ESS · Essex Property Trust, Inc.
$278.35
-1.45% last session
End-of-day data · close of 2026-10-23
Market cap
$19B
Enterprise value
$25B
Trailing P/E
43.3
Forward P/E
44.7
Dividend yield
4.0%
Beta
0.72
Avg volume
0M
Employees
2K
Daily Change %
-1.45%
5 Days Change
4.83%
10 Days Change
3.89%
30 Days Change
4.27%
60 Days Change
-2.88%
Month to Day Change
4.80%
Year to Day Change
12.22%
Analyst Outlook
Analyst estimates change daily — follow the shifts on the Estimate Trends page.
Technical Analysis
Analyst sentiment over time — ESS
Rec Mean (blue, left — higher = more bullish) vs. price targets (right).
Investment Bank Ratings as of 2026-10-19
Latest call per bank · past 12 months
Wells Fargo
Equal-Weight$279
+0.2% vs priceUBS
Neutral$275
-1.2% vs priceBarclays
Equal-Weight$285
+2.4% vs priceRBC Capital
Outperform$298
+7.1% vs priceJP Morgan
Underweight$295
+6.0% vs priceMorgan Stanley
Equal-Weight$302
+8.5% vs priceJefferies
Hold$282
+1.3% vs priceRecent rating actions
| Date | Firm | Action | Rating | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-19 | Wells Fargo | Maintains | Equal-Weight | $297 → $279 |
| 2026-10-14 | UBS | Maintains | Neutral | $286 → $275 |
| 2026-10-14 | Barclays | Maintains | Equal-Weight | $297 → $285 |
| 2026-10-13 | RBC Capital | Maintains | Outperform | $312 → $298 |
| 2026-10-12 | Piper Sandler | Maintains | Overweight | $352 → $326 |
| 2026-09-21 | Evercore ISI Group | Maintains | Outperform | $303 → $299 |
| 2026-09-17 | Scotiabank | Maintains | Sector Outperform | $307 → $293 |
| 2026-09-08 | Mizuho | Downgrade | Outperform → Neutral | $308 → $295 |
Ratings and price targets are the published opinions of the issuing banks, compiled from Yahoo Finance rating actions — not investment advice.
Signal Summary as of 2026-10-23
- neutral: RSI (14): RSI is 58 — neutral momentum, neither overbought nor oversold.
- bullish: Price vs 50-day MA: Trading 1.4% above the 50-day MA ($274.47).
- bullish: Price vs 200-day MA: Trading 5.0% above the 200-day MA ($264.97).
- bullish: MA cross: The 50-day MA sits above the 200-day MA (golden-cross regime) — the longer-term trend points up.
- bullish: MACD (12,26,9): MACD histogram is positive (+1.40) — short-term momentum is improving.
- neutral: 52-week range: Price sits between the 52-week low ($232.76) and high ($295.51).
ESS Price Chart
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Fundamentals
About Essex Property Trust, Inc.
Essex Property Trust, Inc., an S&P 500 company, is a fully integrated real estate investment trust. The firm acquires, develops, redevelops, and manages multifamily residential properties in selected West Coast markets. Essex currently has ownership interests in 258 apartment communities comprising over 62,000 apartment homes with an additional property in active development. Essex Property Trust, Inc. was incorporated in 1971 in Maryland and is based in San Mateo, United States.
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