Short interest in Essex Property Trust Inc (NYSE:ESS) increased during the last reporting period, rising from 1.61M to 1.78M. This put 3.76% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Based on the recent average volume of 482.57K shares traded per day, it would take 3.69 day(s) for holders of this short interest to close out their positions without sending the stock sharply higher.