NYSE$ESS

Essex Property Trust Inc · Q4 2023 earnings

Q4 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Announced fourth quarter and full-year 2023 results and 2024 guidance.

Essex Property Trust, Inc. reported fourth quarter 2023 earnings, with net income per diluted share at $1.02, a decrease compared to $2.86 in Q4 2022. Core FFO per diluted share grew by 1.6% compared to Q4 2022. Same-property revenues and NOI grew by 2.9% and 2.3%, respectively.

  • Reported Net Income per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2023 of $1.02, compared to $2.86 in the fourth quarter of 2022.
  • Grew Core FFO per diluted share by 1.6% compared to the fourth quarter of 2022, exceeding the high-end of the Company’s original guidance range.
  • Achieved same-property revenues and net operating income (“NOI”) growth of 2.9% and 2.3%, respectively, compared to the fourth quarter of 2022.
  • As of February 2, 2024, the Company’s immediately available liquidity was approximately $1.6 billion.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$422M

Previous: $415M+1.6%
EPS (adj)

$3.83

Previous: $3.77+1.6%
Apartment Homes

62.3K

Previous: 62.4K-0.2%
Net Income

$70.3M

Previous: $194M-63.8%
Operating Income

$130M

Previous: $228M-42.9%
Gross Profit

$163M

Previous: $287M-43.4%
Stock-Based Comp

$2.09M

Previous: $617K+238.4%

Revenue & EPS history

Essex Property Trust · Revenue · Quarterly

$422M

Q4 2023+1.6%vs Q4 2022
Beat estimate in 9 of 15 quarters(60%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

The guidance projections are based on current expectations and are forward-looking. The guidance is given for Net Operating Income (NOI) and Total and Core FFO.

Tailwinds

  • Total NOI from Consolidated Communities includes a range of same-property NOI growth of -1.10% to 2.30%
  • Management Fees are expected to be between 10.6 million and 11.6 million
  • Interest and other income is expected to be between 28.2 million and 29.2 million
  • FFO from co-investments is expected to be between 101.1 million and 104.3 million, reflecting $100M of preferred equity redemptions and a forecasted reduction in preferred equity income on the remaining book
  • Weighted average shares outstanding - FFO calculation: 66,550

Headwinds

  • Net interest expense is expected to be between 208.6 million and 205.8 million
  • General and administrative expenses are expected to be between 56.7 million and 58.7 million
  • Corporate-level property management expenses are expected to be between 46.1 million and 47.1 million
  • Non-controlling interest is expected to be between 13.5 million and 12.5 million
  • General and administrative and other, net: (20,000)

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q4 2023

Historical avgQ4 2023

+0.3%

Avg return

Earnings day

+1.0%

Avg return

5 days after

+2.1%

Avg return

30 days after

52%

35 / 67 earnings

Positive

+6.9%

Q2 2016

Best reaction

-6.3%

Q3 2022

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-0.9%-1.2%+1.9%
Q4 2025-0.4%+3.9%+1.0%
Q3 2025+1.2%+3.8%+6.7%
Q1 2025+1.5%+4.8%+3.2%
Q4 2024+3.0%+1.4%+5.1%
Q3 2024-1.9%-7.6%+4.4%
Q2 2024-2.7%-1.5%+4.2%
Q1 2024-1.0%+0.9%+3.1%
Q4 2023-0.6%-0.2%+5.3%
Q3 2023-1.8%+1.7%+2.1%
Q2 2023-0.9%+1.9%-0.9%
Q1 2023+6.7%+5.4%+2.1%
Q4 2022+3.8%+3.2%-0.0%
Q3 2022-6.3%-6.0%-10.1%
Q2 2022+1.3%+4.6%+3.6%
Q1 2022-1.8%-5.4%-18.7%
Q4 2021-0.5%-2.5%+2.6%
Q3 2021+2.1%+1.5%+6.7%
Q2 2021-0.9%-1.0%-3.1%
Q1 2021-3.3%-2.1%-1.8%
Q4 2020+4.0%+4.5%+6.7%
Q3 2020+1.1%+11.1%+28.0%
Q2 2020-2.9%+1.1%+0.1%
Q1 2020+1.9%-0.7%+7.4%
Q4 2019+1.2%+1.0%-8.1%
Q3 2019-1.4%-2.3%-6.1%
Q2 2019+1.0%+4.1%+6.6%
Q1 2019+0.5%+0.3%+5.1%
Q4 2018+0.9%+2.1%+3.8%
Q3 2018+3.1%-0.0%+5.0%
Q2 2018-2.6%+1.0%+2.4%
Q1 2018-1.0%+0.3%-1.0%
Q4 2017-0.2%+4.1%+8.5%
Q3 2017-3.3%-3.3%-5.9%
Q2 2017-0.9%-1.5%-0.6%
Q1 2017+1.4%+3.1%+6.3%
Q4 2016+0.6%+1.0%+4.0%
Q3 2016+0.9%+2.8%+2.6%
Q2 2016+6.9%+5.8%+1.5%
Q1 2016-1.9%
Q4 2015-3.7%
Q3 2015-1.2%
Q2 2015+1.1%
Q1 2015+2.2%
Q4 2014+0.9%
Q3 2014+3.0%
Q2 2014-0.6%
Q1 2014+2.0%
Q4 2013+3.6%
Q3 2013-0.8%
Q2 2013-1.9%
Q1 2013-1.4%
Q4 2012+0.6%
Q3 2012-1.1%
Q2 2012-0.7%
Q1 2012+1.3%
Q4 2011-1.8%
Q3 2011+0.4%
Q2 2011+3.4%
Q1 2010+2.8%
Q1 2011+2.4%
Q4 2010+5.3%
Q4 2008+5.3%
Q3 2009-2.7%
Q3 2010-2.7%
Q2 2009+0.8%
Q2 2010+0.8%

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