ESS Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

AvalonBay Communities, Inc. has a net margin of 36.49% compared to Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s net margin of 50.87%. Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s return on equity of 15.92% beat AvalonBay Communities, Inc.'s return on equity of 9.74%.

Essex Property Trust, Inc. has a consensus price target of $283.47, signalling upside risk potential of 8.33%. On the other hand AvalonBay Communities, Inc. has an analysts' consensus of $203.40 which suggests that it could grow by 12.19%. Given that AvalonBay Communities, Inc. has higher upside potential than Essex Property Trust, Inc., analysts believe AvalonBay Communities, Inc. is more attractive than Essex Property Trust, Inc..

Essex Property Trust, Inc. has a beta of 0.733, which suggesting that the stock is 26.726% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison AvalonBay Communities, Inc. has a beta of 0.751, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 24.87%.

Essex Property Trust, Inc. has a quarterly dividend of $2.57 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.88%. AvalonBay Communities, Inc. offers a yield of 3.86% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $1.75 per share. Essex Property Trust, Inc. pays 84.92% of its earnings as a dividend. AvalonBay Communities, Inc. pays out 89.53% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Essex Property Trust, Inc. quarterly revenues are $473.3M, which are smaller than AvalonBay Communities, Inc. quarterly revenues of $753.8M. Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s net income of $172.7M is lower than AvalonBay Communities, Inc.'s net income of $383.4M. Notably, Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 19.90x while AvalonBay Communities, Inc.'s PE ratio is 22.13x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Essex Property Trust, Inc. is 9.05x versus 8.48x for AvalonBay Communities, Inc.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Camden Property Trust has a net margin of 36.49% compared to Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s net margin of 28.48%. Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s return on equity of 15.92% beat Camden Property Trust's return on equity of 5.93%.

Essex Property Trust, Inc. has a consensus price target of $283.47, signalling upside risk potential of 8.33%. On the other hand Camden Property Trust has an analysts' consensus of $115.93 which suggests that it could grow by 5.32%. Given that Essex Property Trust, Inc. has higher upside potential than Camden Property Trust, analysts believe Essex Property Trust, Inc. is more attractive than Camden Property Trust.

Essex Property Trust, Inc. has a beta of 0.733, which suggesting that the stock is 26.726% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Camden Property Trust has a beta of 0.813, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 18.681%.

Essex Property Trust, Inc. has a quarterly dividend of $2.57 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.88%. Camden Property Trust offers a yield of 3.82% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $1.05 per share. Essex Property Trust, Inc. pays 84.92% of its earnings as a dividend. Camden Property Trust pays out 274.34% of its earnings as a dividend. Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but Camden Property Trust's is not.

Essex Property Trust, Inc. quarterly revenues are $473.3M, which are larger than Camden Property Trust quarterly revenues of $398M. Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s net income of $172.7M is higher than Camden Property Trust's net income of $113.3M. Notably, Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 19.90x while Camden Property Trust's PE ratio is 44.52x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Essex Property Trust, Inc. is 9.05x versus 7.59x for Camden Property Trust. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Equity Residential has a net margin of 36.49% compared to Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s net margin of 38.28%. Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s return on equity of 15.92% beat Equity Residential's return on equity of 10.37%.

Essex Property Trust, Inc. has a consensus price target of $283.47, signalling upside risk potential of 8.33%. On the other hand Equity Residential has an analysts' consensus of $70.28 which suggests that it could grow by 11.49%. Given that Equity Residential has higher upside potential than Essex Property Trust, Inc., analysts believe Equity Residential is more attractive than Essex Property Trust, Inc..

Essex Property Trust, Inc. has a beta of 0.733, which suggesting that the stock is 26.726% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Equity Residential has a beta of 0.747, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 25.287%.

Essex Property Trust, Inc. has a quarterly dividend of $2.57 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.88%. Equity Residential offers a yield of 4.37% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.69 per share. Essex Property Trust, Inc. pays 84.92% of its earnings as a dividend. Equity Residential pays out 99.37% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Essex Property Trust, Inc. quarterly revenues are $473.3M, which are smaller than Equity Residential quarterly revenues of $775.5M. Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s net income of $172.7M is lower than Equity Residential's net income of $296.9M. Notably, Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 19.90x while Equity Residential's PE ratio is 20.99x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Essex Property Trust, Inc. is 9.05x versus 8.05x for Equity Residential. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

UDR, Inc. has a net margin of 36.49% compared to Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s net margin of 9.99%. Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s return on equity of 15.92% beat UDR, Inc.'s return on equity of 3.65%.

Essex Property Trust, Inc. has a consensus price target of $283.47, signalling upside risk potential of 8.33%. On the other hand UDR, Inc. has an analysts' consensus of $40.20 which suggests that it could grow by 9.61%. Given that UDR, Inc. has higher upside potential than Essex Property Trust, Inc., analysts believe UDR, Inc. is more attractive than Essex Property Trust, Inc..

Essex Property Trust, Inc. has a beta of 0.733, which suggesting that the stock is 26.726% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison UDR, Inc. has a beta of 0.719, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 28.057%.

Essex Property Trust, Inc. has a quarterly dividend of $2.57 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.88%. UDR, Inc. offers a yield of 4.68% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.43 per share. Essex Property Trust, Inc. pays 84.92% of its earnings as a dividend. UDR, Inc. pays out 662.25% of its earnings as a dividend. Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but UDR, Inc.'s is not.

Essex Property Trust, Inc. quarterly revenues are $473.3M, which are larger than UDR, Inc. quarterly revenues of $431.9M. Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s net income of $172.7M is higher than UDR, Inc.'s net income of $43.1M. Notably, Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 19.90x while UDR, Inc.'s PE ratio is 83.96x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Essex Property Trust, Inc. is 9.05x versus 7.14x for UDR, Inc.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.