Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) Presents at Citi's Miami Global Property CEO Conference 2026 Transcript

SA Transcripts158.77K FollowersFollow5ShareSaveCommentsPlay Earnings CallPlay Earnings Call Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) Citi's Miami Global Property CEO Conference 2026 March 2, 2026 2:55 PM EST Company Participants Angela Kleiman - President, CEO & DirectorBarb Pak - Executive VP & CFO Conference Call Participants Nicholas Joseph - Citigroup Inc., Research DivisionEric Wolfe - Citigroup Inc., Research Division Presentation Nicholas JosephCitigroup Inc., Research Division Welcome to Citi's 2026 Global Property CEO Conference. I'm Nick Joseph here with Eric Wolfe with Citi Research. I'm pleased to have with us Essex Property Trust and CEO, Angela Kleiman. This session is for Citi clients only and disclosures have been made available at the corporate access desk. [Operator Instructions]. Angela, we'll turn it over to you to introduce the company and team, provide any opening remarks, tell the audience the top reasons an investor should buy your stock today, and then we'll get into Q&A. And Red is actually on. Angela KleimanPresident, CEO & Director Great. Thanks, Nick, and great being here, and thanks for having us. Here with me is Barb Pak, our Chief Financial Officer. And normally, Rylan would be here with us as well, but he's at home having a baby. So we're going to let him off the hook this time. So Essex is an S&P 500 company with over 63,000 units. We are the only public apartment REIT that is solely focused in the West Coast of the United States in our investment strategy. We own, develop, operate anything multifamily we're involved and active in. Since our IPO, we have delivered one of the best long-term CAGRs and total returns of the REIT sector, and we are pleased to announce that this year is our 32nd year of increasing our dividends consecutively. So this track record is really foundational. It's based on a combination of strong fundamentals and our