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Mar 31, 2024

Essex Property Trust Q1 2024 Earnings Report

Announced first quarter 2024 results and raised full-year 2024 guidance.

Key Takeaways

Essex Property Trust announced its first quarter 2024 earnings results, reporting a net income of $4.25 per diluted share, a total FFO of $4.60 per share, and a Core FFO of $3.83 per diluted share. The company also raised its full-year 2024 guidance.

Reported Net Income per diluted share for the first quarter of 2024 of $4.25, compared to $2.38 in the first quarter of 2023.

Grew Core FFO per diluted share by 4.9% compared to the first quarter of 2023, exceeding the midpoint of the Company’s guidance range by $0.09.

Achieved same-property revenue and net operating income (“NOI”) growth of 3.6% and 3.0%, respectively, compared to the first quarter of 2023.

Acquired its joint venture partner’s 49.9% interest in four apartment communities for a total purchase price of $505.0 million on a gross basis.

Total Revenue
$427M
Previous year: $412M
+3.5%
EPS
$3.83
Previous year: $3.65
+4.9%
FFO per share, diluted
$306M
Previous year: $254M
+20.4%
Total Apartment Homes
62.27K
Previous year: 62.19K
+0.1%
Gross Profit
$150M
Previous year: $281M
-46.7%
Cash and Equivalents
$508M
Previous year: $77.2M
+558.2%
Total Assets
$12.9B
Previous year: $12.3B
+4.9%

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Essex Property Trust Revenue by Geographic Location

Forward Guidance

The Company provided key updates to the Company’s 2024 full-year assumptions for Net Income, Total FFO, Core FFO per diluted share, and same-property growth.

Positive Outlook

  • Net Income per diluted share revised midpoint increased by $2.92 to $8.24.
  • Total FFO per diluted share revised midpoint increased by $1.00 to $15.73.
  • Core FFO per diluted share revised midpoint increased by $0.20 to $15.23.
  • Same-Property Revenue growth on a cash basis revised midpoint increased by 0.55% to 2.25%.
  • Same-Property NOI growth on a cash basis revised midpoint increased by 0.80% to 1.40%

Revenue & Expenses

Visualization of income flow from segment revenue to net income