ESRT vs. RITM, COLD, VIRT, MC, PIPR, EPRT, LB, VCTR, IRT, and PECO
Should you be buying Empire State Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Empire State Realty Trust include Rithm Capital (RITM), Americold Realty Trust (COLD), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Moelis & Company (MC), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), LandBridge (LB), Victory Capital (VCTR), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Empire State Realty Trust vs.
Empire State Realty Trust (NYSE:ESRT) and Rithm Capital (NYSE:RITM) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Rithm Capital had 6 more articles in the media than Empire State Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Rithm Capital and 8 mentions for Empire State Realty Trust. Empire State Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Rithm Capital's score of 0.95 indicating that Empire State Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Rithm Capital received 335 more outperform votes than Empire State Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.85% of users gave Rithm Capital an outperform vote while only 50.52% of users gave Empire State Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Empire State Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 32.95%. Rithm Capital has a consensus price target of $12.94, suggesting a potential upside of 8.13%. Given Empire State Realty Trust's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Empire State Realty Trust is more favorable than Rithm Capital.
67.1% of Empire State Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.9% of Rithm Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 14.0% of Empire State Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Rithm Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Empire State Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Rithm Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Empire State Realty Trust pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rithm Capital pays out 59.9% 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.
Empire State Realty Trust has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rithm Capital has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rithm Capital has a net margin of 17.79% compared to Empire State Realty Trust's net margin of 6.45%. Rithm Capital's return on equity of 18.15% beat Empire State Realty Trust's return on equity.
Rithm Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Empire State Realty Trust. Rithm Capital 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.
Summary
Rithm Capital beats Empire State Realty Trust on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ESRT) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
