AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Essex Property Trust (ESS)

Essex Q2 Core FFO rises 2.3% to $4.03 per share; 2025 Core FFO guidance raised

Positive Impact 4 of 5 earnings Written later

Essex Property Trust reported second-quarter 2025 Core FFO of $4.03 per diluted share, up 2.3% from $3.94 a year earlier and $0.07 above the midpoint of its guidance range. The company raised its full-year 2025 Core FFO guidance to $15.80 to $16.02 per diluted share, with a midpoint of $15.91, up $0.10. Reported net income per diluted share rose to $3.44 from $1.45, mainly due to a gain on sale of real estate that the company excludes from Core FFO.

Key points

  • Q2 2025 Core FFO per diluted share $4.03 vs. $3.94 in Q2 2024, up 2.3%
  • Q2 2025 net income per diluted share $3.44 vs. $1.45, driven primarily by a gain on sale of real estate
  • Full-year 2025 Core FFO per diluted share guidance raised to $15.80 to $16.02 from $15.56 to $16.06
  • Same-property revenue growth of 3.2% and NOI growth of 3.3% for Q2 2025 versus Q2 2024

The filing

CompanyEssex Property Trust (ESS)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJul 29, 2025, 4:55 PM ET
Accession number0001140361-25-027843

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 12:42 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on July 29, 2025.

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