Empire State Realty Trust Sees Growth Score Plummet to 30.1 Amid Market Challenges
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Dec 26 2025
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Source: Benzinga
- Growth Score Decline: Empire State Realty Trust's Growth score has plummeted from 44.61 to 30.1 within a week, indicating significant challenges in adapting to post-COVID retail and office space dynamics, which may undermine investor confidence.
- Stock Price Downtrend: The company's stock has fallen 35.99% year-to-date and 7% over the past month, reflecting market concerns about its future profitability, which could further impact its financing capabilities and market position.
- Analysts Lower Price Targets: Major analysts, including Wells Fargo, have trimmed their price targets for the stock due to the adverse effects of remote work and weak tourism, resulting in poor performance in Benzinga's Edge Stock Rankings, particularly in momentum and growth metrics.
- Consistent Earnings Misses: Empire State Realty Trust has reported a series of misses on top-line estimates in recent quarters, alongside a steady decline in earnings, highlighting its vulnerability in the current economic environment and the need for a strategic reassessment to tackle future challenges.
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Analyst Views on ESRT
Wall Street analysts forecast ESRT stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for ESRT is 9.46 USD with a low forecast of 8.30 USD and a high forecast of 11.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
5 Analyst Rating
2 Buy
2 Hold
1 Sell
Hold
Current: 6.520
Low
8.30
Averages
9.46
High
11.00
Current: 6.520
Low
8.30
Averages
9.46
High
11.00
About ESRT
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT), which owns and operates a portfolio of office, retail and multifamily assets. The Company’s portfolio consists of approximately 7.8 million rentable square feet of office space, 0.8 million rentable square feet of retail space and 732 residential units. Its office portfolio included 10 properties. Nine of these office properties are located in midtown Manhattan and encompass over 7.6 million rentable square feet of office space and 0.5 million rentable square feet of retail space, including the Empire State Building. The Company’s segments include Real Estate and an Observatory. The Real Estate segment includes all activities related to the ownership, management, operation, acquisition, repositioning and disposition of its office, retail and multifamily assets principally located in New York City. The Observatory segment operates the 86th and 102nd floor observatories in the Empire State Building.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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