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ESS

Essex Property Trust

Real Estate · Multi-Family Residential REITs · US

$285.43

Data: 2025-12-31

✗ ETHICAL FAIL

MODERATE MOAT

HIGH

Data Confidence: 100.0%

Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap

$18.2B

Total market value of the company

Trailing P/E

29.70

Premium valuation

Forward P/E

44.50

Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper

Rev Growth

+6.4%

Year-over-year revenue change

Profit Margin

0.0%

How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue

ROE

10.6%

Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money

Analyst Target

$281.50

-1% from current price — median analyst estimate

Recommendation

HOLD

Consensus view from 23 analysts covering this stock

About Essex Property Trust

Essex Property Trust, Inc., an S&P 500 company, is a fully integrated real estate investment trust. The firm acquires, develops, redevelops, and manages multifamily residential properties in selected West Coast markets. Essex currently has ownership interests in 259 apartment communities comprising over 63,000 apartment homes with an additional property in active development. Essex Property Trust, Inc. was incorporated in 1971 and is based in San Mateo, United States.

https://www.essexapartmenthomes.com

Country: United States Employees: 1,686 Industry: REIT - Residential

Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity

PASS

Core business does not involve prohibited activities

Debt Ratio

52.1% FAIL

Debt must be below 33% of total assets

Cash Ratio

4.8% PASS

Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets

Receivables

0.7% PASS

Receivables below 49% of assets

Revenue Purity

1.1% PASS

Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification

Valuation

Fair Value Est.

$118.00

What our model estimates this business is worth per share

Margin of Safety

-141.9%

Trading above fair value — no margin of safety

Rating

AVOID

Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality

Percentile

13.8th

Ranks in the top 86% of our 13,571 screened universe

Ethical Score

10.0

Valuation Score

30.5

Quality Score

41.0

Combined

26.8

Trading at $264, 123% above fair value of $118. Moderate competitive position. Fails ethical screen (Debt ratio). Ranks better than 12% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

Regime

MARKUP

Price trending up with increasing momentum

Sharpe Ratio

0.462

Positive but modest risk-adjusted returns

Kelly Fraction

0.0432

Modest edge detected — smaller position warranted

Calmar Ratio

0.394

Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile

Annual Return

8.2%

Historical annualised return based on price data

Max Drawdown

-20.8%

Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been

HMM State

BULL

Statistical model sees bullish momentum

Days in State

How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable

Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta

0.73

Less volatile than the market — more defensive

52W High

$294.09

3% below the year high

52W Low

$238.46

20% above the year low

Avg Volume

470,724

Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell

Short Ratio

3.9

Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded

Short % Float

4.5%

Low short interest — limited bearish positioning

Div Yield

391.0%

Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price

EPS (TTM)

$8.88

Earnings per share over the last 12 months

Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Debt/Equity

1.22

Meaningful debt load — monitor closely

Current Ratio

0.30

Below 1 means short-term obligations exceed liquid assets — risk flag

Quick Ratio

0.06

Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test

Gross Margin

68.9%

Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power

Operating Margin

35.2%

Profit from core operations before interest and tax

Free Cash Flow

$983M

Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends

Revenue (TTM)

$2.0B

Total revenue over the last 12 months

Net Income

$573M

Profitable — the bottom line is positive

Analyst Coverage

Analysts

Target High

$310.00

Target Median

$281.50

Target Low

$239.00

Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date	Insider	Title	Shares	Value
2026-05-12	GUST ANNE B	Director	633	—
2026-05-12	JOHNSON AMAL M	Director	633	—
2026-05-12	HAWTHORNE MARIA R	Director	633	—
2026-05-12	ARABIA JOHN V	Director	633	—
2026-05-12	KASARIS MARY	Director	633	—
2026-05-12	GUERICKE KEITH R	Director	633	—
2026-05-12	LYONS IRVING F III	Director	633	—
2026-05-12	MARCUS GEORGE M	Director	1,117	—
2025-12-29	KLEIMAN ANGELA L	Chief Executive Officer	2,534	—
2025-12-12	PAK BARBARA	Chief Financial Officer	8,144	—

Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at

Insider Intelligence

Political Trading Activity

Congressional trading disclosures involving this instrument

Date	Politician	Party	Type	Amount
9 Apr2026	Josh Gottheimer	Democrat	sell	1K–15K
24 Apr2026	Josh Gottheimer	Democrat	sell	1K–15K
21 Apr2026	Scott Peters	Democrat	buy	250K–500K
2026-05-05	Brian Babin	Republican	Sale	50K–100K
2026-04-24	Josh Gottheimer	Democrat	Sale	1K–15K

Source: Congressional disclosure filings. View all political trades at

Insider Intelligence

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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2025-12-31

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