Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT) Competitors

CareTrust REIT (NASDAQ:CTRE) and Empire State Realty Trust (NYSE:ESRT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk and community ranking.

Is CTRE or ESRT more profitable?

CareTrust REIT has a net margin of 42.22% compared to Empire State Realty Trust's net margin of 6.45%. CareTrust REIT's return on equity of 5.59% beat Empire State Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CareTrust REIT	42.22%	5.59%	4.39%
Empire State Realty Trust	6.45%	2.84%	1.14%

Do analysts prefer CTRE or ESRT?

CareTrust REIT presently has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.96%. Empire State Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 44.04%. Given Empire State Realty Trust's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Empire State Realty Trust is more favorable than CareTrust REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CareTrust REIT	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Empire State Realty Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility & risk, CTRE or ESRT?

CareTrust REIT has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Empire State Realty Trust has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CTRE or ESRT?

CareTrust REIT received 181 more outperform votes than Empire State Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.72% of users gave CareTrust REIT an outperform vote while only 50.31% of users gave Empire State Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CareTrust REIT	Outperform Votes 422 64.72%	Underperform Votes 230 35.28%
Empire State Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 241 50.31%	Underperform Votes 238 49.69%

Does the media favor CTRE or ESRT?

In the previous week, CareTrust REIT had 16 more articles in the media than Empire State Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for CareTrust REIT and 8 mentions for Empire State Realty Trust. CareTrust REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Empire State Realty Trust's score of 0.97 indicating that CareTrust REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CareTrust REIT	18 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Empire State Realty Trust	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CTRE or ESRT?

87.8% of CareTrust REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Empire State Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of CareTrust REIT 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CTRE or ESRT?

CareTrust REIT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Empire State Realty Trust. Empire State Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CareTrust REIT, 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
CareTrust REIT	$228.26M	23.83	$125.08M	$0.79	36.69
Empire State Realty Trust	$767.92M	1.74	$53.24M	$0.28	28.51

Is CTRE or ESRT a better dividend stock?

CareTrust REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Empire State Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. CareTrust REIT pays out 169.6% 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 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

CareTrust REIT beats Empire State Realty Trust on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.