS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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18 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Essex Property Trust's stock. Their ESS share price targets range from $204.00 to $291.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $245.37 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.9% from the stock's current price.
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Essex Property Trust's stock was trading at $247.94 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, ESS shares have decreased by 5.6% and is now trading at $233.97.
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Essex Property Trust saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,480,000 shares, an increase of 10.4% from the March 15th total of 1,340,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 405,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.6 days. Currently, 2.3% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 30th 2024.
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Essex Property Trust will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, May 1st at 1:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 844-512-2921 with passcode "13745754".

Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 26th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $3.35 by $2.23. Essex Property Trust had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.10% and a net margin of 24.31%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $3.07 earnings per share.
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Essex Property Trust declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 22nd. Investors of record on Friday, March 29th will be paid a dividend of $2.45 per share on Friday, April 12th. This represents a $9.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 27th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $2.31.
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Essex Property Trust (NYSE:ESS) pays an annual dividend of $9.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.21%. ESS has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 30 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 155.31%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, ESS will have a dividend payout ratio of 62.90% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Essex Property Trust (NYSE:ESS) stock in their portfolio include Kelly Residential & Apartment Real Estate ETF (RESI), Nuveen Short-Term REIT ETF (NURE), iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF (REZ), Residential REIT ETF (HAUS), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Real Estate ETF (RSPR), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Real Estate ETF (EWRE), iShares Cohen & Steers REIT ETF (ICF) and U.S. Diversified Real Estate ETF (PPTY).

Essex Property Trust issued an update on its first quarter 2024 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 6th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.680-3.800 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 3.750. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

236 employees have rated Essex Property Trust Chief Executive Officer Michael Schall on Glassdoor.com. Michael Schall has an approval rating of 95% among the company's employees. This puts Michael Schall in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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 (CCI) and 3M (MMM).

Essex Property Trust's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hazelview Securities Inc. (0.09%), Vert Asset Management LLC (0.04%), Pensionfund DSM Netherlands (0.02%), Czech National Bank (0.02%), Kingswood Wealth Advisors LLC (0.02%) and Aurora Investment Managers LLC. (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Adam W Berry, Amal M Johnson, Angela L Kleiman, Barbara Pak, Byron A Scordelis, Irving F Lyons III, Irving F Lyons III, John Farias, Michael J Schall and Thomas E Robinson.
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