Essex Property Trust, Inc.

ESS stock score: 55/100

$274.11 · +0.75% · Scored Oct 21, 2026

Technical
58
Fundamental
51
News
40

The reading

Essex Property Trust (ESS) scores 55 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 68% of Real Estate stocks and 57% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 58, fundamentals 51.

Among the fundamentals, Fund Ownership at 100 and Institutional Ownership at 100 score highest, while Earnings Growth (Quarterly) at 0 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 53 and contrarian oscillators 52.

News sentiment is negative at 40; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 23, 2026 the composite has ranged from 49 to 72, and it is down 13 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward ESS’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

51

Pulling it up

  • Fund Ownership100

    Fund ownership tracks institutional investor holdings and changes.

  • Institutional Ownership100

    Institutional ownership measures the percentage held by professional investors.

  • EBITDA Margins99

    EBITDA margins measure operating profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

Holding it back

  • Earnings Growth (Quarterly)0

    Quarterly earnings growth measures profit increase versus the prior-year quarter.

  • PEG Ratio1

    PEG ratio divides the P/E ratio by earnings growth rate.

  • Price to Book Ratio3

    Price-to-Book ratio compares market value to book value.

40 weighted scorers; 1 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

53

Pulling it up

  • Candlestick Patterns100

    Candlestick patterns recognize specific price formations that historically suggest continuation or reversal.

  • EMA 200 Cross Up86

    EMA 200 Cross Up tracks when price crosses above the 200-period EMA, creating an "EMA golden cross." This responsive long-term indicator signals potential sustained uptrends earlier than the SMA equivalent.

  • MACD (12)85

    Moving Average Convergence Divergence tracks the relationship between two exponential moving averages.

Holding it back

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)0

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • Bollinger Bands (20)7

    Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.

  • Ichimoku Cloud11

    Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive indicator showing support/resistance, trend direction, and momentum.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
40

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly571
Daily533
Weekly582
Monthly642
Quarterly622

Composite score, last 90 days

05010055Jul 23, 2026Oct 21, 2026Jul 23, 2026: 68Jul 24, 2026: 68Jul 25, 2026: 68Jul 26, 2026: 68Jul 27, 2026: 68Jul 28, 2026: 69Jul 29, 2026: 72Jul 30, 2026: 68Jul 31, 2026: 66Aug 2, 2026: 54Aug 3, 2026: 56Aug 5, 2026: 56Aug 6, 2026: 55Aug 7, 2026: 55Aug 8, 2026: 55Aug 9, 2026: 55Aug 10, 2026: 53Aug 11, 2026: 53Aug 12, 2026: 53Aug 13, 2026: 55Aug 14, 2026: 56Aug 15, 2026: 57Aug 16, 2026: 56Aug 17, 2026: 54Aug 18, 2026: 54Aug 19, 2026: 56Aug 20, 2026: 56Aug 22, 2026: 57Aug 23, 2026: 57Aug 24, 2026: 58Aug 25, 2026: 57Aug 26, 2026: 56Aug 27, 2026: 53Aug 28, 2026: 54Aug 29, 2026: 54Aug 30, 2026: 54Aug 31, 2026: 54Sep 1, 2026: 55Sep 2, 2026: 54Sep 3, 2026: 53Sep 4, 2026: 53Sep 5, 2026: 53Sep 6, 2026: 53Sep 7, 2026: 53Sep 8, 2026: 54Sep 9, 2026: 52Sep 10, 2026: 50Sep 11, 2026: 52Sep 12, 2026: 52Sep 13, 2026: 52Sep 14, 2026: 53Sep 15, 2026: 53Sep 16, 2026: 51Sep 17, 2026: 51Sep 18, 2026: 50Sep 19, 2026: 51Sep 20, 2026: 51Sep 21, 2026: 52Sep 22, 2026: 53Sep 23, 2026: 55Sep 24, 2026: 53Sep 25, 2026: 52Sep 26, 2026: 52Sep 27, 2026: 52Sep 28, 2026: 53Sep 29, 2026: 53Sep 30, 2026: 51Oct 1, 2026: 50Oct 2, 2026: 51Oct 3, 2026: 51Oct 4, 2026: 51Oct 5, 2026: 52Oct 6, 2026: 54Oct 7, 2026: 51Oct 8, 2026: 51Oct 9, 2026: 53Oct 10, 2026: 53Oct 11, 2026: 53Oct 12, 2026: 53Oct 13, 2026: 53Oct 14, 2026: 51Oct 15, 2026: 52Oct 16, 2026: 51Oct 17, 2026: 51Oct 18, 2026: 51Oct 19, 2026: 49Oct 20, 2026: 53Oct 21, 2026: 55
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Key facts

Market cap
$18.9B
Sector
Real Estate
Industry
REIT - Residential
Beta
0.71
Risk grade (1–10)
7
Next earnings
Oct 27, 2026

REIT - Residential peers

CompanyMarket capScore
INVH Invitation Homes$15.9B51
SUI Sun Communities$15.1B53
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities$14.0B44
AMH American Homes 4 Rent$12.8B54
UDR UDR$12.6B49
ELS Equity LifeStyle Properties$12.4B54

Questions

What is ESS's stock score today?

ESS scores 55/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 21, 2026: technical 58, fundamental 51, and news sentiment 40, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is ESS a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 55 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the ESS score calculated?

102 weighted scorers feed it today: 40 fundamental, scored against Real Estate ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.