ESRT Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own ESRT shares is 335, representing 91.38% of the company's common stock.

MAN GROUP PLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in ESRT by -35.62% restricting it's holding to 614.81 thousand shares of worth nearly $6.23M. INVESCO LTD. also lessened -25.61% of the ESRT shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 589.76 thousand shares of worth $5.97M. O'SHAUGHNESSY ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC also shunned ESRT shares holding by -4.32% last quarter which brought its holding to 555.59 thousand shares worth $5.63M.

As per its latest 13F filing, GSI CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC increased its stake in ESRT by 100% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 204.27 thousand shares having worth more than $2.07M. VANGUARD GROUP INC also added 0.92% more shares of ESRT to its portfolio, raising its holding to 19.29 million shares of worth $195.39M. QUBE RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGIES LTD also increased its ESRT shares holding by 173.06% which brought its holding to 725.81 thousand shares worth $7.35M.

The insider with the most stakes in ESRT is Quark Holding LLC , 10 percent owner at the company. Additionally, ESRT stock is highly held by EVP, Real Estate Durels Thomas P. and EVP & CFO KARP DAVID A among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.05% percent of Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 2 transaction(s) in which ESRT insiders have sold stock, totaling 13.19K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include DURELS THOMAS P. and MALKIN ANTHONY E.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 183.61K Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.05% of ESRT stock.

ESRT 10 percent owner, Quark Holding LLC holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. ESRT shares owned by Quark total nearly 29.89 million.

GSI CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC is the largest institutional owner in ESRT which holds 204.27 thousand shares worth $2.07M or 0.13% of the total ESRT shares outstanding followed by THOMAS J. HERZFELD ADVISORS, INC. with ownership of 73.89 thousand shares representing 0.05% of the ESRT ownership. VANGUARD GROUP INC is the third largest stakeholder with 19.29 million shares or 11.97% of the ownership worth more than $195.39M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the ESRT is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of ESRT shares short is 4.06M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 165.78M shares of ESRT are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, ESRT has 135.80M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for ESRT is 3.72.