NYSE · Real Estate · REIT - Residential · USA
Essex Property Trust Inc is a large cap company (market value between $10 billion and $200 billion) in the REIT - Residential industry.
Essex Property Trust is a self-administered real estate investment trust that owns and operates residential communities in West Coast markets. The company engages in ownership, operation, management, acquisition, development, and redevelopment of apartment properties, along with commercial buildings and development projects in its portfolio.
From its FY2025 annual report (Form 10-K)
Intrinsic value, DCF valuation, financial health and value investing analysis for the Essex Property Trust Inc stock.
Slightly overvalued: intrinsic value $234.29 per share, market price $266.65, margin of safety -13.8% (as of 2026-10-19).
Discounting its cash flows at 8.9% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $234.29; the price of $266.65 is 14% above that value, and 76% of that value comes from beyond year five.
Leak Score: 51/100 on 11 of 12 signals (Weak Signal).
17 more funds hold it; the full list is part of the paid plan.
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ESS is slightly overvalued (as of the 2026-10-19 close). Discounting its cash flows at 8.9% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $234.29; the price of $266.65 is 14% above that value, and 76% of that value comes from beyond year five.
$234.29 per share (as of the 2026-10-19 close), against a market price of $266.65. That is a margin of safety of -13.8%. The value is the average of the valuation methods that apply to this company, recomputed every night after the US close.
51 out of 100, which we rate "Weak Signal", on 11 of 12 value investing signals.