ESS Essex Property Trust, Inc. stock chart & analysis
Conviction 72Real EstateScan · Fri, Nov 6, 2026Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) closed at $272.18 (+0.31%) on Nov 6, 2026. Price is below its 50-day and above its 200-day moving average. RSI(14) 52, RS Rating 56, -10.2% from its 52-week high, +4.1% year to date. Sector: Real Estate · Real Estate Investment Trusts.
Financials as of Tue, Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly.
ESS technical analysis
Trend
ESS is in an uptrend: price is above the 50-day, which is above the 200-day moving average. It closed 0.0% above the 50-day ($272.43) and 0.9% above the 200-day ($270.10). ADX(14) at 16 points to a weak trend — more range than direction. It meets 5 of 8 trend-template criteria.
Momentum
RSI(14) is 52, in the bullish half of its range. MACD crossed above its signal line one session ago. Its RS Rating of 56 puts its weighted 12-month performance ahead of about 56% of the US market.
Volume and volatility
Volume on the latest session ran 0.8× its 20-day average. It trades about $160.7M a day on average. ATR(14) is $6.35, 2.3% of price — its typical daily range. On-balance volume is trending down.
Key levels
The chart pattern's support is $259.70 and its resistance $281.98. The 52-week range is $238.46 to $303.35; price is 10.2% below the high and 14.3% above the low. The VWAP anchored at the 52-week high is $279.01, above price.
Performance
ESS returned +3.1% (1 week), +1.5% (1 month), -3.8% (3 months), +3.4% (6 months), +4.7% (1 year), +4.1% (year to date).
About Essex Property Trust, Inc.
Essex Property Trust owns a portfolio of 259 apartment communities with over 63,000 units. The company focuses on owning large, high-quality properties on the West Coast in the urban and suburban submarkets of Southern California, Northern California, and Seattle.
Real Estate Investment Trusts · Listed 1994 · 1,689 employees
Signal lifecycle
How this symbol has moved through the lanes across 60 scans — each scan is re-classified from that day's price, so gaps are days it dropped off the board entirely.
- Setting upAug 14 – Aug 214 scans
- Breaking out nowAug 241 scan
- Broke outAug 251 scan
- Setting upSep 25 – Sep 282 scans
- Breaking out nowSep 291 scan
- Setting upSep 30 – Oct 12 scans
- Broke outOct 61 scan
- Setting upOct 81 scan
Congress activity
Disclosed STOCK Act trades in ESS · 2 recent
Insider activity
SEC Form 4 transactions in ESS · open-market 1 sell
| Insider | Side | Shares | Value | Traded | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kasaris Mary Director · Common Stock · 2026-05-27 | Sell | 600 | $168K | 2026-05-27 | 2026-05-29 |
Kasaris Mary Director · Common Stock · 2026-05-27 | Other | — | — | 2026-05-27 | 2026-05-29 |
MARCUS GEORGE M Director · Common Stock · 2026-05-12 | Grant | 1.12K | $0 | 2026-05-12 | 2026-05-14 |
Johnson Amal M Director · Common Stock · 2026-05-12 | Grant | 633 | $0 | 2026-05-12 | 2026-05-14 |
Kasaris Mary Director · Common Stock · 2026-05-12 | Other | — | — | 2026-05-12 | 2026-05-14 |
GUERICKE KEITH R Director · Common Stock · 2026-05-12 | Grant | 633 | $0 | 2026-05-12 | 2026-05-14 |
Kasaris Mary Director · Common Stock · 2026-05-12 | Grant | 633 | $0 | 2026-05-12 | 2026-05-14 |
LYONS IRVING F III Director · Common Stock · 2026-05-12 | Grant | 633 | $0 | 2026-05-12 | 2026-05-14 |
GUST ANNE B Director · Common Stock · 2026-05-12 | Grant | 633 | $0 | 2026-05-12 | 2026-05-14 |
Johnson Amal M Director · Common Stock · 2026-05-12 | Other | — | — | 2026-05-12 | 2026-05-14 |
SEC filings
EDGAR filings in ESS · 6 recent
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