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Essex Property Trust, Inc.

Real Estate · REIT - Residential

$271.61

Down-$0.04 (-0.01%)

Updated Sep 26, 2026, 5:24 AM

SID Score

5.9/10

Composite research score

Smart Money

58/100

Neutral

Market cap
16.62B
P/E ratio
19.63
Dividend yield
4.69%
52-week range
$238.46 – $303.35
Volume
565K
Avg. volume
454.98K

Price performance

ESS price history

1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

ESS closed at $271.61 after 20 trading sessions, down 4.37% for the selected period.

Last close
$271.61
Period change
-4.37%
Period low
$270.05
Period high
$284.03
Daily close
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ESS OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Sep 25, 2026$272.03$272.21$269.59$271.61565K
Sep 24, 2026$274.02$275.14$271.05$271.65842.27K
Sep 23, 2026$274.44$276.745$273.14$273.47989.05K
Sep 22, 2026$271.34$275.915$270.84$274.76567K
Sep 21, 2026$270.86$271.67$268.1659$271.39464.5K
Sep 18, 2026$269.84$272.11$268.03$270.05790.48K
Sep 17, 2026$272.72$273.975$270.49$270.80605.51K
Sep 16, 2026$275.83$277.49$269.86$271.34553.69K
Sep 15, 2026$274.96$276.47$272.775$276.05531.08K
Sep 14, 2026$274.72$276.02$271.78$275.73256.43K
Sep 11, 2026$272.84$274.3099$271.32$272.91270.07K
Sep 10, 2026$276.39$276.39$270.45$271.37515.73K
Sep 9, 2026$277.30$277.97$272.36$274.37373.42K
Sep 8, 2026$276.54$279.425$276.54$277.41541.73K
Sep 4, 2026$277.36$280.325$275.68$278.61418.8K
Sep 3, 2026$278.86$279.55$276.4101$278.65609.42K
Sep 2, 2026$280.19$280.19$275.00$277.29835.65K
Sep 1, 2026$282.31$284.835$278.78$279.00804.9K
Aug 31, 2026$282.02$283.73$280.45$282.96626.65K
Aug 28, 2026$282.41$284.94$279.9169$284.03645.79K

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Overview

Company profile and research snapshot.

Company profile

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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Analyst outlook

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Consensus
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Average target
$288.14
Implied upside
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Analysts
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ESS recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Sep 21, 2026Evercore ISI GroupOutperform—
Sep 17, 2026ScotiabankSector Outperform—
Sep 8, 2026MizuhoNeutral—
Aug 17, 2026BarclaysEqual-Weight—
Aug 14, 2026JP MorganUnderweight—
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