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Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT) Competitors

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$8.03 -0.29 (-3.49%)
Closing price 07/7/2025 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

Empire State Realty Trust (NYSE:ESRT) and American Assets Trust (NYSE:AAT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and dividends.

67.1% of Empire State Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 14.6% of Empire State Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.8% of American Assets Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Empire State Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $10.43, suggesting a potential upside of 29.93%. American Assets Trust has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.26%. Given Empire State Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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
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
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, American Assets Trust had 4 more articles in the media than Empire State Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for American Assets Trust and 0 mentions for Empire State Realty Trust. American Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Empire State Realty Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that American Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Empire State Realty Trust Neutral
American Assets Trust Positive

American Assets Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Empire State Realty Trust$767.92M1.76$51.64M$0.3026.77
American Assets Trust$455.77M2.68$72.82M$1.2715.71

Empire State Realty Trust has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% 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
Empire State Realty Trust6.92% 3.00% 1.21%
American Assets Trust 17.57%7.02%2.54%

Empire State Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Empire State Realty Trust pays out 46.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. 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.

Summary

American Assets Trust beats Empire State Realty Trust on 12 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$1.40B$8.41B$12.01B$20.71B
Dividend Yield1.68%5.72%5.53%3.72%
P/E Ratio26.7740.5619.9527.82
Price / Sales1.765.0426.0647.03
Price / Cash5.5518.2018.7218.22
Price / Book0.751.652.254.59
Net Income$51.64M$128.99M$990.08M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-1.89%-0.38%0.55%0.65%
1 Month Performance-4.39%0.49%3.39%4.26%
1 Year Performance-15.12%-0.83%540.31%13.93%

Empire State Realty Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESRT
Empire State Realty Trust
3.9113 of 5 stars
$8.03
-3.5%
$10.43
+29.9%
-13.2%$1.40B$767.92M26.77670
AAT
American Assets Trust
3.7884 of 5 stars
$19.74
-0.6%
$21.00
+6.4%
-8.4%$1.21B$457.86M15.54220News Coverage
Positive News
BDN
Brandywine Realty Trust
4.5602 of 5 stars
$4.29
+0.9%
$5.00
+16.6%
-5.6%$735.04M$505.52M-3.57330Positive News
BXP
BXP
3.7016 of 5 stars
$67.44
-1.7%
$79.54
+17.9%
+11.7%$10.86B$3.41B-3,370.31780News Coverage
CUZ
Cousins Properties
3.6921 of 5 stars
$30.02
-0.2%
$32.20
+7.3%
+29.8%$5.05B$856.76M90.97290
DEI
Douglas Emmett
3.3003 of 5 stars
$15.05
-0.9%
$18.13
+20.4%
+15.9%$2.54B$986.48M47.03750
HIW
Highwoods Properties
2.9837 of 5 stars
$31.06
-0.2%
$31.83
+2.5%
+18.4%$3.35B$825.86M19.29340News Coverage
KRC
Kilroy Realty
3.6859 of 5 stars
$34.29
-1.4%
$39.10
+14.0%
+10.8%$4.11B$1.14B20.41260
PDM
Piedmont Realty Trust
3.2043 of 5 stars
$7.28
flat
$8.67
+19.0%
+2.1%$905.69M$570.32M-14.86150
SLG
SL Green Realty
1.8112 of 5 stars
$61.86
+0.2%
$66.33
+7.2%
+10.7%$4.40B$886.27M-147.291,221Positive News
VNO
Vornado Realty Trust
3.6136 of 5 stars
$38.26
-0.1%
$37.91
-0.9%
+45.3%$7.35B$1.79B73.582,996Positive News

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