Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)
Essex Property Trust's Net Margin came in at 12.77% for Q2 2026, down 34.34 percentage points from 47.12% a year earlier and down 9.13 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) Net Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Essex Property Trust reported Net Margin of 21.48%, down 22.03 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 35.48%, down 6.31 percentage points from FY2024.
- Net Margin carries a five-year change of -2.55 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Net Margin was 41.79% in FY2024 (+17.48 pp), 24.31% in FY2023 (-1.10 pp), 25.41% in FY2022 (-8.50 pp) and 33.91% in FY2021 (-4.12 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the lowest quarterly Net Margin since Q2 2014.
- Year-over-year, Net Margin has declined for three consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -4.37 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Net Margin over five years came in Q4 2024 (a gain of 41.14 percentage points), and the weakest in Q4 2025 (a drop of 39.85 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows ESS's Net Margin at 21.91% (Q1 2026), 16.80% (Q4 2025) and 34.78% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 12.77% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 21.91% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 16.80% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 34.78% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 47.12% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 43.72% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 56.65% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 26.28% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 21.00% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 63.88% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 15.50% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 20.82% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 23.94% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 37.23% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 44.60% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 22.66% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 14.26% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 19.18% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 36.83% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 32.63% |
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Essex Property Trust, Inc. Net Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=net-margin&ticker=ESS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "net-margin", "ticker": "ESS", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=net-margin&ticker=ESS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();