Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT) Competitors

First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE:FR) and Empire State Realty Trust (NYSE:ESRT) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, FR or ESRT?

First Industrial Realty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Empire State Realty Trust. First Industrial Realty 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Industrial Realty Trust	$651.33M	10.57	$274.82M	$2.33	22.32
Empire State Realty Trust	$763.20M	2.42	$53.24M	$0.27	40.98

Which has more risk and volatility, FR or ESRT?

First Industrial Realty Trust has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Empire State Realty Trust has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer FR or ESRT?

First Industrial Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $57.83, suggesting a potential upside of 11.20%. Empire State Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.93%. Given First Industrial Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe First Industrial Realty Trust is more favorable than Empire State Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Industrial Realty Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46
Empire State Realty Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FR or ESRT?

99.8% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Empire State Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of Empire State Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FR or ESRT?

First Industrial Realty Trust received 185 more outperform votes than Empire State Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.44% of users gave First Industrial Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 50.74% of users gave Empire State Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Industrial Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 426 58.44%	Underperform Votes 303 41.56%
Empire State Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 241 50.74%	Underperform Votes 234 49.26%

Is FR or ESRT more profitable?

First Industrial Realty Trust has a net margin of 47.34% compared to Empire State Realty Trust's net margin of 6.22%. First Industrial Realty Trust's return on equity of 11.53% beat Empire State Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Industrial Realty Trust	47.34%	11.53%	5.93%
Empire State Realty Trust	6.22%	2.73%	1.10%

Does the media prefer FR or ESRT?

In the previous week, First Industrial Realty Trust had 6 more articles in the media than Empire State Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for First Industrial Realty Trust and 4 mentions for Empire State Realty Trust. Empire State Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat First Industrial Realty Trust's score of 1.54 indicating that Empire State Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Industrial Realty Trust	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Empire State Realty Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is FR or ESRT a better dividend stock?

First Industrial Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Empire State Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. First Industrial Realty Trust pays out 63.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Empire State Realty Trust pays out 51.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. First Industrial Realty Trust has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. First Industrial Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

First Industrial Realty Trust beats Empire State Realty Trust on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.