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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ESS Essex Property Trust	$259.79 +1.6%	$249.00	$203.85 ▼ $269.23	$16.68B	0.79	269,254 shs	489,351 shs
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$133.71 +3.0%	$131.38	$115.56 ▼ $158.46	$15.62B	0.8	542,613 shs	1.52 million shs
SUI Sun Communities	$117.99 +0.1%	$120.18	$102.74 ▼ $141.52	$14.71B	0.83	596,528 shs	1.17 million shs
UDR UDR	$38.62 +2.0%	$37.78	$30.95 ▼ $44.02	$12.72B	0.79	1.90 million shs	3.72 million shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ESS Essex Property Trust	0.00%	+0.15%	+4.00%	+10.85%	+20.23%
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	0.00%	+0.38%	+1.55%	+4.76%	-9.08%
SUI Sun Communities	+0.01%	+0.72%	+1.16%	-11.11%	-6.82%
UDR UDR	0.00%	-0.87%	+2.79%	+7.46%	-2.65%

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MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
ESS Essex Property Trust	4.6063 of 5 stars	2.1	5.0	4.2	2.5	2.9	1.7	1.9
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	4.4219 of 5 stars	2.1	3.0	4.2	2.9	2.8	2.5	1.9
SUI Sun Communities	4.6574 of 5 stars	3.3	3.0	2.5	2.8	2.4	2.5	1.9
UDR UDR	4.3238 of 5 stars	2.2	3.0	4.2	2.6	2.0	2.5	1.9

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ESS Essex Property Trust	2.26	Hold	$257.33	-0.95% Downside
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	2.13	Hold	$141.47	5.80% Upside
SUI Sun Communities	2.55	Moderate Buy	$136.27	15.50% Upside
UDR UDR	2.38	Hold	$40.65	5.25% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest ESS, MAA, SUI, and UDR Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
5/31/2024	ESS Essex Property Trust	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$232.00 ➝ $269.00
5/31/2024	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$129.00 ➝ $138.00
5/31/2024	UDR UDR	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$39.00 ➝ $41.00
5/30/2024	ESS Essex Property Trust	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$250.00 ➝ $266.00
5/30/2024	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$126.00 ➝ $130.00
5/30/2024	UDR UDR	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$35.00 ➝ $38.00
5/15/2024	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$129.50 ➝ $138.50
5/14/2024	ESS Essex Property Trust	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$230.00 ➝ $250.00
5/14/2024	ESS Essex Property Trust	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Sector Outperform ➝ Sector Outperform	$256.00 ➝ $283.00
5/14/2024	ESS Essex Property Trust	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$250.00 ➝ $261.00
5/14/2024	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Sector Perform ➝ Sector Perform	$139.00 ➝ $144.00

(Data available from 6/2/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ESS Essex Property Trust	$1.67B	9.99	$15.22 per share	17.07	$89.14 per share	2.91
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$2.16B	7.22	$9.93 per share	13.47	$53.56 per share	2.50
SUI Sun Communities	$3.22B	4.56	$6.41 per share	18.40	$58.44 per share	2.02
UDR UDR	$1.63B	7.81	$3.45 per share	11.18	$11.77 per share	3.28

Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ESS Essex Property Trust	$405.83M	$8.18	31.76	16.58	3.59	31.18%	9.22%	4.20%	7/25/2024 (Estimated)
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$552.81M	$4.77	28.03	14.66	2.89	25.92%	8.90%	4.90%	7/24/2024 (Estimated)
SUI Sun Communities	-$201M	$1.16	101.72	15.75	1.04	4.46%	1.87%	0.84%	7/24/2024 (Estimated)
UDR UDR	$444.35M	$1.38	27.99	15.26	8.54	27.81%	11.57%	4.11%	7/24/2024 (Estimated)

Latest ESS, MAA, SUI, and UDR Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Details
5/2/2024	Q1 2024	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$2.23	$1.22	-$1.01	$1.22	$541.44 million	$543.60 million

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ESS Essex Property Trust	$9.80	3.77%	+3.60%	119.80%	30 Years
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$5.88	4.40%	+11.88%	123.27%	15 Years
SUI Sun Communities	$3.76	3.19%	+5.59%	324.14%	8 Years
UDR UDR	$1.70	4.40%	+4.86%	123.19%	14 Years

Latest ESS, MAA, SUI, and UDR Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
5/21/2024	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	quarterly	$1.47	4.31%	7/12/2024	7/15/2024	7/31/2024
5/15/2024	ESS Essex Property Trust	quarterly	$2.45	3.66%	6/28/2024	6/28/2024	7/24/2024
3/19/2024	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	quarterly	$1.47	4.51%	4/12/2024	4/15/2024	4/30/2024
3/14/2024	UDR UDR	quarterly	$0.4250	4.64%	4/9/2024	4/10/2024	4/30/2024

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ESS Essex Property Trust	1.14	3.19	3.19
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	0.74	0.12	0.12
SUI Sun Communities	1.08	1.78	1.78
UDR UDR	1.49	6.61	6.61

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ESS Essex Property Trust	96.51%
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	93.60%
SUI Sun Communities	99.59%
UDR UDR	97.84%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ESS Essex Property Trust	3.80%
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	1.30%
SUI Sun Communities	1.89%
UDR UDR	3.73%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ESS Essex Property Trust	1,750	64.21 million	61.77 million	Optionable
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	2,427	116.83 million	115.31 million	Optionable
SUI Sun Communities	6,780	124.63 million	122.28 million	Optionable
UDR UDR	1,410	329.31 million	317.02 million	Optionable

ESS, MAA, SUI, and UDR Headlines

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Company Descriptions

Essex Property Trust

NYSE:ESS

Essex Property Trust, Inc., an S&P 500 company, is a fully integrated real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires, develops, redevelops, and manages multifamily residential properties in selected West Coast markets. Essex currently has ownership interests in 252 apartment communities comprising approximately 62,000 apartment homes with an additional property in active development.

Mid-America Apartment Communities

NYSE:MAA

MAA, an S&P 500 company, is a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on delivering full-cycle and superior investment performance for shareholders through the ownership, management, acquisition, development and redevelopment of quality apartment communities primarily in the Southeast, Southwest and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. As of December 31, 2023, MAA had ownership interest in 102,662 apartment units, including communities currently in development, across 16 states and the District of Columbia.

Sun Communities

NYSE:SUI

Established in 1975, Sun Communities, Inc. became a publicly owned corporation in December 1993. The Company is a fully integrated REIT listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol: SUI. As of December 31, 2023, the Company owned, operated, or had an interest in a portfolio of 667 developed MH, RV and Marina properties comprising 179,310 developed sites and approximately 48,030 wet slips and dry storage spaces in the U.S., the UK and Canada.

UDR

NYSE:UDR

UDR, Inc. (NYSE: UDR), an S&P 500 company, is a leading multifamily real estate investment trust with a demonstrated performance history of delivering superior and dependable returns by successfully managing, buying, selling, developing and redeveloping attractive real estate communities in targeted U.S. markets. As of December 31, 2023, UDR owned or had an ownership position in 60,336 apartment homes including 359 homes under development. For over 51 years, UDR has delivered long-term value to shareholders, the best standard of service to Residents and the highest quality experience for Associates.

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