Compare U.S. Stocks

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

Metric	EQREquity Residential	AVBAvalonBay Communities	ESSEssex Property Trust
Snapshot
Price	$64.73	$179.89	$276.28
Market cap	$24.01B	$25.16B	$17.59B
Valuation
P/E	25.1x	22x	30.8x
Forward P/E	26.1x	22.1x	36.2x
Growth
Revenue growth	3.4%	4.0%	5.3%
EPS growth	-4.0%	-0.4%	-15.0%
Profitability
Net margin	30.6%	37.2%	30.0%
ROE	8.7%	9.7%	10.3%
Balance sheet & cash
Debt / equity	0.75x	0.81x	1.23x
Free cash flow yield	6.2%	6.7%	6.1%
Dividend yield	4.2%	3.9%	3.7%
Verdict
Investment rating	Neutral· 53	Favorable· 61	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	EQRtoday $65	AVBtoday $180	ESStoday $276
2027	$49.52 – $72.63+12% CAGR	$137.62 – $201.84+12% CAGR	$211.35 – $309.99+12% CAGR
2028	$50.51 – $74.08+7% CAGR	$140.37 – $205.87+7% CAGR	$215.58 – $316.19+7% CAGR
2029	$51.52 – $75.56+5% CAGR	$143.18 – $209.99+5% CAGR	$219.89 – $322.51+5% CAGR
2030	$52.55 – $77.07+4% CAGR	$146.04 – $214.19+4% CAGR	$224.29 – $328.96+4% CAGR
2031	$53.60 – $78.61+4% CAGR	$148.96 – $218.47+4% CAGR	$228.78 – $335.54+4% CAGR
5-yr CAGR	-3.7% – 4.0%	-3.7% – 4.0%	-3.7% – 4.0%