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 $286.23, which forecasts a 9.87% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $268 and the highest is $315.

Price Target: $286.23 (+9.87%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$268	$286.23	$284	$315
Change	+2.88%	+9.87%	+9.02%	+20.92%

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	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26
Strong Buy	1	1	1	1	1	0
Buy	5	6	6	6	5	5
Hold	10	10	10	11	11	10
Sell	1	1	1	1	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	17	18	18	19	17	15

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Richard Anderson Cantor Fitzgerald	Cantor Fitzgerald	Buy Reiterates $300	Buy	Reiterates	$300	+15.16%	Feb 9, 2026
John Kim BMO Capital	BMO Capital	Buy → Hold Downgrades $305 → $280	Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$305 → $280	+7.48%	Jan 9, 2026
Michael Goldsmith UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $267 → $274	Hold	Maintains	$267 → $274	+5.18%	Jan 8, 2026
Michael Lewis Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Hold Maintains $283 → $273	Hold	Maintains	$283 → $273	+4.79%	Dec 16, 2025
Linda Tsai Jefferies	Jefferies	Strong Buy → Hold Downgrades $304 → $282	Strong Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$304 → $282	+8.25%	Dec 16, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

1.96B

from 1.94B

1.27%

from 1.94B

Revenue Next Year

2.03B

from 1.96B

3.52%

from 1.96B

EPS This Year

6.12

from 10.40

-41.18%

from 10.40

EPS Next Year

6.59

from 6.12

7.65%

from 6.12

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	1.68B	1.82B	1.94B	1.96B	2.03B
Revenue Growth	-0.64%	5.19%	2.89%	8.49%	6.18%	1.27%	3.52%
EPS	7.51	6.27	6.32	11.54	10.40	6.12	6.59
EPS Growth	-13.56%	-16.51%	0.74%	82.71%	-9.88%	-41.18%	7.65%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	42.59	39.56
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	14	10

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	2.1B	2.2B
Avg	2.0B	2.0B
Low	1.9B	1.9B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	7.6%	11.0%
Avg	1.3%	3.5%
Low	-3.9%	-2.6%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	6.80	7.22
Avg	6.12	6.59
Low	5.50	5.95

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	-34.6%	18.1%
Avg	-41.2%	7.6%
Low	-47.1%	-2.8%

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.