Essex Property Trust

NYSE
ESS
Stock
Yield per half year: +0.909%
Dividend yield: 3.37%
Sector: Real Estate

Company Analysis Essex Property Trust

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1. Summary

Advantages

  • Dividends (3.37%) are higher than the sector average (3.28%).
  • The stock's return over the last year (-1.65%) is higher than the sector average (-7.1%).

Disadvantages

  • Price (289.75 $) is higher than fair price (8.28 $)
  • Current debt level 51.47% has increased over 5 years from 46.34%.
  • The company's current efficiency (ROE=-1.27%) is lower than the sector average (ROE=1.96%)

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2. Share price and performance

2.1. Share price

2.3. Market efficiency

Essex Property Trust Real Estate Index
7 days 3.8% -9.6% -0.6%
90 days 6.5% -11.3% 5.7%
1 year -1.7% -7.1% 9%

ESS vs Sector: Essex Property Trust has outperformed the "Real Estate" sector by 5.44% over the past year.

ESS vs Market: Essex Property Trust has significantly underperformed the market by -10.62% over the past year.

Stable price: ESS is not significantly more volatile than the rest of the market on "New York Stock Exchange" over the last 3 months, with typical variations of +/- 5% per week.

Long period: ESS with weekly volatility of -0.0318% over the past year.

3. Summary of the report

3.1. General

P/E: 38.69
P/S: 10.24

3.2. Revenue

EPS -1.09
ROE -1.27%
ROA -0.5519%
ROIC 4.9%
Ebitda margin 91.69%

4. Fundamental Analysis

4.1. Stock price and price forecast

The fair price is calculated taking into account the Central Bank refinancing rate and earnings per share (EPS)

Above fair price: The current price (289.75 $) is higher than the fair price (8.28 $).

Price is higher than fair: The current price (289.75 $) is 97.1% higher than the fair price.

4.2. P/E

P/E vs Sector: The company's P/E (38.69) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (72.5).

P/E vs Market: The company's P/E (38.69) is lower than that of the market as a whole (61.83).

4.2.1 P/E Similar companies

4.3. P/BV

P/BV vs Sector: The company's P/BV (3.16) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (-8.76).

P/BV vs Market: The company's P/BV (3.16) is lower than that of the market as a whole (20.82).

4.3.1 P/BV Similar companies

4.4. P/S

P/S vs Sector: The company's P/S indicator (10.24) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (8.18).

P/S vs Market: The company's P/S indicator (10.24) is lower than that of the market as a whole (16).

4.4.1 P/S Similar companies

4.5. EV/Ebitda

EV/Ebitda vs Sector: The company's EV/Ebitda (15.22) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (153.35).

EV/Ebitda vs Market: The company's EV/Ebitda (15.22) is lower than that of the market as a whole (27.04).

5. Profitability

5.1. Profitability and revenue

5.2. Earnings per share - EPS

5.3. Past profitability Net Income

Yield Trend: Negative and has fallen by -22.45% over the last 5 years.

Accelerating profitability: The return for the last year (0%) exceeds the average return for 5 years (-22.45%).

Profitability vs Sector: The return for the last year (0%) exceeds the return for the sector (-7.74%).

5.4. ROE

ROE vs Sector: The company's ROE (-1.27%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (1.96%).

ROE vs Market: The company's ROE (-1.27%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (43%).

5.5. ROA

ROA vs Sector: The company's ROA (-0.5519%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (2.97%).

ROA vs Market: The company's ROA (-0.5519%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (23.28%).

5.6. ROIC

ROIC vs Sector: The company's ROIC (4.9%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (6.96%).

ROIC vs Market: The company's ROIC (4.9%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (9.2%).

6. Finance

6.1. Assets and debt

Debt level: (51.47%) is quite low in relation to assets.

Increasing debt: over 5 years, the debt has increased from 46.34% to 51.47%.

Excess of debt: The debt is not covered by net income, percentage -9535.27%.

6.2. Profit growth and share price

7. Dividends

7.1. Dividend yield vs Market

High yield: The dividend yield of the company 3.37% is higher than the average for the sector '3.28%.

7.2. Stability and increase in payments

Dividend stability: The company's dividend yield 3.37% has been steadily paid over the past 7 years, DSI=0.93.

Weak dividend growth: The company's dividend yield 3.37% has been growing weakly or stagnant over the past 5 years. Growth over only 0 years.

7.3. Payout percentage

Dividend Coverage: Current payments from income (144.64%) are at an uncomfortable level.

8. Insider trades

8.1. Insider trading

Insider Buying Exceeds insider sales by 100% over the last 3 months.

8.2. Latest transactions

Transaction date Insider Type Price Volume Quantity
03.03.2025 Morrison Anne
Officer
Purchase 314.79 809 325 2 571
16.09.2024 Kleiman Angela L.
Officer
Purchase 315.1 2 546 010 8 080
21.06.2024 Kleiman Angela L.
President and CEO
Sale 278.27 1 051 860 3 780
28.10.2021 SCHALL MICHAEL J
President and CEO
Sale 343.72 10 779 700 31 362
28.10.2021 SCHALL MICHAEL J
President and CEO
Purchase 240.61 7 546 010 31 362

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