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Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) stock score

Real Estate · REIT - Residential · United States

$271.57 ▲ +1.11% today

48.5
Dad Score, out of 100
middling

Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) is a REIT - Residential company in the Real Estate sector, listed in the United States. On DadFin's weekly run it scores 48.5 out of 100 on the Dad Score, a middling reading that places the business ahead of 48% of the 5,774 US and Canadian stocks DadFin fully scores. Inside Real Estate it ranks #111 of 240. Its strongest axes are quality, price action and liquidity; its weakest are valuation and risk.

Scores from the run of Oct 4, 2026. The Dad Score answers one question: how good is this business, measured against its own sector. How it is built →

The eight axes

Valuation
Weak
Quality
Above average
Growth
Average
Price action
Above average
Risk
Weak
Conviction
Below average
Liquidity
Strong
Macro
Strong

Each axis is ranked inside the stock's own sector. Subscribers see the percentile and every input behind each bar.

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)41.8×
P/E (forward)42.6×
Dividend yield3.83%
Return on capital7.3%
Operating margin34.0%
Revenue growth (YoY)+6.4%
FCF yield3.7%
Net debt / EBITDA5.43×
Piotroski F-Score5 / 9
52-week change+6.9%
Market cap$18.5B
Next earningsOct 27, 2026

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REIT - Residential peers

StockCompanyDad ScoreBandMarket cap
VMRKVivmark Residential24.0weak$46.3B
INVHInvitation Homes Inc.31.4weak$15.4B
SUISun Communities, Inc.41.0middling$14.2B
MAAMid-America Apartment Communities,17.7weak$13.8B
AMHAmerican Homes 4 Rent58.5middling$12.4B
UDRUDR, Inc.46.0middling$12.3B
ELSEquity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.58.0middling$11.7B
CPTCamden Property Trust25.0weak$9.6B

Prices from DadFin's live feed (refreshed about every 15 minutes in the session); scores from the weekly run of Oct 4, 2026. Fundamentals as reported in the latest filings. Research, not investment advice.