Empire State Realty Trust Inc (NYSE: ESRT) Recovers 45.16% From 52-Week Low, Is ESRT Still A High-Risk, High-Reward Play?

Empire State Realty Trust Inc (NYSE:ESRT) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.14M but it saw 673219 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 1.74B USD, the company’s current market price of $10.52 came falling about -0.94 while comparing to the previous closing price of $10.62. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $11.20 and as low as $7.25. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $10.511 while lowest mark touched by it was $10.71.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Empire State Realty Trust Inc (ESRT) gives us an average price of $10.39, while its current price level is -6.07% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 45.16% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $10.25 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $9.72. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.03% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 2.22%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 53.69 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Evercore ISI upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Outperform” from “In-line” on May 23, 2023 while assigning a price target range of $7-$8. Evercore ISI also issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $8 and $7.

Over the week, ESRT’s stock price is moving -0.66% down while it is 2.04% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 8.57% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 20.89%.

Currently, Empire State Realty Trust Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 162.06M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 1.37% and return on equity (ROE) at 5.39%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 40.45. Stock’s beta reads 1.41. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.74 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.30. Its return on asset (ROA) is 1.10% on average.