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Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.

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Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.

ESRT·NYSE·Real Estate & Construction·CIK 0001541401

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (ESRT) is a real estate investment trust focused on New York City that owns and operates a portfolio of office, retail, and multifamily properties. These properties are well-leased, top-tier, modernized, amenitized, and well-located. ESRT's flagship property is the Empire State Building, which includes its Observatory. As of December 31, 2025, ESRT's portfolio consisted of approximately 7.9 million rentable square feet of office space, 0.8 million rentable square feet of retail space, and 743 residential units, all located in New York City. The office portfolio included 10 properties, with three being long-term ground leasehold interests, all situated in Manhattan. The company also holds entitled land in Stamford, Connecticut, zoned for either office or residential development. ESRT was organized as a Maryland corporation on July 29, 2011, and began operations on October 7, 2013, following its initial public offering. Its operating partnership, Empire State Realty OP, L.P., holds most of its assets and conducts most of its business. As of December 31, 2025, ESRT owned approximately 61.4% of the operating partnership units and, as the sole general partner, manages and controls the Operating Partnership. ESRT elected to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes starting with its taxable year ended December 31, 2013.

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESRT) is a publicly traded company in the Real Estate & Construction sector. Wiseek has independently scored 7 items for ESRT at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-06, rated 8/10. Across its 7 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 8/10, with 4 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for ESRT spans 10-Q, 424B7, 8-K, DEF 14A.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Empire State Realty Trust Swings to Q2 Loss on $166M Observatory Goodwill Impairment; Core FFO Holds at $57M
  • ESRT Narrows 2026 FFO Guidance to $0.75–$0.79, Reshapes Portfolio with $275M Sale
  • Qatar Investment Authority registers 29.9M shares for resale, a 17.4% stake in ESRT's float
  • Shareholders Approve 15 Million Share Equity Incentive Plan
  • Empire State Realty Trust Reports Significant Q1 Net Income Decline, Issues $130M Senior Notes

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$768.27M
Net Income
$72.98M
Diluted EPS
$0.25
Op. Cash Flow
$249.05M
Free Cash Flow
$50.55M
Operating Income
$135.65M
Cash & Equivalents
$132.66M
Debt / Equity
0.00×
Net Margin
9.5%
Shares Outstanding
168.54M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-02-27 · accession 0001541401-26-000008

Short Interest & Short Volume

2.88 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 11,639,275 shares in ESRT as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 22.3% increase from the prior period — about 2.9 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 49.1% of ESRT volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)11,639,275 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 22.3%
Days to cover2.88 at avg daily volume of 4,038,214
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)49.1% of 2,169,324 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume51.0%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

Dilution Risk

Low risk

Filing-implied dilution signals for ESRT, detected from its recent SEC filings · based on capital-structure filings through 2026-07-30.

1 recent capital raise

29.9M Share Resale Registration · Potential Complete Exit

⚠ A more recent filing has been published for this ticker since this signal was computed; it may not yet be reflected — see the filings below.

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$4.17
52-week range · as of 2026-08-06 $4.17 – $8.07
Market cap
$721.96M
Volume
4.9M (1.2× avg)
3-mo avg 4.2M
Live data · 2026-10-04 15:07 UTC · Market closed

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ESRT
Aug 06, 2026, 4:52 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $4.88
Real-time Price: $4.17 info
Change: -$0.710 (-15%) info
Market Cap: $721.963M info
ESRT
Aug 03, 2026, 7:33 AM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $5.10
Real-time Price: $4.17 info
Change: -$0.930 (-18%) info
Market Cap: $721.963M info
ESRT
Jul 30, 2026, 4:57 PM EDT
Filing Type: 424B7
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $4.95
Real-time Price: $4.17 info
Change: -$0.780 (-16%) info
Market Cap: $721.963M info
ESRT
May 19, 2026, 4:37 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $5.44
Real-time Price: $4.17 info
Change: -$1.27 (-23%) info
Market Cap: $721.963M info
ESRT
May 07, 2026, 4:27 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $5.61
Real-time Price: $4.17 info
Change: -$1.44 (-26%) info
Market Cap: $721.963M info
ESRT
Apr 02, 2026, 8:30 AM EDT
Filing Type: DEF 14A
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $5.11
Real-time Price: $4.17 info
Change: -$0.940 (-18%) info
Market Cap: $721.963M info
ESRT
Feb 17, 2026, 4:57 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $6.39
Real-time Price: $4.17 info
Change: -$2.22 (-35%) info
Market Cap: $721.963M info
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