ESS vs Peers Stock Comparison

Essex Property Trust Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Percentile Scorecard

ESS

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisESS
Valuation 5 #38 of 40
Growth 50 #20 of 39
Profitability 94 #3 of 35
Financial Health 62 #16 of 40
Shareholder Returns 30 #24 of 34
Overall 48
  • ESS ranked among 43 companies in Property REITs

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodESSSPY
1 month +1.4% -0.8%
3 months -5.1% +3.5%
6 months +7.2% +7.0%
Year to date +5.2% +12.2%
1 year +4.0% +13.0%
3 years +33.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year +10.1% +23.1%
5 years -19.5% +68.6%
5 years, per year -4.2% +11.0%
10 years +32.7% +258.0%
10 years, per year +2.9% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureESSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 20.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 21.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.12 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.20 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -45.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -7.7% -1.8%
52-week high $298.33 $779.14
52-week low $239.61 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleESS
P/E now vs peer median 42.8xmedian 22.0x
P/S now vs peer median 9.2xmedian 2.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 19.5xmedian 13.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 30.5xmedian 28.5x
P/B now vs peer median 3.2xmedian 0.9x
PEG now vs peer median -5.33median 2.11

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsESS
Revenue $1.93B
Operating income $627.10M
Net income $437.61M
Free cash flow $580.66M
EPS (diluted) $6.44
Cash & equivalents $58.33M
Total debt $26.96B
Shares (diluted) 64.28M
Enterprise value $17.62B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricESS
P/E 42.8x
P/FCF 30.5x
P/Operating cash flow 15.8x
P/S 9.2x
P/B 3.2x
P/Tangible book 3.2x
EV/EBITDA 19.5x
EV/EBIT 38.8x
EV/Revenue 12.6x
EV/FCF 41.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 21.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -5.33

Growth

14 metrics
MetricESS
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) –
Operating income growth (1Y) -35.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -2.6%
Net income growth (1Y) -49.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -7.9%
EPS growth (1Y) -48.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -8.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 8.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 344.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -3.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricESS
Gross margin –
EBITDA margin 64.9%
Operating margin 32.5%
Pretax margin 18.9%
Net margin 21.5%
FCF margin 30.1%
Operating cash flow margin 58.0%
Return on equity 7.9%
Return on assets 3.4%
Return on invested capital –
Return on capital employed –
Asset turnover 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.6x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricESS
Debt / assets 51.9%
Debt / equity 1.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 5.3x
Debt / FCF 11.5x
Liabilities / assets 57.5%
Equity / assets 42.5%
Interest coverage 2.4x
Current ratio –
Quick ratio –
Cash ratio –
Altman Z-score –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricESS
Dividend yield 3.8%
Net buyback yield 0.3%
Shareholder yield 4.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) 151.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) 114.2%
Dividend growth (1Y) 4.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 4.8%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusESS
Forward P/E 52.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.21FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -49.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +29.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.05BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +9.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -7.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersESS
Held by institutions 100.0%
Institutions holding 630
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.7%
Institutions buying 348
Institutions selling 183
Buyers to sellers 1.90

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Essex Property Trust (ESS) 3.76%.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.