ESS — ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC.
Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21
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Performance
Technicals
Dividends
Measured signals that fired on ESS
| date | signal | measured base rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-08-03 | Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression structure | -0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-31 | Fair value gap, bearish structure | -0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-30 | Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression structure | -0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-01 | Equal highs taken out structure | -0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-26 | Breakout to a 52-week high price | -1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →
Insider transactions (Form 4)
| date | insider | what | shares | price | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-27 | Kasaris Mary Director | Open-market sale | 600 | 279.45 | 167.7K |
| 2026-05-12 | MARCUS GEORGE M Director | Grant or award | 1.1K | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-05-12 | Johnson Amal M Director | Grant or award | 633 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-05-12 | GUERICKE KEITH R Director | Grant or award | 633 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-05-12 | GUST ANNE B Director | Grant or award | 633 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-05-12 | HAWTHORNE MARIA R Director | Grant or award | 633 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-05-12 | Arabia John V Director | Grant or award | 633 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-05-12 | Kasaris Mary Director | Grant or award | 633 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-05-12 | LYONS IRVING F III Director | Grant or award | 633 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-02-18 | Kleiman Angela L. President and CEO | Shares withheld for tax | 481 | 256.18 | 123.2K |
Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →
Largest institutional holders
| manager | value | shares |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 1.8B | 7.3M |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 1.3B | 5.5M |
| STATE STREET CORP | 1.3B | 5.2M |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 1.0B | 4.2M |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 464.1M | 1.9M |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 403.7M | 1.7M |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | 241.0M | 995.8K |
| Invesco Ltd. | 227.3M | 939.2K |
| Daiwa Securities Group Inc. | 223.8M | 924.8K |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 218.5M | 902.9K |
13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →
Short selling
This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →
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