Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)
Essex Property Trust's Payout Ratio was 1.60 in Q2 2026, up 101.2% from 0.80 a year earlier and up 38.6% from the prior quarter.
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Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Payout Ratio at Essex Property Trust came in at 0.98, up 16.7% from FY2024.
- In earlier years, Payout Ratio was 0.84 in FY2024 (-42.1%), 1.45 in FY2023 (+4.4%), 1.39 in FY2022 (+24.7%) and 1.11 in FY2021 (+17.9%).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Payout Ratio since Q4 2015.
- Compared with a year earlier, Payout Ratio has increased for three straight quarters, with growth averaging 2.5% over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Payout Ratio over five years was Q2 2026 (growth of 101.2%); the worst was Q4 2024 (a decline of 42.1%).
- Per Business Quant data, ESS's Payout Ratio in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 1.16 (Q1 2026), 0.98 (Q4 2025) and 0.76 (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.60 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.16 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.98 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.76 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.80 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.94 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.84 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.11 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.16 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.13 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.45 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.11 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.08 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.17 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.39 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.55 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.43 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.38 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.11 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.21 |
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Essex Property Trust, Inc. Payout Ratio API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=payout-ratio&ticker=ESS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "payout-ratio", "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=payout-ratio&ticker=ESS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();