Essex Prop Trust Dividend yield

Essex Prop Trust is part of Real Estate Investment Trusts business, which is part of Financials industry. Essex Prop Trust is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Essex Prop Trust stock dividend

Essex Prop Trust paid a total dividend of 592 million USD last year, for a market value of 15,257 millions (Market Cap 15,188 millions). Essex Prop Trust dividend per share is 9.25 USD, and his stock market price 238.39 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Essex Prop Trust has a dividend yield of 3.88%, which is similar to the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. However, it is lower than the average of Financials industry. The company should be deeply analized because dividend yields should be similar among companies from the same industry unless they carry an opposite strategy.

In addition, you should compare Essex Prop Trust stocks dividend with other Real Estate Investment Trusts companies or other of the highest USA dividend stocks list.

Essex Prop Trust Dividend Payout

About the ability of Essex Prop Trust to maintain his current dividend of USD 9.25 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.88%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Essex Prop Trust payout on ernings is currently 145.44%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that Essex Prop Trust can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Essex Prop Trust is USD 17.92 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 9.25, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Essex Prop Trust, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Financials industry and Real Estate Investment Trusts sector companies.

Essex Prop Trust Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Essex Prop Trust's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	3.88%	9.25	145.44%	64
2022	4.15%	8.79	117.36%	65
2021	2.37%	8.35	95.32%	65
2020	3.50%	8.31	123.85%	65
2019	2.59%	7.79	131.37%	66
2018	3.03%	7.43	113.61%	66
2017	2.90%	7.00	111.64%	66
2016	2.96%	6.39	184.68%	66
2015	2.50%	5.77	0.00%	66

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Essex Prop Trust dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Real Estate Investment Trusts stocks.

Essex Prop Trust Stock performance

Finally, last moth Essex Prop Trust showed a return of -2.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -10.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Real Estate Investment Trusts firms.