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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AVB AvalonBay Communities	$193.63 +1.7%	$198.02	$180.40 ▼ $239.29	$27.11B	0.86	999,080 shs	1.21 million shs
EQR Equity Residential	$65.17 +1.4%	$66.04	$59.41 ▼ $78.83	$24.54B	0.92	2.40 million shs	1.49 million shs
ESS Essex Property Trust	$266.56 +1.4%	$275.97	$243.85 ▼ $317.73	$16.92B	0.8	676,549 shs	394,420 shs
PPS Post Properties	$65.02	$0.00	$52.08 ▼ $69.39	N/A	N/A	521,723 shs	N/A

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AVB AvalonBay Communities	+1.72%	+1.81%	-4.79%	-2.27%	-10.78%
EQR Equity Residential	+1.52%	+1.65%	-4.67%	-3.62%	-9.87%
ESS Essex Property Trust	+1.57%	+2.70%	-8.96%	-1.20%	-7.85%
PPS Post Properties	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
AVB AvalonBay Communities	4.6119 of 5 stars	3.2	3.0	2.5	2.4	3.4	2.5	1.3
EQR Equity Residential	4.5924 of 5 stars	3.3	3.0	2.5	2.9	3.5	1.7	1.3
ESS Essex Property Trust	4.5976 of 5 stars	3.2	2.0	4.2	2.5	3.5	1.7	1.3
PPS Post Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AVB AvalonBay Communities	2.40	Hold	$225.64	16.54% Upside
EQR Equity Residential	2.50	Moderate Buy	$77.78	19.35% Upside
ESS Essex Property Trust	2.32	Hold	$302.86	13.62% Upside
PPS Post Properties	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest PPS, AVB, EQR, and ESS Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/14/2025	AVB AvalonBay Communities	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Sector Perform ➝ Sector Perform	$236.00 ➝ $226.00
8/14/2025	AVB AvalonBay Communities	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Neutral	$213.00 ➝ $199.00
8/14/2025	EQR Equity Residential	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Sector Perform ➝ Sector Perform	$78.00 ➝ $77.00
8/13/2025	EQR Equity Residential	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$76.50 ➝ $75.00
8/13/2025	AVB AvalonBay Communities	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$228.00 ➝ $225.00
8/13/2025	ESS Essex Property Trust	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$304.00 ➝ $285.00
8/12/2025	AVB AvalonBay Communities	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$241.00 ➝ $228.00
8/12/2025	AVB AvalonBay Communities	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	In-Line ➝ In-Line	$216.00 ➝ $212.00
8/12/2025	EQR Equity Residential	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$83.00 ➝ $81.00
8/12/2025	EQR Equity Residential	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$72.00 ➝ $71.00
8/12/2025	ESS Essex Property Trust	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$295.00 ➝ $283.00

(Data available from 8/23/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AVB AvalonBay Communities	$2.98B	9.25	$14.06 per share	13.77	$85.48 per share	2.27
EQR Equity Residential	$2.98B	8.35	$5.39 per share	12.08	$29.30 per share	2.22
ESS Essex Property Trust	$1.84B	9.33	$20.99 per share	12.70	$90.15 per share	2.96
PPS Post Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AVB AvalonBay Communities	$1.08B	$8.12	23.85	15.87	2.73	38.91%	9.70%	5.45%	11/3/2025 (Estimated)
EQR Equity Residential	$1.04B	$2.65	24.59	15.48	3.26	33.22%	9.05%	4.85%	10/29/2025 (Estimated)
ESS Essex Property Trust	$741.52M	$12.44	21.43	16.08	6.75	43.51%	13.98%	6.16%	11/4/2025 (Estimated)
PPS Post Properties	N/A	N/A	0.00	∞	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest PPS, AVB, EQR, and ESS Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/4/2025	Q2 2025	EQR Equity Residential	$0.99	$0.99	N/A	$0.99	$770.60 million	$768.83 million
7/30/2025	Q2 2025	AVB AvalonBay Communities	$2.80	$2.82	+$0.02	$2.80	$759.08 million	$689.90 million
7/29/2025	Q2 2025	ESS Essex Property Trust	$3.99	$4.03	+$0.04	$4.03	$466.47 million	$465.84 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AVB AvalonBay Communities	$7.00	3.62%	N/A	86.21%	3 Years
EQR Equity Residential	$2.77	4.25%	N/A	104.53%	4 Years
ESS Essex Property Trust	$10.28	3.86%	N/A	82.64%	31 Years
PPS Post Properties	$1.88	2.89%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest PPS, AVB, EQR, and ESS Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
6/13/2025	EQR Equity Residential	quarterly	$0.6925	3.96%	6/24/2025	6/24/2025	7/11/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AVB AvalonBay Communities	0.71	0.70	0.70
EQR Equity Residential	0.75	0.17	0.17
ESS Essex Property Trust	1.16	1.09	1.09
PPS Post Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AVB AvalonBay Communities	92.61%
EQR Equity Residential	92.68%
ESS Essex Property Trust	96.51%
PPS Post Properties	94.33%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AVB AvalonBay Communities	0.45%
EQR Equity Residential	1.10%
ESS Essex Property Trust	3.46%
PPS Post Properties	2.20%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AVB AvalonBay Communities	2,988	142.38 million	141.74 million	Optionable
EQR Equity Residential	2,500	381.90 million	377.70 million	Optionable
ESS Essex Property Trust	1,715	64.40 million	62.18 million	Optionable
PPS Post Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A	Not Optionable

PPS, AVB, EQR, and ESS Headlines

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PPS, AVB, EQR, and ESS Company Descriptions

AvalonBay Communities NYSE:AVB

$193.62 +3.20 (+1.68%)

Closing price 08/22/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$193.66 +0.03 (+0.02%)

As of 08/22/2025 07:00 PM Eastern

AvalonBay Communities, Inc. is a real estate investment trust, which engages in the development, acquisition, ownership, and operation of multifamily communities. It operates through the following segments: Same Store, Other Stabilized, and Development or Redevelopment. The Same Store segment refers to the operating communities that were owned and had stabilized occupancy. The Other Stabilized segment includes all other complete communities that have stabilized occupancy. The Development or Redevelopment segment consists of communities that are under construction. The company was founded by Gilbert M. Meyer in 1978 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Equity Residential NYSE:EQR

$65.17 +0.90 (+1.40%)

Closing price 08/22/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$65.42 +0.25 (+0.38%)

As of 08/22/2025 06:30 PM Eastern

Equity Residential is committed to creating communities where people thrive. The Company, a member of the S&P 500, is focused on the acquisition, development and management of residential properties located in and around dynamic cities that attract affluent long-term renters. Equity Residential owns or has investments in 305 properties consisting of 80,683 apartment units, with an established presence in Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Seattle, San Francisco and Southern California, and an expanding presence in Denver, Atlanta, Dallas/Ft. Worth and Austin.

Essex Property Trust NYSE:ESS

$266.56 +3.80 (+1.45%)

Closing price 08/22/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$266.80 +0.25 (+0.09%)

As of 08/22/2025 05:52 PM Eastern

Essex Property Trust, Inc., an S&P 500 company, is a fully integrated real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires, develops, redevelops, and manages multifamily residential properties in selected West Coast markets. Essex currently has ownership interests in 252 apartment communities comprising approximately 62,000 apartment homes with an additional property in active development.

Post Properties NYSE:PPS

Post Properties, Inc. is a self-administrated and self-managed equity real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company's segments include Fully stabilized (same store) communities, which includes apartment communities that have been stabilized for both the current and prior year; Newly stabilized communities, which includes communities that reached stabilized occupancy in the prior year; Lease-up communities, which includes communities that are under development, rehabilitation and in lease-up but were not stabilized by the beginning of the current year, including communities that stabilized during the current year; Acquired communities, which include communities acquired in the current or prior year, and Held for sale and sold communities, which include apartment and mixed-use communities classified as held for sale or sold. Its operating divisions include Post Apartment Management, Post Construction and Property Services, Post Investment Group and Post Corporate Services.

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