Essex Property Trust, Inc.

NYSE:ESS Stock Report

Market Cap: US$19.9b

Essex Property Trust Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 0/6

Essex Property Trust has a total shareholder equity of $5.8B and total debt of $6.6B, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 114.8%. Its total assets and total liabilities are $12.9B and $7.2B respectively. Essex Property Trust's EBIT is $579.3M making its interest coverage ratio 2.8. It has cash and short-term investments of $75.8M.

Key information

114.8%

Debt to equity ratio

US$6.60b

Debt

Interest coverage ratio2.8x
CashUS$75.85m
EquityUS$5.75b
Total liabilitiesUS$7.18b
Total assetsUS$12.93b

Recent financial health updates

No updates

Recent updates

Essex Property: Shares Have Further Upside Given Limited Housing Supply (Upgrade)

Feb 06

Essex Property Trust: Limited Supply Enables Further Growth

Dec 06

Essex Property Trust: Tailwinds From Both Supply And Demand

Oct 03

Essex Property Trust: High-Quality REIT With A Growing Dividend

Aug 13

Essex Property Trust: The Buying Window Has Now Closed

Jun 12

Essex Property Trust: 3 Reasons Why The Stock May Be Overvalued

May 16

Essex Property Trust: A Dividend Aristocrat Worth Buying Now

Apr 05

Essex Property Trust: Build And Buy Apartments Like A Pro

Feb 15

Essex Property Trust: A Growth REIT With An Attractive Yield

Jan 15

Essex Property Trust: I Expect The West Coast To Outperform Next

Dec 11

Essex Property Trust: Still Has Potential

Dec 05

Essex Property Trust: Low Yield, Small Discount To NAV

Nov 06

Essex Property Trust: California Exposure Isn't That Problematic

Oct 12

Essex Property Trust: Dividend Yield At A High

Oct 01

Essex Property Trust: Don't Mind The California Exposure

Jul 29

Essex Property: A Smart Value For A Frothy Market

Jun 14

Essex Property Trust: Great Long-Term REIT, Still Some Near-Term Questions

Jan 23

Essex Property Trust Is Clearly The Best Bargain When It Comes To Residential REITs

Jan 12

Why Buy Rentals When You Can Buy Essex Property

Dec 16

Essex Property Trust declares $2.20 dividend

Dec 09

Apartments In Free Fall, So I Bought Essex

Nov 09

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: ESS's short term assets ($379.4M) do not cover its short term liabilities ($723.3M).

Long Term Liabilities: ESS's short term assets ($379.4M) do not cover its long term liabilities ($6.5B).


Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: ESS's net debt to equity ratio (113.5%) is considered high.

Reducing Debt: ESS's debt to equity ratio has increased from 90.2% to 114.8% over the past 5 years.

Debt Coverage: ESS's debt is not well covered by operating cash flow (16%).

Interest Coverage: ESS's interest payments on its debt are not well covered by EBIT (2.8x coverage).


Balance Sheet


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/02/07 09:43
End of Day Share Price 2025/02/07 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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Analyst Sources

Essex Property Trust, Inc. is covered by 44 analysts. 16 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Wesley GolladayBaird
Ross SmotrichBarclays
Richard HightowerBarclays