Essex Property Trust

ESS

Market cap $16.4B

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) announced today that Angela L. Kleiman, President and CEO, will be participating in a roundtable presentation at the 2026 Citigroup Global Property CEO Conference on Monday, March 2, 2026 at 2:55 p.m. Eastern Time. To listen to the panel, please visit the webcast link under the latest events section of the Company's Investors website at www.essex.com. An archive of the webcast will be available for thirty days following t.

U.S. equity markets advanced this week as investors parsed a deluge of headlines, including a major Supreme Court tariff ruling, escalating Middle East tensions, soft economic data, and hawkish Fed-speak. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to restrict the President's authority to impose broader tariffs under the IEEPA framework, a widely expected move that was quickly countered by the White House. Investors also shrugged off renewed tensions between the U.S. and Iran, which sent oil prices to seven-month highs. The S&P 500 advanced 1.1% - its best weekly gains since early January.

ESS lifts its annual dividend for the 32nd straight year, raising the payout to $10.36 per share as solid FFO growth and liquidity back returns.

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a 0.8% increase to its annual cash dividend. This represents the Company's 32nd consecutive annual dividend increase. The Board of Directors has declared a first quarter dividend of $2.59 per share, payable April 15, 2026 to shareholders of record as of March 31, 2026. On an annualized basis, the dividend represents a distribution of $10.36 per common share. The Ann.

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Thirty-six publicly traded US real estate investment trusts are projected to increase dividend payouts in the first quarter, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence forecasts. The remaining 100 public REITs included in the analysis are predicted to maintain their dividend payout over the quarter. Two manufactured home REITs and two communication REITs are expected to raise their dividends within the first quarter, accounting for roughly 66.7% of both sectors.

Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

ESS misses Q4 core FFO estimates despite higher same-property NOI and occupancy, with rising interest expenses partly weighing on results.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Essex Property Trust (ESS) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended December 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.