Essex Property Trust Market Sentiment

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Essex Property Trust Inc

ESSNYSE

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$270.37

-1.20-0.44%

Last update: Oct 12, 4:00 PM

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Essex Property Trust Market Sentiment

Market sentiment signals for Essex Property Trust (ESS): analyst consensus, short interest, options flow and insider activity.

Key Signals

Analyst Consensus— Neutral

Short Interest▼ 6.3% short float

Options Flow▲ 0.00 P/C ratio

Insider Activity— N/A

Analyst Consensus

Neutral

25 analysts

Options Flow (P/C)

0.00

More calls — Bullish

18 calls · 0 puts

Avg Consensus PT

$301

+11.4%

Highest Price Target

$330

+22.0%

Citizens

Lowest Price Target

$278

+2.8%

UBS

Short Interest

6.3%

Rising — Bearish

Insider Activity (30d)

—

Short Interest — % of Float

Recent Analyst Actions

Date	Firm	Analyst & Accuracy	Upside / Downside	PT Change	Action	Rating
Oct 12, 2026	Piper Sandler	Alexander Goldfarb—	+20.6%	$352 → $326	Maintained	Overweight
Sep 21, 2026	Evercore ISI Group	Steve Sakwa—	+10.6%	$303 → $299	Maintained	Outperform
Sep 17, 2026	Scotiabank	Nicholas Yulico—	+8.4%	$307 → $293	Maintained	Sector Outperform
Sep 15, 2026	UBS	Ami Probandt—	+5.8%	$278 → $286	Assumes	Neutral
Sep 8, 2026	Mizuho	Vikram Malhorta—	+9.1%	$308 → $295	Downgrade	Outperform→Neutral
Aug 17, 2026	Barclays	Richard Hightower—	+9.8%	$296 → $297	Maintained	Equal-Weight
Aug 14, 2026	JP Morgan	Anthony Paolone—	+9.1%	$275 → $295	Maintained	Underweight
Aug 3, 2026	Cantor Fitzgerald	Richard Anderson—	+16.9%	$291 → $316	Maintained	Overweight
Jul 31, 2026	RBC Capital	Brad Heffern—	+15.4%	$306 → $312	Maintained	Outperform
Jul 31, 2026	Citizens	Aaron Hecht—	+22.0%	$330	Upgrade	Market Perform→Market Outperform
Jul 30, 2026	Evercore ISI Group	Steve Sakwa—	+12.1%	$297 → $303	Maintained	Outperform
Jul 22, 2026	Wells Fargo	James Feldman—	+9.8%	$280 → $297	Maintained	Equal-Weight
Jul 21, 2026	Piper Sandler	Alexander Goldfarb—	+30.2%	$310 → $352	Maintained	Overweight
Jul 14, 2026	Barclays	Richard Hightower—	+9.5%	$277 → $296	Maintained	Equal-Weight
Jul 9, 2026	Scotiabank	Nicholas Yulico—	+13.5%	$290 → $307	Maintained	Sector Outperform
Jun 29, 2026	Evercore ISI Group	Steve Sakwa—	+9.8%	$296 → $297	Maintained	Outperform
Jun 26, 2026	Raymond James	Buck Horne—	+18.3%	$320	Upgrade	Market Perform→Outperform
Jun 25, 2026	Morgan Stanley	Adam Kramer—	+11.7%	$293 → $302	Maintained	Equal-Weight
Jun 18, 2026	Scotiabank	Nicholas Yulico—	+7.3%	$282 → $290	Maintained	Sector Outperform
Jun 10, 2026	Mizuho	Vikram Malhorta—	+13.9%	$285 → $308	Maintained	Outperform
Jun 1, 2026	Evercore ISI Group	Steve Sakwa—	+9.1%	$269 → $295	Upgrade	In-Line→Outperform
Jun 1, 2026	Wells Fargo	James Feldman—	+3.6%	$262 → $280	Maintained	Equal-Weight
May 27, 2026	Truist Securities	Michael Lewis—	+5.8%	$273 → $286	Maintained	Hold
May 18, 2026	JP Morgan	Anthony Paolone—	+1.7%	$272 → $275	Maintained	Underweight
May 14, 2026	UBS	Michael Goldsmith—	+2.8%	$274 → $278	Maintained	Neutral