After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
ESS belongs to the Real Estate sector of the NYSE while operating in the REIT – Residential industry. The current market capitalization of Essex Property Trust, Inc is $18.95B. A total of 0.53 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 386.62K shares.
In the most recent transaction, Johnson Amal M sold 7,298 shares of ESS for 316.31 per share on Sep 17 ’24. After the transaction, the Director now owns 2,585 company shares. In a previous transaction on Sep 16 ’24, Kleiman Angela L. sold 8,080 shares at 315.10 per share. ESS shares that President and CEO owns now total 9,494.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Morrison Anne disposed of 2,571 shares on Sep 16 ’24 at a per-share price of $314.79. This resulted in the EVP, CAO & General Counsel holding 2,321 shares of ESS after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Johnson Amal M bought 7,298 shares at $316.31 per share on Sep 17 ’24.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Essex Property Trust, Inc pays an annual dividend of $9.80, resulting in a dividend yield of 3.44%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 33.26. ESS’s most recent ex-dividend date was 3.27% when it declared a $2.45 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 1/2/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 9/30/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 3.24%. The ESS stock dividend was $2.45 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, ESS has a high of $317.73 and a low of $223.06.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. ESS’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $240.25M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $6.36B in debt and $694.36M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $84.55, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $6.21B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for ESS is Buy with a score of 3.41.
