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Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT) Competitors

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$7.15 -0.09 (-1.24%)
Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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ESRT vs. AAT, BDN, BXP, CUZ, DEI, HIW, KRC, PDM, SLG, and VNO

Should you be buying Empire State Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Empire State Realty Trust include American Assets Trust (AAT), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), BXP (BXP), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Piedmont Realty Trust (PDM), SL Green Realty (SLG), and Vornado Realty Trust (VNO). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Empire State Realty Trust vs. Its Competitors

American Assets Trust (NYSE:AAT) and Empire State Realty Trust (NYSE:ESRT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings and dividends.

American Assets Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Empire State Realty Trust. American Assets Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Empire State Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Assets Trust$457.86M2.50$72.82M$1.2714.72
Empire State Realty Trust$767.92M1.57$51.64M$0.2429.79

American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Empire State Realty Trust has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Empire State Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. American Assets Trust pays out 107.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Empire State Realty Trust pays out 58.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Assets Trust has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. American Assets Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

American Assets Trust presently has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.33%. Empire State Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $10.43, indicating a potential upside of 45.92%. Given Empire State Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Empire State Realty Trust is more favorable than American Assets Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Assets Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Empire State Realty Trust
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Empire State Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 36.8% of American Assets Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of Empire State Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

American Assets Trust has a net margin of 16.26% compared to Empire State Realty Trust's net margin of 5.67%. American Assets Trust's return on equity of 6.47% beat Empire State Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Assets Trust16.26% 6.47% 2.34%
Empire State Realty Trust 5.67%2.46%1.00%

In the previous week, American Assets Trust had 14 more articles in the media than Empire State Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for American Assets Trust and 3 mentions for Empire State Realty Trust. American Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Empire State Realty Trust's score of 1.18 indicating that American Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Assets Trust
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Empire State Realty Trust
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

American Assets Trust beats Empire State Realty Trust on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ESRT vs. The Competition

MetricEmpire State Realty TrustREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.22B$8.30B$12.08B$20.69B
Dividend Yield1.93%6.00%5.63%3.67%
P/E Ratio29.7971.2719.7429.07
Price / Sales1.574.8225.9166.55
Price / Cash4.8317.7921.3322.84
Price / Book0.671.612.094.43
Net Income$51.64M$128.99M$1.00B$994.22M
7 Day Performance-3.70%-4.24%-2.46%-3.35%
1 Month Performance-13.65%-3.47%-0.96%-2.06%
1 Year Performance-30.58%-9.58%537.06%10.15%

Empire State Realty Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESRT
Empire State Realty Trust
4.418 of 5 stars
$7.15
-1.2%
$10.43
+45.9%
-32.3%$1.22B$767.92M29.79670News Coverage
Positive News
AAT
American Assets Trust
3.8807 of 5 stars
$19.96
-1.9%
$21.00
+5.2%
-28.2%$1.24B$457.86M15.72220News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
BDN
Brandywine Realty Trust
4.6205 of 5 stars
$4.02
-1.7%
$5.00
+24.4%
-23.6%$707.37M$495.77M-2.14330Positive News
BXP
BXP
3.9055 of 5 stars
$69.61
-3.1%
$78.07
+12.2%
-8.0%$11.37B$3.41B-3,478.76780Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
CUZ
Cousins Properties
3.8662 of 5 stars
$27.27
-1.8%
$32.50
+19.2%
-2.3%$4.66B$856.76M82.64290Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
DEI
Douglas Emmett
3.8329 of 5 stars
$15.40
-1.0%
$17.78
+15.4%
-5.2%$2.60B$986.48M48.13750Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
HIW
Highwoods Properties
3.4008 of 5 stars
$29.69
-1.9%
$32.00
+7.8%
-6.7%$3.26B$825.86M18.44340Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
KRC
Kilroy Realty
4.1037 of 5 stars
$36.55
-1.4%
$37.73
+3.2%
+3.7%$4.39B$1.14B21.76260News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
PDM
Piedmont Realty Trust
2.6788 of 5 stars
$7.47
-0.5%
$8.67
+16.0%
-16.0%$934.30M$570.32M-15.24150Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
SLG
SL Green Realty
2.8175 of 5 stars
$58.56
-3.4%
$65.60
+12.0%
-16.0%$4.32B$886.27M-108.441,221
VNO
Vornado Realty Trust
2.8057 of 5 stars
$38.97
-2.4%
$38.09
-2.3%
+28.5%$7.66B$1.79B74.942,996Upcoming Earnings
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