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 $285.83, signalling upside risk potential of 10.97%. On the other hand AvalonBay Communities, Inc. has an analysts' consensus of $204.31 which suggests that it could grow by 13.87%. 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 0.721, which suggesting that the stock is 27.95% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison AvalonBay Communities, Inc. has a beta of 0.740, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 25.988%.

Essex Property Trust, Inc. has a quarterly dividend of $2.57 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.95%. AvalonBay Communities, Inc. offers a yield of 3.87% 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 19.58x while AvalonBay Communities, Inc.'s PE ratio is 21.90x. 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 8.90x versus 8.39x for AvalonBay Communities, Inc.. 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 $285.83, signalling upside risk potential of 10.97%. On the other hand Equity Residential has an analysts' consensus of $70.56 which suggests that it could grow by 14.52%. 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 0.721, which suggesting that the stock is 27.95% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Equity Residential has a beta of 0.752, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 24.825%.

Essex Property Trust, Inc. has a quarterly dividend of $2.57 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.95%. Equity Residential offers a yield of 4.47% 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 19.58x while Equity Residential's PE ratio is 20.52x. 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 8.90x versus 7.87x for Equity Residential. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. has a net margin of 36.49% compared to Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s net margin of 18.4%. Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s return on equity of 15.92% beat Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.'s return on equity of 9.33%.

Essex Property Trust, Inc. has a consensus price target of $285.83, signalling upside risk potential of 10.97%. On the other hand Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. has an analysts' consensus of $148.48 which suggests that it could grow by 11.76%. Given that Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. has higher upside potential than Essex Property Trust, Inc., analysts believe Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. is more attractive than Essex Property Trust, Inc..

Essex Property Trust, Inc. has a beta of 0.721, which suggesting that the stock is 27.95% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. has a beta of 0.775, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 22.518%.

Essex Property Trust, Inc. has a quarterly dividend of $2.57 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.95%. Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. offers a yield of 4.56% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $1.52 per share. Essex Property Trust, Inc. pays 84.92% of its earnings as a dividend. Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. pays out 132.1% 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 Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.'s is not.

Essex Property Trust, Inc. quarterly revenues are $473.3M, which are smaller than Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. quarterly revenues of $554.4M. Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s net income of $172.7M is higher than Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.'s net income of $102M. Notably, Essex Property Trust, Inc.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 19.58x while Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.'s PE ratio is 28.15x. 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 8.90x versus 7.06x for Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.. 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 $285.83, signalling upside risk potential of 10.97%. On the other hand UDR, Inc. has an analysts' consensus of $40.52 which suggests that it could grow by 15.57%. 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 0.721, which suggesting that the stock is 27.95% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison UDR, Inc. has a beta of 0.715, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 28.482%.

Essex Property Trust, Inc. has a quarterly dividend of $2.57 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.95%. UDR, Inc. offers a yield of 4.87% 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 19.58x while UDR, Inc.'s PE ratio is 80.61x. 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 8.90x versus 6.86x for UDR, Inc.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.