Is Empire State Realty Trust Inc (ESRT) positioned for future growth?

With 1.26 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.3 million shares. The 52-week range on ESRT shows that it touched its highest point at $10.32 and its lowest point at $5.38 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $10.83. With its current market cap of 1.58 billion, ESRT has annualized dividend of $0.14 while the current yield stands at 1.45%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.31.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of ESRT was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.93%, but this was up by 2.99% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 1.19% while six-month performance rose 10.89%. The stock gained 22.09% in the past year, while it has lost -0.41% so far this year. EPS is expected to grow by 1.80% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -5.06%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 162.06 million ESRT shares are outstanding with a float of 132.82 million shares on hand for trading. On Feb 15, 2024, short shares totaled 7.05 million, which was 4.34% higher than short shares on Jan 12, 2024. In addition to ASRT as the firm’s Assertio Holdings, Inc., ESLT serves as its Elbit Systems Ltd.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 90.00% of ESRT’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have majority control over the company.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for ESRT since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.