Benzinga · Oct 29, 2026
RBC Capital Maintains Outperform on Essex Property Trust, Lowers Price Target to $297
RBC Capital analyst Brad Heffern maintains Essex Property Trust (NYSE:ESS) with a Outperform and lowers the price target from $298 to $297.
NASDAQ · ESS
Essex Property Trust, Inc.
Real Estate · REIT - Residential
$264.18
Down-$1.04 (-0.39%)
Updated Nov 2, 2026, 3:04 AM
SID Score
5.7/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 16.62B
- P/E ratio
- 19.63
- Dividend yield
- 4.82%
- 52-week range
- $238.46 – $303.35
- Volume
- 907.76K
- Avg. volume
- 454.98K
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ESS price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 30, 2026
ESS closed at $264.18 after 20 trading sessions, down 2.85% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $264.18
- Period change
- -2.85%
- Period low
- $261.42
- Period high
- $282.45
Daily close
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| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | $264.67 | $267.31 | $262.69 | $264.18 | 907.76K |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $264.00 | $266.70 | $259.92 | $265.22 | 922.74K |
| Oct 28, 2026 | $263.40 | $266.735 | $258.99 | $261.42 | 1.28M |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $275.17 | $277.33 | $272.49 | $274.85 | 812.93K |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $278.29 | $281.1375 | $275.19 | $275.30 | 568.95K |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $283.79 | $286.47 | $277.10 | $278.35 | 578.86K |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $273.60 | $282.87 | $273.60 | $282.45 | 431.95K |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $273.45 | $275.29 | $271.845 | $274.11 | 384.97K |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $267.42 | $272.985 | $267.42 | $272.08 | 315.47K |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $267.86 | $269.045 | $266.65 | $266.65 | 476.85K |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $270.37 | $272.30 | $267.9805 | $269.43 | 428.68K |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $273.21 | $274.295 | $269.25 | $269.66 | 427.18K |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $270.49 | $272.61 | $268.53 | $269.37 | 358.22K |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $272.935 | $273.19 | $268.0668 | $271.88 | 425.16K |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $273.52 | $273.52 | $269.30 | $270.39 | 319.1K |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $270.65 | $273.86 | $269.785 | $271.57 | 408.55K |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $268.18 | $270.26 | $267.055 | $268.58 | 454.47K |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $270.56 | $272.39 | $267.95 | $268.05 | 388.68K |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $272.37 | $276.85 | $271.5675 | $272.49 | 633.38K |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $267.77 | $272.42 | $265.915 | $271.93 | 437.46K |
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Essex Property Trust owns a portfolio of 258 apartment communities with over 62,000 units. The company focuses on owning large, high-quality properties on the West Coast in the urban and suburban submarkets of Southern California, Northern California, and Seattle.
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- Average target
- $288.14
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Overweight | — |
| Oct 29, 2026 | RBC Capital | Outperform | — |
| Oct 28, 2026 | Stifel | Hold | — |
| Oct 19, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | — |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | — |
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Benzinga · Oct 29, 2026
Piper Sandler Reiterates Overweight on Essex Property Trust, Lowers Price Target to $320
Piper Sandler analyst Alexander Goldfarb reiterates Essex Property Trust (NYSE:ESS) with a Overweight and lowers the price target from $326 to $320.
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