ESBA vs SLG vs ARE Stock Comparison

Empire State Realty OP, Sl Green Realty and Alexandria Real Estate Equities Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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SLG Sl Green Realty Corp
$53.77 +12.0% 1M +7.0% 1Y
Market cap
$3.60B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.04B
Div. yield
–
Office REITs Real Estate
4 wins

Head to Head

7 decided of 12

Sl Green Realty leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Sl Green Realty 4, Alexandria Real Estate Equities 2, Empire State Realty OP 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionESBASLGARELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.35B $3.60B $7.65B ARE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 267.5x -18.9x -5.3x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 29.5x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +2.0% +8.5% -9.9% SLG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.6% -18.4% -52.0% ESBA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -1.1% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 5.0x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.08% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -28.8% +7.0% -14.8% SLG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -13.5%/yr -7.2%/yr -25.9%/yr SLG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 50.3% 39.3% 45.7% SLG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 35/100 19/100 40/100 ARE

Percentile Scorecard

ESBASLGARE

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisESBASLGARE
Valuation 69 #46 of 146 10 #131 of 146 74 #39 of 146
Growth 4 #140 of 145 11 #129 of 145 8 #134 of 145
Profitability 28 #102 of 141 5 #134 of 141 15 #120 of 141
Financial Health 59 #60 of 146 37 #93 of 146 75 #37 of 146
Shareholder Returns 13 #118 of 136 33 #92 of 136 30 #96 of 136
Overall 35 19 40
  • ESBA ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • SLG ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • ARE ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodESBASLGARESPY
1 month +24.5%+12.0%+0.4% -1.0%
3 months +3.1%-1.9%-8.2% -0.4%
6 months -9.2%+20.3%+0.4% +4.5%
Year to date -20.2%+17.2%-6.0% +12.4%
1 year -28.8%+7.0%-14.8% +13.6%
3 years -45.1%+56.3%-55.0% +76.4%
3 years, per year -18.1%+16.1%-23.4% +20.8%
5 years -51.7%-31.1%-77.7% +63.7%
5 years, per year -13.5%-7.2%-25.9% +10.4%
10 years -73.5%-47.2%-55.3% +267.7%
10 years, per year -12.4%-6.2%-7.7% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureESBASLGARESPY
Volatility, 1Y 50.3%39.3%45.7% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 58.4%38.8%46.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.330.980.76 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.570.18-0.32 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -66.4%-76.2%-82.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -33.1%-10.1%-22.9% -1.6%
52-week high $7.52$59.83$59.69 $779.14
52-week low $3.85$35.33$39.91 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleESBASLGARE
P/E now vs peer median 267.5xmedian 26.6x -19.9xmedian 26.6x -5.5xmedian 26.6x
P/S now vs peer median 1.7xmedian 4.3x 3.7xmedian 4.3x 2.9xmedian 4.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 12.8xmedian 14.7x —median 14.7x —median 14.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median -3.1xmedian 22.1x -3.9xmedian 22.1x -16.9xmedian 22.1x
P/B now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.3x 1.0xmedian 1.3x 0.4xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median -4.48median 2.01 -0.76median 2.01 0.05median 2.01

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsESBASLGARE
Revenue $784.18M $1.04B $2.76B
Operating income -$34.52M – –
Net income $9.26M -$171.98M -$1.39B
Free cash flow -$437.31M -$979.77M -$473.23M
EPS (diluted) $0.02 $-2.70 $-8.40
Cash & equivalents $85.61M $180.79M $508.86M
Total debt $955.23M $4.31B $12.90B
Shares (diluted) 268.95M 70.67M 170.75M
Enterprise value $911.61M $2.93B $57.46M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricESBASLGARE
P/E 267.5x -19.9x -5.5x
P/FCF -3.1x -3.9x -16.9x
P/Operating cash flow 5.9x 41.3x 6.7x
P/S 1.7x 3.7x 2.9x
P/B 0.8x 1.0x 0.4x
P/Tangible book 0.8x 1.3x 0.4x
EV/EBITDA 12.8x – –
EV/EBIT -64.4x – –
EV/Revenue 2.8x 7.6x 6.8x
EV/FCF -5.1x -8.1x -39.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 9.8x 86.2x 15.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -4.48 -0.76 0.05

Growth

14 metrics
MetricESBASLGARE
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.0% 8.5% -9.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.9% 0.5% -0.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) -123.1% – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -31.0% – –
Net income growth (1Y) -86.5% -790.9% -339.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -51.3% 28.3% -74.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -92.1% -426.4% -239.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -59.8% 26.1% -100.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -13.3% -32.3% -13.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -0.8% -22.5% -9.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -169.4% -353.2% 33.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -149.9% -77.6% 43.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricESBASLGARE
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin 22.1% – –
Operating margin -4.4% – –
Pretax margin 1.3% – –
Net margin 0.6% -18.4% -52.0%
FCF margin -55.8% -94.4% -17.1%
Operating cash flow margin 29.0% 8.9% 43.0%
Return on equity 0.5% -4.0% -6.6%
Return on assets 0.2% -1.3% -3.6%
Return on invested capital -1.1% – –
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.1x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 24.6x -0.5x -0.9x
Stock comp / revenue 3.9% – 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricESBASLGARE
Debt / assets 22.4% 36.5% 37.9%
Debt / equity 0.5x 1.1x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 5.0x – –
Debt / FCF -2.2x -4.4x -27.3x
Liabilities / assets 58.1% 66.8% 45.9%
Equity / assets 41.9% 33.2% 54.1%
Interest coverage -0.3x – –
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricESBASLGARE
Dividend yield 3.2% 3.9% 6.3%
Net buyback yield – 0.0% –
Shareholder yield 3.2% 3.9% 6.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – -43.0%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – -126.5%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – -34.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -10.2%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusESBASLGARE
Forward P/E – – 29.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $-0.75FY2026 $1.56FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – -150.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $640.65MFY2026 $2.71BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +6.5%FY2026 -8.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +6.4% -13.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersESBASLGARE
Held by institutions – 99.3% 97.2%
Institutions holding – 357 597
Change in shares held, QoQ – +0.0% +14.1%
Institutions buying – 185 336
Institutions selling – 119 192
Buyers to sellers – 1.55 1.75

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ESBASLGARE
ESBA 1.00 0.22 0.13
SLG 0.22 1.00 0.52
ARE 0.13 0.52 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ESBA, SLG and ARE?

Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Empire State Realty OP (ESBA) $1.35B, Sl Green Realty (SLG) $3.60B, Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) $7.65B.

Which company is growing faster?

Sl Green Realty (SLG) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Empire State Realty OP (ESBA) +2.0%, Sl Green Realty (SLG) +8.5%, Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) -9.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Empire State Realty OP (ESBA) has the highest net margin (Empire State Realty OP (ESBA) 0.6%, Sl Green Realty (SLG) -18.4%, Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) -52.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sl Green Realty (SLG) returned the most: Empire State Realty OP (ESBA) -28.8%, Sl Green Realty (SLG) +7.0%, Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) -14.8%. Over five years, Sl Green Realty (SLG) compounded fastest (Empire State Realty OP (ESBA) -13.5%/yr, Sl Green Realty (SLG) -7.2%/yr, Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) -25.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Empire State Realty OP (ESBA) 0.00%, Sl Green Realty (SLG) 0.00%, Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) 0.08%. Empire State Realty OP (ESBA) and Sl Green Realty (SLG) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sl Green Realty (SLG) has been the steadiest (Empire State Realty OP (ESBA) 50.3%, Sl Green Realty (SLG) 39.3%, Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) 45.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ESBA, SLG and ARE?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Sl Green Realty (SLG) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.