ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC. (ESS)

About ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC.

Essex Property Trust, Inc. is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates, manages, acquires, develops, and redevelops apartment communities primarily along the West Coast of the United States. The company manages a portfolio of 259 apartment communities with over 63,000 apartment homes and focuses on markets with strong economic fundamentals and supply constraints. Essex serves residential tenants and investors by providing rental housing and managing real estate assets.

Snapshot

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

Peer comparison

Where Essex Property Trust’s fundamentals sit among the 165 REITs. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Essex Property Trust’s return on equity of 12.3% ranks in the 89th percentile of the 142 REITs reporting it. Essex Property Trust’s net margin of 37.2% ranks in the 86th percentile of the 156 REITs reporting it.

No reported insider transactions (codes P/S) in the last 90 days. For context, about 14% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among industry peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 1 of the superinvestors we track (plus 4 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

No longer held by: Bridgewater Associates (as of Q2 2026), D. E. Shaw (as of Q2 2026), Point72 Asset Management (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

Selected SEC filings

Largest reit peers

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