Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT) Return on Equity [ROE] (2013 - 2026)
Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT) reported Return on Equity [ROE] of 0.51% for Q2 2026, down 3.33 percentage points from 3.85% a year earlier and down 2.79 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT) Return on Equity [ROE] (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Empire State Realty Trust posted Return on Equity [ROE] of 4.05%, down 0.53 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Equity [ROE] has a five-year change of +5.29 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 4.57% in FY2024 (-0.37 pp), 4.94% in FY2023 (+1.19 pp), 3.75% in FY2022 (+4.52 pp) and -0.76% in FY2021 (+0.48 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] since Q1 2022.
- Year over year, Return on Equity [ROE] has now declined in each of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.00 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Equity [ROE] in five years was Q1 2023 (a gain of 7.10 percentage points); the low point was Q2 2026 (a drop of 3.33 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 3.30% (Q1 2026), 4.03% (Q4 2025) and 3.32% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welltower | 163.71 Bn | 146.23 Bn | 1.39 Bn | 3.50% |
| 2 | Prologis | 119.65 Bn | 124.04 Bn | - | 7.71% |
| 3 | Simon Property | 68.89 Bn | 70.10 Bn | - | 86.97% |
| 4 | Realty Income | 50.65 Bn | 53.03 Bn | - | 3.15% |
| 5 | Public Storage | 49.89 Bn | 48.98 Bn | - | 22.11% |
| 6 | Ventas | 42.94 Bn | 42.14 Bn | - | 1.96% |
| 7 | Extra Space Storage | 28.13 Bn | 28.13 Bn | 642.43 Mn | - |
| 8 | Vici Properties | 25.04 Bn | 23.15 Bn | 1.05 Bn | 9.65% |
| 9 | Vivmark Residential | 22.56 Bn | 22.75 Bn | - | 8.34% |
| 10 | Empire State Realty Trust | 711.21 Mn | 1.43 Bn | - | 0.51% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 0.51% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.30% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.03% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.32% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.85% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.82% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.54% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.41% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.29% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.80% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.87% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.24% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.74% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.48% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.77% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.25% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.03% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -1.62% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -0.77% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -0.48% |
API Access
Empire State Realty Trust Return on Equity [ROE] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=ESRT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "ticker": "ESRT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=ESRT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();