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Essex Property Trust
Multi-Family Residential REITs · Real Estate · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$287.36
+1.3% on the session
1-year return
+16.5%
+14.4% over six months
Volatility
19.8%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-9.6%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Essex Property Trust is a multi-family residential reits name in the real estate sector. Over the past year it returned +16.5%, against +6.3% over three months and -2.3% over one. It trades 9.9% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 19.8% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -9.6%, and it has traded a median $125M a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.11 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Real Estate#10 of 30
Stronger than 69% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#132 of 500

How ESS scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound — plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 4 others in Multi-Family Residential REITs.

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Full metrics
1 day+1.3%
1 week+2.2%
1 month-2.3%
3 months+6.3%
6 months+14.4%
1 year+16.5%
12-1 momentum+19.2%
Volatility (1y, annualized)19.8%
Max drawdown (1y)-9.6%
Distance vs 200-day average+9.9%
Return per unit of risk0.83
Median daily dollar volume$125M
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