ESRT vs. AHR, CTRE, LB, COLD, TFPM, MC, AB, PECO, VCTR, and IRT
Should you be buying Empire State Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Empire State Realty Trust include American Healthcare REIT (AHR), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), LandBridge (LB), Americold Realty Trust (COLD), Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM), Moelis & Company (MC), AllianceBernstein (AB), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Victory Capital (VCTR), and Independence Realty Trust (IRT). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Empire State Realty Trust vs. Its Competitors
Empire State Realty Trust (NYSE:ESRT) and American Healthcare REIT (NYSE:AHR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.
In the previous week, American Healthcare REIT had 9 more articles in the media than Empire State Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for American Healthcare REIT and 2 mentions for Empire State Realty Trust. American Healthcare REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Empire State Realty Trust's score of -1.00 indicating that American Healthcare REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
67.1% of Empire State Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.7% of American Healthcare REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 14.6% of Empire State Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of American Healthcare REIT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock 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%. American Healthcare REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Empire State Realty Trust pays out 46.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Healthcare REIT pays out -370.4% 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. American Healthcare REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Empire State Realty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American Healthcare REIT. American Healthcare REIT 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.
Empire State Realty Trust has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Healthcare REIT has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Empire State Realty Trust received 210 more outperform votes than American Healthcare REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 91.43% of users gave American Healthcare REIT an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Empire State Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Empire State Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $10.43, indicating a potential upside of 22.80%. American Healthcare REIT has a consensus target price of $37.14, indicating a potential upside of 3.69%. Given Empire State Realty Trust's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Empire State Realty Trust is more favorable than American Healthcare REIT.
Empire State Realty Trust has a net margin of 6.45% compared to American Healthcare REIT's net margin of -1.84%. Empire State Realty Trust's return on equity of 2.84% beat American Healthcare REIT's return on equity.
Summary
Empire State Realty Trust beats American Healthcare REIT on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ESRT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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This page (NYSE:ESRT) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
