Big Money Sentiment decreased to 0.85 in Q3 2018. It has change of 0.37, from 2018Q2’s 1.22. The ratio dived due to ESS positioning: 34 sold and 143 reduced. 48 funds bought stakes and 103 increased stakes. Investors holded 61.82 million in 2018Q2 but now own 61.77 million shares or 0.07% less. Citadel Ltd Co holds 7,635 shs or 0% of its capital. Cetera Lc reported 0.03% of its capital in Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS). Nomura Asset Management Com invested in 54,886 shs. Panagora Asset stated it has 0% of its capital in Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS). Swiss Bank & Trust reported 330,552 shs. Muzinich And has 551 shs. Citigroup Inc invested 0.02% of its capital in Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS). Natixis reported 2,627 shs. Moreover, Deutsche State Bank Ag has 0.03% invested in Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) for 174,602 shs. Tiverton Asset Management has invested 0% in Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS). 4,141 were accumulated by Putnam Ltd Liability Corp. Toronto Dominion National Bank & Trust has 0.02% invested in Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS). Lord Abbett And Company has 265,800 shs for 0.18% of their capital. Prelude Capital Management Ltd Liability Com invested in 353 shs. Wells Fargo And Com Mn reported 121,219 shs.

ESS had 17 insider sales and 0 insider buys since October 8, 2018. This’s net activity of $5.74 million. SCHALL MICHAEL J sold $87,354 worth of stock. $20,962 worth of Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) shs were sold by Kleiman Angela L.. Another trade for 2,324 shs valued at $644,771 was sold by SCORDELIS BYRON A. Burkart John F. sold $213,596 worth of Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) or 834 shs on Tuesday, October 30.

The stake In Essex Property Trust Inc. (ESS) was rose held by Cohen & Steers Inc. According to 2018Q3 Securities and Exchange form the decrease is 18.34%. The company’s stock rose 5.33% while stock markets declined as Cohen & Steers Inc bought 1.02M shares. The consumer services company reported $1.63 billion value for the 2018Q3. Now the institutional investor is holding 6.59M shares, compared to the 5.57 million from the previous quarter. $18.98B is Essex Property Trust Inc.’s market cap. ESS is touching $279.09 during the last trading session, after decreased 0.27%.Currently Essex Property Trust, Inc. is uptrending after 9.14% change in last March 2, 2018. ESS has also 248,908 shares volume. The stock outperformed the S&P 500 by 9.14%.

About $34.40 billion US Long portfolio Cohen & Steers Inc manages. It reduced its stake in Te Connectivity Ltd. (NYSE:TEL) by 85,022 shares to 3,304 shares, valued at $291,000 in 2018Q3, according to the filing. For a total of 7.35M shares it reduced its holding in Cubesmart (NYSE:CUBE) by 3.33 million shares in the quarter, and has cut its stake in Douglas Emmett Inc. (NYSE:DEI).

For more Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) news announced recently go to: Seekingalpha.com, 247Wallst.com, Streetinsider.com, Seekingalpha.com or Seekingalpha.com. The titles are as follows: “Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) CEO Michael Schall on Q3 2018 Results – Earnings Call Transcript – Seeking Alpha” announced on October 29, 2018, “Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Bloom Energy, Chipotle, Cognizant, Cummins, FireEye, Humana, MacroGenics, Spirit Airlines, Vale, Disney and More – 24/7 Wall St.” on February 07, 2019, “Barclays Upgrades Camden Property Trust (CPT) to Overweight – StreetInsider.com” with a publish date: February 04, 2019, “What A SWAN Looks Like: Essex Property Trust – Seeking Alpha” and the last “Stocks To Watch: Spotlight On Walmart, Samsung And CAGNY – Seeking Alpha” with publication date: February 16, 2019.

Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) Ratings Coverage

In total 8 analysts cover Essex Property Trust (NYSE:ESS). “Buy” rating has 4, “Sell” are 0, while 4 are “Hold”. (NYSE:ESS) has 50% bullish analysts. 9 are the (NYSE:ESS)’s ratings reports on 2 Mar 2019 according to StockzIntelligence Inc. On Friday, September 14 Citigroup downgraded Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) to “Neutral” rating. On Thursday, February 7 the stock of Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) has “Hold” rating given by Jefferies. On Friday, November 30 the stock of Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) earned “Buy” rating by Jefferies. On Thursday, December 20 the firm has “Buy” rating given by Janney Capital. In Tuesday, December 11 report Wells Fargo upgraded it to “Outperform” rating and $284 target. On Friday, November 2 the firm has “Market Perform” rating given by BMO Capital Markets. On Monday, December 17 the firm earned “Overweight” rating by Morgan Stanley. The company rating was maintained by Barclays Capital on Thursday, November 15.