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Intrinsiqq is a Netherlands-based company operating in Rotterdam, KvK 73238007.
Essex Property Trust, Inc. ( Essex ), a Maryland corporation, is an S&P 500 company that operates as a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust ( REIT ). Essex owns all of its interest in its real estate and other investments directly or indirectly through Essex Portfolio, L.P. (the Operating Partnership or EPLP ).
$279.00
$3.96 (-1.40%)
EOD Sep 1, 2026
47.65% operating margin is above average. ROIC at 10.85%.
Revenue grew 6.4%, steady but not accelerating.
At 43x earnings, the current multiple leaves limited room for execution misses or growth deceleration.
43.5x earnings. The market is pricing in years of above-average growth. If that thesis breaks, downside from multiple compression alone could be 30%+. This is a stock where you're paying for the future, not the present.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$1.93B
▲ +6.4% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$414M
▼ -9.7% YoY
Op. Margin
32.54%
▲ +8.0pp YoY
ROIC
4.65%
▲ +2.4pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF
N/A
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$1.12B
▲ +0.6% YoY
Net Debt
$6.38B
Cash & Equiv.
$58M
5Y CAGR: +4.8%
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SourceComputed from the 10-Q filed 30 Jul 2026, covering the period ending 30 Jun 2026, as reported to the SEC. Data last refreshed 31 Jul 2026. How this is calculated.
Price from market data, last close as of 1 Sept 2026. Fiscal year ends Dec. Sector medians are approximate S&P 500 benchmarks and update periodically.
At a P/E of 43.5, Essex Property Trust (ESS) trades around a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $308.21 per share, so at $279.00 the stock looks around fair value (10.5% below estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Essex Property Trust scores 69/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a solid business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. It currently yields about 3.7%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $308.21 per share for ESS, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $231.16. At today's $279.00, that puts the stock about 10.5% below estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
Essex Property Trust scores 69 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 7 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a solid business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 32.5% operating margin and a 4.7% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Yes, Essex Property Trust pays a regular dividend of about $10.32 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 3.7% at the current price. That is a payout ratio of about 160.3% of earnings, so the dividend is stretched at this level. Essex Property Trust has grown the dividend at roughly 4.8% a year over the past few years. A low headline yield is not the same as a weak dividend: what matters is how well earnings and free cash flow cover the payout and whether it is growing, not the percentage alone. For ESS's full payout history, growth streak and dividend-safety score, see the dividends tab.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. ESS currently trades around its estimated intrinsic value and scores 69/100 on quality (solid). It also yields about 3.7%. A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.