The framework has shifted from distribution to markdown since the last review. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved down 10.9% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 33%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 19%.
Empire State Realty OP LP
ESBA · NYSE ARCA · USD · Market cap $1.1B · 642 employees
Empire State Realty OP, L.P.
FAIL · Does not pass the screenScreen close, 2026-09-21 · not a live quote
Last reviewed 15 days ago
Screened 2026-09-21 · the tape above runs as of 19:04 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
What this means: price 4.10 against the desk's fair-value range, over the last year.
- Trend Markdown
- Insiders no filings inside 60 days, left as found
- Positioning no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
- Options no verdict drawn today, left as found
- Ethical does not pass the values gate
Our analytic regime reads on this name, dated and marked against the screened price. Small sample per name, and separate from the daily-framework accuracy on the Track Record page.
This name holds its markdown label.
Empire State Realty OP LP holds its Markdown at $4.10. The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 2 days.
| Phase | Markdown · caution |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 2 days |
| Price at the screen | $4.10 |
| Valuation | 205.00 trailing · N/A forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL · score 70.0 |
| Beta | 1.42 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Debt ratio
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business activity | Permissible | Core business clean | Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending. | Pass |
| Debt load | 54.59% | Below 33% | Interest-bearing debt is 54.6% of its assets, above the one-third ceiling the screen allows. | Fail |
| Interest-bearing cash | 0.00% | Below 33% | Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit. | Pass |
| Receivables | 9.17% | Below 49% | Money owed to the company is 9.2% of assets, under the 49% limit. | Pass |
| Revenue purity | 1.14% | Below 5% | Only 1.1% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line. | Pass |
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
The Ethical ReadWhy It Falls Short, in Plain English
Empire State Realty OP LP's business is in a permissible area, but its interest-bearing debt is about 55% of the company, well over the ~33% line, so it does not pass on the financial screens.
Read as at 2026-10-04. It updates when the underlying figures move, and past reads are kept below.
The Business, in Plain Words| Trailing P/E | 205.0xexpensive: the price assumes strong growth ahead |
| EPS, trailing | 0.02 |
| Revenue growth | +3.2%slow but positive growth |
| Profit margin | 1.2%barely profitable |
| Return on equity | 0.5%a modest return on shareholder capital |
| FCF yield | 25.98% |
| Dividend yield | 268.00% |
| Debt to equity | 1.24a meaningful debt load worth watching |
| Current ratio | 2.44comfortably covers its short-term bills |
| Beta | 1.42moves a little more than the market |
| 52-week range | 4.01 - 8.30 |
| Moat | NONE |
| Market cap | $1.1B |
| Employees | 642 |
The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market; it already moves more than the market on an average day.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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Every Entry, As Written
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 15.6% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 33%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 19%.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved up 4.5% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 33%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 19%.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 33%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 19%.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
- A Look At Empire State Realty OP (ESBA) Valuation After Prolonged Share Price And Earnings Pressure Simply Wall St. · 5 Mar 2026
- Longleaf Partners Small-Cap Fund Trimmed Empire State Realty (ESRT) as the P/V Gap Had Closed Insider Monkey · 25 Feb 2026
- Empire State Realty (ESRT) Earnings Transcript Motley Fool · 30 Oct 2025
Headlines from third-party outlets, linked for reference: not our reporting, not advice.
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| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $5.60 | -0.5% | · | $995 | -0.5% |
| 2 months | $5.11 | +9.0% | · | $1,090 | +9.0% |
| 3 months | $5.01 | +11.3% | $0.04 | $1,120 | +12.0% |
| 6 months | $6.85 | -18.7% | $0.04 | $818 | -18.2% |
| 1 year | $8.26 | -32.6% | $0.07 | $683 | -31.7% |
| 2 years | $8.55 | -34.8% | $0.21 | $676 | -32.4% |
| 3 years | $6.71 | -17.0% | $0.35 | $882 | -11.8% |
| 5 years | $11.71 | -52.5% | $0.63 | $529 | -47.1% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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