Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS)

Essex Property Trust Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 15 analysts that cover Essex Property Trust stock have a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $283.57, which forecasts a 11.47% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $268 and the highest is $307.

Price Target: $283.57 (+11.47%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$268	$283.57	$281	$307
Change	+5.35%	+11.47%	+10.46%	+20.68%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Essex Property Trust stock is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26
Strong Buy	1	1	1	1	0	0
Buy	6	6	6	5	4	4
Hold	10	10	11	11	11	12
Sell	1	1	1	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	18	18	19	17	15	16

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Nicholas Yulico Scotiabank	Scotiabank	Buy Maintains $284 → $278	Buy	Maintains	$284 → $278	+9.28%	Mar 4, 2026
Wesley Golladay Baird	Baird	Hold Maintains $279 → $281	Hold	Maintains	$279 → $281	+10.46%	Mar 2, 2026
Buck Horne Raymond James	Raymond James	Buy → Hold Downgrades n/a	Buy → Hold	Downgrades	n/a	n/a	Feb 27, 2026
Richard Anderson Cantor Fitzgerald	Cantor Fitzgerald	Buy Reiterates $300	Buy	Reiterates	$300	+17.93%	Feb 9, 2026
John Kim BMO Capital	BMO Capital	Buy → Hold Downgrades $305 → $280	Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$305 → $280	+10.07%	Jan 9, 2026

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

1.97B

Increased by 1.84%

from 1.94B

Revenue Next Year

2.04B

Increased by 3.30%

from 1.97B

EPS This Year

6.01

Decreased by -42.18%

from 10.40

EPS Next Year

6.47

Increased by 7.59%

from 6.01

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	1.55B	1.63B	1.71B	1.83B	1.94B	1.97B	2.04B
Revenue Growth	-0.64%	5.19%	4.95%	6.58%	5.97%	1.84%	3.30%
EPS	7.51	6.27	6.32	11.54	10.40	6.01	6.47
EPS Growth	-13.56%	-16.51%	0.74%	82.71%	-9.88%	-42.18%	7.59%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	42.31	39.32
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	14	10

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	2.1B	2.2B
Avg	2.0B	2.0B
Low	1.9B	1.9B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	7.6%	9.2%
Avg	1.8%	3.3%
Low	-2.3%	-2.1%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	6.77	6.99
Avg	6.01	6.47
Low	5.53	6.00

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	-34.9%	16.3%
Avg	-42.2%	7.6%
Low	-46.9%	-0.3%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.