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Empire State Realty Trust (Empire State Realty Trust) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 4.44% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Empire State Realty Trust's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $4,247.8 Mil. Empire State Realty Trust's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $188.6 Mil. Empire State Realty Trust's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.44%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Empire State Realty Trust's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

ESRT' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.87   Med: 2.66   Max: 5.51
Current: 5.49

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Empire State Realty Trust was 5.51%. The lowest was 0.87%. And the median was 2.66%.

ESRT's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
70.34% of 890 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 2.84 vs ESRT: 5.49

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Empire State Realty Trust's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 12.74%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Empire State Realty Trust Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Empire State Realty Trust's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Empire State Realty Trust Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.51 1.53 1.93 4.34 4.44

Empire State Realty Trust Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.34 5.18 4.72 4.89 4.44

Competitive Comparison

For the REIT - Diversified subindustry, Empire State Realty Trust's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Empire State Realty Trust Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Empire State Realty Trust's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Empire State Realty Trust's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Empire State Realty Trust Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Empire State Realty Trusts Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=188.606/4247.80774
=4.44 %

Empire State Realty Trust's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $188.6 Mil.



Empire State Realty Trust  (NYSE:ESRT) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Empire State Realty Trust (Empire State Realty Trust) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
111 West 33rd Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10120
Empire State Realty Trust operates as a pure-play greater New York and Manhattan-focused REIT, featuring its landmark Empire State Building office and observation deck. The company owns and operates around 9.4 million square feet of office space, about 80% of which is located in Manhattan.
Executives
Hannah Y Yang director C/O EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST, INC., 111 WEST 33RD STREET, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10120
Tassell Christina Van director C/O 111 RIVER STREET, HOBOKEN NJ 07030
Stephen Horn officer: Chief Accounting Officer 255 WEST 94TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10025
Grant Hill director 121 ORANGE AVE, SUITE 1500, ORLANDO FL 32801
Robert Paige Hood director C/O EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST, INC., 111 WEST 33RD STREET, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10120
Christina Chiu officer: EVP and CFO C/O EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST, INC., 111 WEST 33RD STREET, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10120
Patricia Han director 600 OFFICE CENTER DRIVE, FORT WASHINGTON PA 19034
David A Karp director, officer: EVP and CFO C/O EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST, INC., 111 WEST 33RD STREET, NEW YORK NY 10120
Quark Holding Llc 10 percent owner P.O. BOX 23224 OOREDOO TOWER, DIPLOMATIC AREA STREET, WEST BAY, DOHA S3 S3
Thomas J Derosa director C/O WELLTOWER INC., 4500 DORR STREET, TOLEDO OH 43615
Salvatore Michael Giliberto director C/O EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST, INC., 111 WEST 33RD STREET, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10120
Steven J Gilbert director 540 MADISON AVE, 40TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10022
Robinson James D Iv director 130 EAST 59TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022
William H Berkman director 650 MADISON AVE, 25TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10022
Leslie D. Biddle director 111 WEST 33RD STREET 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10120