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Empire State Realty OP LP Series ESESBACompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Real Estate›Real Estate Investment Trusts

Operating-partnership units tracking Empire State Realty Trust, owner of the Empire State Building and NYC-area offices.

Momentum strong 73
Mkt cap
$1.46B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
100%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$47,478
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 8.1%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Close · USD$5.20
1D-0.5%
1W+3.9%
1M+20.5%
3M+8.2%
6M-6.1%
YTD-17.5%
1Y-27.4%
ATR %4.0%
Beta0.37
52w lowhigh34.5% off high

What Empire State Realty OP LP Series ES does

Operating-partnership units tracking Empire State Realty Trust, owner of the Empire State Building and NYC-area offices.

Earns most from rent on office space under multi-year leases, with the Empire State Building observatory, which sells tickets to tourists, a second large earner. The units represent a stake in the operating partnership through which the REIT holds its buildings.

Products and services

  • Office ownership (Empire State Building, others)
  • Observatory/retail operations

Customers

  • Office tenants
  • Observatory visitors
  • Retail tenants

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Real estate
  • Office REITs
  • NYC-area office and retail real estate

What could go right

  • Observatory tourism revenue growth

What could go wrong

  • Office leasing weakness outside observatory
  • NYC office oversupply

Moat: narrow (brand, installed base). The Empire State Building's global brand drives high-margin observatory tourism revenue.

Headquarters: New York, New York, US · Founded: 2013 · Employees: 642

Named competitors

Empire State Realty OP LP Series ES at a glance

Size Empire State Realty OP LP Series ES (ESBA) is a United States Real Estate company (Real Estate Investment Trusts) with a market value of $1.46B, the 2010th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $5.20 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 6.1%, against -5.5% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 1.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.8%); the operating margin is 16.4% (peer median 53.3%).

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 95ESBA 93
Six months, rebased to 100: Empire State Realty OP LP Series ES against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Empire State Realty OP LP Series ES financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$780M$768M$768M$740M$727M
Revenue growth—0%+4%+2%—
Gross profit$207M$208M$229M$211M$189M
EBITDA$326M$330M$344M$337M$344M
Net income$2.37M$47.6M$51.6M$53.2M$40.6M
Free cash flown/a$50.6M$88.0M$93.2M$84.9M
Capital expendituren/a$198M$173M$139M$126M
Total debt$2.26B$2.44B$2.50B$2.27B$2.27B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Empire State Realty OP LP Series ES competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%-10%0%+10%0%+10%+20%EFC8C8U3466CBLYEPSAJYEUINA8961TS0UIIPR8967SUPR323432923282GNLCQR9A4UESBA6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Empire State Realty OP LP Series ES is the large dot.

Empire State Realty OP LP Series ES competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (ESBA vs SLG vs VNO)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq g
Empire State Realty OP LP Series ES ESBA$1.46B-6%+2%16%n/an/a
SL Green Realty SLG$3.88B+11%+9%12%n/an/a
Vornado Realty Trust VNO$6.70B+11%+2%9%n/an/a

How Empire State Realty OP LP Series ES compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Empire State Realty OP LP Series ES against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureESBAPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+20.5%+0.5%highest of 21
6-month return-6.1%-5.5%10th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-34.5%-16.3%lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+1.7%+4.8%8th lowest of 20
Operating margin16.4%53.3%lowest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Empire State Realty OP LP Series ES ESBAUnited States$1.46B-6%+2%16%n/an/an/a
Ellington Financial EFCUnited States$1.45B-17%+30%81%n/an/an/a
Centurion Accommodation REIT 8C8U.SISingapore$1.45B-3%-69%51%n/an/an/a
LaSalle LOGIPORT REIT 3466.TJapan$1.45B-10%+71%28%n/an/an/a
CBL & Associates Properties CBLUnited States$1.46B0%+9%28%n/an/an/a
Emperador Properties SOCIMI YEPSA.MCSpain$1.44B+14%+7%46%n/an/an/a
Lendlease Global Commercial REIT JYEU.SISingapore$1.44B-3%+4%67%n/an/an/a
Ingenia Communities INA.AXAustralia$1.48B+36%+8%29%n/an/an/a
MORI TRUST REIT.Inc 8961.TJapan$1.48B-13%-14%64%n/an/an/a
OUE Real Estate Investment Trust TS0U.SISingapore$1.50B-5%+7%73%n/an/an/a
CNAMC China Resources Commercial Asset Closed Infrastructure Real Estate Investment Trust 180601.SZChina$1.41B-6%n/an/an/an/an/a
Killam Apartment REIT KMP-UN.TOCanada$1.51B-3%+5%63%n/an/an/a
Innovative Industrial Properties IIPRUnited States$1.51B-4%-4%47%n/an/an/a
Japan Logistics Fund 8967.TJapan$1.52B-8%+3%53%n/an/an/a
Supermarket Income REIT SUPR.LUnited Kingdom$1.54B+4%-7%81%n/an/an/a
Mori Hills Reit Investment 3234.TJapan$1.36B-14%-1%54%n/an/an/a
AEON REIT Investment 3292.TJapan$1.36B-19%+1%35%n/an/an/a
Comforia Residential REIT 3282.TJapan$1.36B-20%+17%41%n/an/an/a
Global Net Lease GNLUnited States$1.58B-26%-30%35%n/an/an/a
Charter Hall Retail REIT CQR.AXAustralia$1.59B+6%+31%73%n/an/an/a
Esr-reit 9A4U.SISingapore$1.33B-14%+5%71%n/an/an/a

Questions

Who are Empire State Realty OP LP Series ES's main competitors?
Named competitors: SL Green Realty (SLG), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Paramount Group (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Ellington Financial (EFC), Centurion Accommodation REIT (8C8U.SI), LaSalle LOGIPORT REIT (3466.T), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), Emperador Properties SOCIMI (YEPSA.MC), Lendlease Global Commercial REIT (JYEU.SI).
How has Empire State Realty OP LP Series ES stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -6.1% against -5.5% for the median peer; over one year -27.4%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.