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Essex Property Trust Inc. (NYSE: ESS) on Feb. 4-5, 2026 reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results and issued stronger-than-expected 2026 guidance.
Q4 2025 core FFO per diluted share was $3.98 (up 1.5% year-on-year) and full-year core FFO was $15.94.
GAAP net income per diluted share fell to $1.25 in Q4 from $4.00 a year earlier, reflecting prior-year gains.
The REIT reported Q4 revenue of about $479.6 million and same-property revenue growth of 3.8% for the quarter.
Essex set Q1 2026 EPS guidance at $3.890–4.010 and FY 2026 EPS guidance at $15.690–16.190, well above recent Street consensus figures.
The company paid a quarterly dividend of $2.57 (annualized $10.28; ~4.1% yield) and ended 2025 with over $1.7 billion of immediately available liquidity.
In the fourth quarter it issued $350 million of 10-year senior unsecured notes at a 4.875% coupon.
Shares traded near $253 with a market capitalisation around $16.3 billion.
Separately, Zurcher Kantonalbank trimmed its ESS holding by 8,788 shares to 59,898 in recent 13F filings.























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