ESS PEER ANALYSIS

Essex Property Trust Inc — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

ESSEssex Property Trust Inc

🇺🇸 USA · US · Real Estate · REIT - Residential

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· REIT - Residential

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

ESSIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	ESS	CAR-UN	BEI-UN	EKGYO	KMP-UN	IIP-UN	Ind. Median
P/E	33.58	841.17	56.38	21.41●	—	406.96	33.58
P/B	3.54	0.66	0.67	0.54●	0.76	0.84	1.53
EV/EBITDA	17.77	41.14	30.48	4.99●	97.90	52.73	17.77
P/S	10.08	5.57	5.02	0.98●	6.09	7.63	6.46

Financial Health
Metric	ESS	CAR-UN	BEI-UN	EKGYO	KMP-UN	IIP-UN	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.45	0.30	0.26	2.05●	0.09	0.08	0.37
Debt/Equity	126.2%	72.4%	73.7%	38.1%●	76.3%	74.3%	74.3%
NetDebt/EBITDA	4.65	21.48	15.59	1.67●	48.89	24.80	4.64

Profitability
Metric	ESS	CAR-UN	BEI-UN	EKGYO	KMP-UN	IIP-UN	Ind. Median
Net Margin	30.2%●	0.7%	8.9%	4.6%	-5.7%	1.9%	13.1%
ROE	10.5%●	0.1%	1.2%	2.9%	-0.7%	0.2%	2.9%
ROA	4.4%●	0.0%	0.7%	1.3%	-0.4%	0.1%	1.0%
EBITDA Margin	76.8%●	28.4%	33.7%	29.6%	12.4%	27.3%	46.6%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	ESS	CAR-UN	BEI-UN	EKGYO	KMP-UN	IIP-UN	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	3.8%	-8.5%	5.4%	30.4%●	4.2%	-0.0%	3.8%
NI Growth	-14.3%●	-94.4%	-86.1%	-81.1%	—	—	4.7%
Div. Yield	3.5%	4.3%●	2.4%	2.2%	3.8%	3.0%	3.7%
Payout	115.1%	3,598.3%	137.5%	47.5%	-288.1%	1,206.3%	45.3%

Valuation
Metric	ESS	INVH	MAA	SUI	EQR	UDR	Ind. Median
P/E	33.58	31.42	42.68	10.98●	28.36	27.96	33.58
P/B	3.54	2.01●	2.97	2.24	2.53	4.15	1.53
EV/EBITDA	17.77	16.35	17.98	27.00	15.42	14.98●	17.77
P/S	10.08	6.56●	7.46	6.62	8.66	7.94	6.46

Financial Health
Metric	ESS	INVH	MAA	SUI	EQR	UDR	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.45	0.37	0.05	1.88●	0.03	0.49	0.37
Debt/Equity	126.2%	96.8%	102.2%	61.6%●	81.0%	177.9%	74.3%
NetDebt/EBITDA	4.65	5.26	4.55	5.11	3.73●	4.50	4.64

Profitability
Metric	ESS	INVH	MAA	SUI	EQR	UDR	Ind. Median
Net Margin	30.2%	20.9%	17.6%	60.4%●	30.6%	28.6%	13.1%
ROE	10.5%	6.2%	6.8%	20.4%●	8.8%	14.8%	2.9%
ROA	4.4%	3.1%	3.3%	9.7%●	4.6%	4.7%	1.0%
EBITDA Margin	76.8%●	59.2%	55.5%	30.2%	74.0%	75.7%	46.6%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	ESS	INVH	MAA	SUI	EQR	UDR	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	3.8%	5.3%●	0.8%	-22.7%	3.7%	2.1%	3.8%
NI Growth	-14.3%	22.1%	-31.1%	1,726.9%●	-4.3%	298.5%	4.7%
Div. Yield	3.5%	3.9%	4.3%●	3.5%	4.1%	4.3%	3.7%
Payout	115.1%	123.4%	183.4%	75.1%	110.4%	0.1%	45.3%

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