Essex Property Trust ESS Institutional Ownership

NYSE ESS

$279.08 +4.97 (+1.81%)

As of: Oct 22, 2026 · 10:43 AM EDT

Institutions by Trading Activity

630 Institutions

Increased 348 55.2%

Unchanged 99 15.7%

Reduced 183 29.0%

Ownership Statistics

13F · as of 30 Jun, 2026

Institutional Ownership

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13F totals exceed reported shares outstanding

Shares Held by Institutions

65.12Mn

of 64.27Mn outstanding

▲+4.68% QoQ

Shares Outstanding

64.27Mn

Institutional Investors

630

filed 13F for Jun 2026

▲+20 vs prior quarter

Net Shares Added (QoQ)

+2.91Mn

accumulated since last quarter

Value of Holdings

$17.72Bn

reported market value

Shares Owned by Institutions

Shares held % of outstanding

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Shares Purchased/Sold by Institutions

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Ownership Summary

Updated Oct 11, 2026

Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) was reported as a holding by 629 institutional investors in 13F filings for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

Total shares held in Essex Property Trust rose 4.68% from Q1 2026, while the number of holders rose 1.78% from Q2 2025.
Of the 629 holders of ESS in Q2 2026, 347 added to their positions, 183 reduced their stakes and 99 left their positions unchanged.
Combined, institutional investors held 65.12Mn shares of ESS as of Q2 2026, up 2.91Mn from the prior quarter and up 1.9Mn from a year earlier.
As of June 30, 2026, the biggest holder of Essex Property Trust was BlackRock, Inc. with 7.43Mn shares.
The biggest increases in ESS positions during Q2 2026 came from UBS Asset Management Americas (+754.18K shares), Principal Financial Group Inc (+424.87K shares), Resolution Capital Ltd (+354.66K shares), JPMorgan Chase & Co (+286.08K shares) and Invesco Ltd. (+186.03K shares).
On the other side, among holders that kept a position in Essex Property Trust, the largest reductions in Q2 2026 came from Rush Island Management, LP (-369.38K shares), Citadel Advisors LLC (-234.82K shares), Woodline Partners LP (-219.3K shares), Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. (-193.69K shares) and Barclays PLC (-130.05K shares).
Per Business Quant data, the 10 largest holders of Essex Property Trust at the end of Q2 2026 were BlackRock, Inc. (7.43Mn shares), Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC (5.49Mn shares), State Street Corp (5.21Mn shares), Cohen & Steers, Inc. (4.91Mn shares), Vanguard Capital Management LLC (4.2Mn shares), T. Rowe Price Associates Inc (3.36Mn shares), Principal Financial Group Inc (2.09Mn shares), Geode Capital Management, LLC (1.95Mn shares), Norges Bank (1.61Mn shares) and Invesco Ltd. (1.13Mn shares).

Form 13F Holdings

632 Institutional Holders

Report period 30 Jun, 2026

Total shares held 65.12Mn

Of outstanding —

#	Institution	CIK	Shares Held	% of Outstanding	Change (QoQ)	Change (%)	Value (USD)
1	BlackRock, Inc.	0002012383	7,430,141	11.56%	▲174,651	+2.41%	$2.17Bn
2	VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC	0002100121	5,490,501	8.54%	▲2,454	+0.04%	$1.60Bn
3	State Street Corp	0000093751	5,211,810	8.11%	▼13,696	-0.26%	$1.53Bn
4	Cohen & Steers, Inc.	0001284812	4,914,673	7.65%	▲71,547	+1.48%	$1.43Mn
5	VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	0002100119	4,202,889	6.54%	▲4,613	+0.11%	$1.23Bn
6	PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/	0000080255	3,357,197	5.22%	▲8,488	+0.25%	$978.93K
7	Principal Financial Group Inc	0001126328	2,092,902	3.26%	▲424,866	+25.47%	$610.27Mn
8	GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	0001214717	1,953,203	3.04%	▲28,747	+1.49%	$567.54Mn
9	NORGES BANK	0001374170	1,607,742	2.50%	▲1,607,742	0.00%	$468.80Mn
10	Invesco Ltd.	0000914208	1,125,265	1.75%	▲186,029	+19.81%	$328.12Mn
11	Resolution Capital Ltd	0001612389	1,027,680	1.60%	▲354,660	+52.70%	$299.66Mn
12	DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP	0000354204	1,000,799	1.56%	▲4,989	+0.50%	$291.83Mn
13	CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC	0000884546	939,663	1.46%	▲52,162	+5.88%	$274.00Mn
14	Legal & General Group Plc	0000764068	892,526	1.39%	▼10,393	-1.15%	$260.25Mn
15	Northern Trust Corp	0000073124	862,383	1.34%	▲18,006	+2.13%	$251.46Mn
16	MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/	0000912938	838,001	1.30%	▼11,522	-1.36%	$250.53Mn
17	Jpmorgan Chase & Co	0000019617	830,044	1.29%	▲286,076	+52.59%	$245.64Mn
18	Daiwa Securities Group Inc.	0001481045	817,220	1.27%	▼107,584	-11.63%	$238.29Mn
19	Morgan Stanley	0000895421	791,652	1.23%	▼49,050	-5.83%	$230.84Mn
20	UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC	0000861177	757,439	1.18%	▲754,185	+23,177.17%	$220.86Mn

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