ESS's Quality Score rose 3 points on Mon, Nov 9, to 6. Its price climbed back above its average of the last 200 days and its price got close to its high of the past year.
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Down 3% over five years while the S&P 500 rose 72%.
| The chart | Above every average |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 27 |
After its last 4 reports it closed -2.9% on average, higher 0 of 4 times.
Averagefor quality, not price, 2 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
ESS is #50 of 131 by Quality Score.
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Share count against a year before: ESS -0.2%, CPT -5.9%, AMH -3.1%, UDR -3%.
Expected to report Wed Feb 3, after the close (in 85 days).
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
The figures are not read from the release yet.
“The decrease was primarily driven by gains on sale of real estate and land recognized in the third quarter of 2025.”
ESS's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
No outlook figures read from this release.
“Grew Core FFO per diluted share by 0.8% compared to the third quarter of 2025, exceeding the midpoint of the Company’s guidance range by $0.01 per diluted share, driven by same-property revenue growth.”
From its results filing (SEC filing · Oct 27)
Sales grew 4.8% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $10.36 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | -4.2% | -4.9% | -3.6% |
| Jul 29, 2026 | -2.3% | -5.0% | -3.0% |
| Apr 28, 2026 | +0.5% | -1.1% | -0.4% |
Sales grew in six of the last seven years, to $1.9B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
RSI 53.0, MACD above signal, above both averages. Not scored.
One insider sold $168K across 1 filing in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
2 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: ESS is 0.9% of VNQ, under 0.1% of VOO, and under 0.1% of IVV, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Jul 31, 2026.
Essex Property Trust owns a portfolio of 258 apartment communities with over 62,000 units. The company focuses on owning large, high-quality properties on the West Coast in the urban and suburban submarkets of Southern California, Northern California, and Seattle.
“There are numerous housing alternatives that compete with the Company’s communities in attracting tenants.”
ESS scores 6 today, which Breakaway calls Average. It is #50 of 131 in Reit by Quality Score, with 2 of 14 chart checks firing. Down 3% over five years while the S&P 500 rose 72%. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
ESS scores 6 today, which Breakaway calls Average (6 to 10). That is #50 of 131 in Reit by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind ESS's 6.
One insider sold $168K across 1 filing in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Mary Kasaris, Director, who sold $168K on May 27.
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Insider and Congress trades, the chart, and the financials, in one score.
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