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$7.62 0.00 (0.00%)
Closing price 07/18/2025 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 superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

American Assets Trust currently has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.22%. Empire State Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $10.43, indicating a potential upside of 36.92%. Given Empire State Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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

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$457.86M2.69$72.82M$1.2715.87
Empire State Realty Trust$767.92M1.67$51.64M$0.3025.40

In the previous week, Empire State Realty Trust had 3 more articles in the media than American Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Empire State Realty Trust and 2 mentions for American Assets Trust. American Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Empire State Realty Trust's score of 0.96 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
2 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)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Empire State Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. 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 46.7% 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.

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

American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Empire State Realty Trust has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

American Assets Trust has a net margin of 17.57% compared to Empire State Realty Trust's net margin of 6.92%. American Assets Trust's return on equity of 7.02% beat Empire State Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Assets Trust17.57% 7.02% 2.54%
Empire State Realty Trust 6.92%3.00%1.21%

Summary

American Assets Trust beats Empire State Realty Trust on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$1.28B$8.38B$12.10B$20.85B
Dividend Yield1.84%5.81%5.56%3.65%
P/E Ratio25.4040.8919.1527.56
Price / Sales1.674.8826.1159.11
Price / Cash5.0918.1921.6822.29
Price / Book0.721.652.314.66
Net Income$51.64M$128.99M$997.60M$994.58M
7 Day Performance-7.02%-1.62%0.39%-0.29%
1 Month Performance-11.03%0.09%4.38%4.90%
1 Year Performance-28.38%-7.33%538.30%11.14%

Empire State Realty Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESRT
Empire State Realty Trust
4.4034 of 5 stars
$7.62
flat
$10.43
+36.9%
-27.8%$1.28B$767.92M25.40670Upcoming Earnings
AAT
American Assets Trust
3.1804 of 5 stars
$21.31
+0.7%
$21.00
-1.5%
-16.6%$1.30B$455.77M16.78220Positive News
BDN
Brandywine Realty Trust
4.2972 of 5 stars
$4.36
+1.3%
$5.00
+14.8%
-11.4%$753.20M$505.52M-3.63330Upcoming Earnings
BXP
BXP
3.8346 of 5 stars
$71.25
+0.7%
$79.08
+11.0%
+2.6%$11.28B$3.43B-3,560.62780Analyst Forecast
CUZ
Cousins Properties
4.3188 of 5 stars
$29.14
+0.7%
$32.50
+11.5%
+15.7%$4.89B$897.85M88.29290Positive News
DEI
Douglas Emmett
3.5029 of 5 stars
$16.17
+0.4%
$17.88
+10.6%
+5.0%$2.71B$993.04M50.52750News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
HIW
Highwoods Properties
3.8981 of 5 stars
$31.91
+1.4%
$32.00
+0.3%
+8.0%$3.44B$814.97M19.82340Positive News
KRC
Kilroy Realty
3.464 of 5 stars
$37.21
+0.0%
$38.00
+2.1%
+5.0%$4.40B$1.13B22.15260Analyst Downgrade
PDM
Piedmont Realty Trust
2.5913 of 5 stars
$7.64
+0.3%
$8.67
+13.5%
-10.1%$949.86M$568.47M-15.58150
SLG
SL Green Realty
2.2746 of 5 stars
$63.58
-0.6%
$65.33
+2.8%
-1.0%$4.53B$938.24M-151.381,221Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
VNO
Vornado Realty Trust
3.8727 of 5 stars
$38.74
+0.3%
$38.09
-1.7%
+32.4%$7.44B$1.81B74.492,996

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This page (NYSE:ESRT) was last updated on 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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