<div id="readability-page-1"><div id="articlecontent"> <p><img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/essex-property-trust-inc-logo-1200x675.png/query-dj0yMDI0MDIwMjA3NTE1Ng?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" width="1200" height="675" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/essex-property-trust-inc-logo-1200x675.png/query-dj0yMDI0MDIwMjA3NTE1Ng"/>Essex Property Trust (NYSE:ESS - Get Free Report) is set to post its quarterly earnings results after the market closes on Tuesday, April 30th. Analysts expect Essex Property Trust to post earnings of $3.74 per share for the quarter. Individual interested in registering for the company's earnings conference call can do so using this link.</p><div><p><span></span><span>Get <strong>Essex Property Trust</strong> alerts:</span></p></div><h2>Essex Property Trust Stock Performance</h2><ul><li>Blackstone’s $10 Billion Bet on Property Prices Going Up</li></ul><p>NYSE:ESS opened at $239.89 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $15.40 billion, a PE ratio of 38.02, a P/E/G ratio of 3.47 and a beta of 0.80. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $237.58 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $231.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11, a quick ratio of 3.26 and a current ratio of 3.26. Essex Property Trust has a fifty-two week low of $203.85 and a fifty-two week high of $252.85. </p><h2>Essex Property Trust Increases Dividend</h2><p>The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 12th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 29th were given a dividend of $2.45 per share. This is an increase from Essex Property Trust's previous quarterly dividend of $2.31. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, March 27th. This represents a $9.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.09%. Essex Property Trust's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 155.31%. </p><h2>Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth</h2><div><div><p><span><img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.marketbeat.com/scripts/TriggeredCampaignPixel.ashx/query-UGxhY2VtZW50PU5hdGl2ZURpc3BsYXkmU291cmNlPU5hdGl2ZURpc3BsYXkmVHJpZ2dlcmVkQ2FtcGFpZ25JRD03NDY4?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" height="1" width="1" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.marketbeat.com/scripts/TriggeredCampaignPixel.ashx/query-UGxhY2VtZW50PU5hdGl2ZURpc3BsYXkmU291cmNlPU5hdGl2ZURpc3BsYXkmVHJpZ2dlcmVkQ2FtcGFpZ25JRD03NDY4"/></span></p><div><p><img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.marketbeat.com/images/webpush/files/thumb_2045push_AI-5.jpg?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" width="200" height="200" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.marketbeat.com/images/webpush/files/thumb_2045push_AI-5.jpg"/></p></div><div><p><b>Ad </b> Traders Agency</p><p>top AI stock (it’s not MSFT, GOOGL, AMZN or AAPL)</p><p>AI was by far the biggest tech investing trend right now. 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Raymond James raised shares of Essex Property Trust from a &#34;market perform&#34; rating to an &#34;outperform&#34; rating and set a $265.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Monday, March 18th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an &#34;overweight&#34; rating and set a $291.00 price objective on shares of Essex Property Trust in a research report on Tuesday, March 26th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft assumed coverage on shares of Essex Property Trust in a research report on Tuesday, January 30th. They set a &#34;hold&#34; rating and a $240.00 price objective for the company. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have given a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company's stock. 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<p>Essex Property Trust (NYSE:ESS) is scheduled to release its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 30th. Analysts expect earnings of $3.74 per share for the quarter. The company recently increased its dividend and has a consensus rating of "Hold" with a price target of $245.37. Essex Property Trust is a fully integrated real estate investment trust that manages multifamily residential properties in selected West Coast markets.</p>

Essex Property Trust (ESS) Scheduled to Post Earnings on Tuesday