All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-08-19.
From the record
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2024-08-19); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2024-08-12) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+1.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.
From the record
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $677 million in fiscal 2016 to $768 million in fiscal 2025, up 1.4% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 17% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count steady. 12% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.'s diluted share count held steady, and dividends and buybacks returned about 12% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-09 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 4%: 4¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 59%: owes 59¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. earned about 4 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 59 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.4% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 44% of 157 in its family; net margin 9.5%.
From the record
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.'s standing among 157 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $768 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 44% by size; a net margin of 9.5% ranks in the bottom 46%; revenue growth of 1.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 31% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 44% of 160 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2013.
From the record
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Malkin, Anthony E (Chairman and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2013-10-01, 13.1 years (top 25% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.4 years (bottom 29%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (bottom 29%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 34% of 146 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $133 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 3% of its assets as net cash, top 14% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 32.4% of revenue (bottom 47%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 45% of 153 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 1.9% a year over the last three filed years against 1.4% over all 10, speeding up (top 36% of its family); the newest year grew 0% (bottom 35%); capital spending grew 17.6% a year (top 36%) (its annual reports). Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 44% of 150 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $768 million in fiscal 2025 came in 2.7% below the $789 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 46% of its family); net income of $73 million against a prior three-year average of $76 million (bottom 42%); a net margin of 9.5% against 10.2% before (bottom 45%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made