Essex Property Trust Earnings: Strength in Northern California Drives Solid NOI Growth
Essex Property Trust reported core funds from operations of $4.00 per share and same-store net operating income growth of 3.1% for the third quarter.
Essex Property Trust Inc ESS
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls
Essex’s portfolio benefits from strong job and income growth and limited supply growth in its attractive West Coast markets.
Bears
The pandemic has made millennials consider alternatives to urban apartments, including suburban apartments and single-family homeownership. This demographic has put off many major adult milestones but may finally be making the shift toward the suburbs.
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Trading Information
- Previous Close Price
- $275.75
- Day Range
- $272.23–275.68
- 52-Week Range
- $238.46–303.35
- Bid/Ask
- $274.00 / $276.11
- Shares Outstanding
- 64.34M
- Market Cap
- $17.63B
- Volume/Avg
- 387,863 / 536,250
Key Statistics
- Price/Earnings (Normalized)
- 53.35
- Price/Sales
- 9.12
- Dividend Yield (Trailing)
- 3.75%
- Dividend Yield (Forward)
- 3.76%
- Dividend Payment Schedule
- Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct
- Total Yield
- 3.75%
Company Profile
Essex Property Trust owns a portfolio of 258 apartment communities with over 62,000 units. The company focuses on owning large, high-quality properties on the West Coast in the urban and suburban submarkets of Southern California, Northern California, and Seattle.
- Sector
- Real Estate
- Industry
- REIT - Residential
- Stock Style Box
- Mid Core
- Total Number of Employees
- 1,689
Competitors
Valuation
Metric | ESS | VMRK |
|---|---|---|
Price/Earnings (Normalized) | 53.35 | 47.57 |
Price/Book Value | 3.35 | 1.42 |
Price/Sales | 9.12 | 8.30 |
Price/Cash Flow | 17.17 | 22.06 |
Price/Earnings
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VMRK
Financial Strength
Metric | ESS | VMRK |
|---|---|---|
Quick Ratio | 0.50 | 0.15 |
Current Ratio | 0.52 | 0.25 |
Interest Coverage | 2.35 | 0.62 |
Quick Ratio
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VMRK
Profitability
Metric | ESS | VMRK |
|---|---|---|
Return on Assets (Normalized) | 2.72% | 0.54% |
Return on Equity (Normalized) | 6.51% | 0.95% |
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized) | 4.35% | 1.64% |
Return on Assets
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VMRK
REIT - Residential Industry Comparables
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| UDR Inc UDR | — | LOCK|<%? | $12B | |||
| Janus Living Inc Ordinary Shares - Class A-1 JAN | — | LOCK|!QB | $11B | |||
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