Essex Property Trust, Inc. vs Las Vegas Sands Corp. — how do they compare? Essex Property Trust, Inc. trades at $282.11 (market cap $18.15B), while Las Vegas Sands Corp. trades at $45.83 (market cap $29.44B). The key difference: Las Vegas Sands Corp. is the larger of the two by market cap, and Essex Property Trust, Inc. pays the higher dividend (3.93%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ESS | LVS | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $18.15B | $29.44B |
Sector | Real Estate | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $298.33 | $69.49 |
52-Week Low | $239.61 | $44.78 |
Enterprise Value | $24.75B | $41.33B |
Dividend Yield | 3.93% | 2.64% |
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Essex Property Trust owns a portfolio of 253 apartment communities with over 62,000 units and is developing three additional properties with 571 units. The company focuses on owning large, high-quality properties on the West Coast in the urban and suburban submarkets of Southern California, Northern California, and Seattle.
Read more on ESS →Las Vegas Sands is the world's largest operator of fully integrated resorts, featuring casino, hotel, entertainment, food and beverage, retail, and convention center operations. The company owns the Venetian Macao, Sands Macao, Londoner, Four Seasons Hotel Macao, and Parisian in Macao, and the Marina Bay Sands resort in Singapore. Its Venetian and Palazzo Las Vegas in the U.S. asets were sold to Apollo and VICI for $6.25 billion in 2022. We expect Sands to open a fourth tower in Singapore in 2026. After the sale of its Vegas assets, the company will generate all its EBITDA from Asia, with its casino operations generating the majority of sales.
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