Compare U.S. Stocks

Put up to three companies side by side on valuation, growth, profitability, and debt.

Metric	AVBAvalonBay Communities	EQREquity Residential	ESSEssex Property Trust
Snapshot
Price	$188.36	$67.30	$288.26
Market cap	$27.52B	$26.17B	$19.17B
Valuation
P/E	23.4x	26.4x	32.4x
Forward P/E	23.5x	27.4x	38.2x
Growth
Revenue growth	4.0%	3.4%	5.3%
EPS growth	-0.4%	-4.0%	-15.0%
Profitability
Net margin	37.2%	30.6%	30.0%
ROE	9.7%	8.7%	10.3%
Balance sheet & cash
Debt / equity	0.81x	0.75x	1.23x
Free cash flow yield	6.7%	6.2%	6.1%
Dividend yield	3.9%	4.2%	3.7%
Verdict
Investment rating	Favorable· 61	Neutral· 53	Neutral· 50

5-Year Price Projections

Base case

Projected using each stock's current EPS, growth rate (EPS or revenue growth), and P/E ratio. P/E assumed to compress 25% on the low end and remain steady on the high end. Not a forecast — for comparative analysis only.

Year	AVBtoday $188	EQRtoday $67	ESStoday $288
2027	$144.10 – $211.34+12% CAGR	$51.48 – $75.51+12% CAGR	$220.52 – $323.43+12% CAGR
2028	$146.98 – $215.57+7% CAGR	$52.51 – $77.02+7% CAGR	$224.93 – $329.90+7% CAGR
2029	$149.92 – $219.88+5% CAGR	$53.56 – $78.56+5% CAGR	$229.43 – $336.49+5% CAGR
2030	$152.92 – $224.28+4% CAGR	$54.64 – $80.13+4% CAGR	$234.02 – $343.22+4% CAGR
2031	$155.97 – $228.76+4% CAGR	$55.73 – $81.74+4% CAGR	$238.70 – $350.09+4% CAGR
5-yr CAGR	-3.7% – 4.0%	-3.7% – 4.0%	-3.7% – 4.0%