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Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (ESRT) vs W.P. Carey Inc. (WPC)

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. and W.P. Carey Inc. are both Reit Diversified companies. W.P. Carey Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $14.7B against $818.9M — 17.9× the size. W.P. Carey Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 22.2× against 154×. W.P. Carey Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.96% against 2.04%. W.P. Carey Inc. has the higher net margin (36.3% vs 0.39%) and the higher return on invested capital (2.69% vs −0.55%). Both pay a dividend; W.P. Carey Inc. yields more (5.75% vs 3.03%). Across the 22 metrics below, W.P. Carey Inc. leads on 17 and Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric ESRT WPC Reit Diversified median
P/E 154.00 22.21 23.03
P/S 1.01 8.21 3.18
P/B 0.44 1.69 0.87
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 8.43
EV/EBITDA 16.26 18.04 11.70
EV/Sales 3.68 13.06 6.34
Earnings yield 0.65% 4.50% 1.01%
Free cash flow yield (38.10%) (0.71%) 0.16%

Profitability

Metric ESRT WPC Reit Diversified median
Gross margin 74.65% 90.20% 77.09%
Operating margin (4.40%) 41.78% 33.33%
Net margin 0.39% 36.34% 2.62%
Free cash flow margin (38.40%) (5.80%) 3.11%
Return on equity 0.17% 7.70% 3.13%
Return on assets 0.07% 3.55% 0.35%
Return on invested capital (0.55%) 2.69% 2.80%

Growth

Metric ESRT WPC Reit Diversified median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.04% 8.96% 5.49%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (10.71%) 0.96% (6.42%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.75% 7.26% 4.83%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.48% 0.00%

Health

Metric ESRT WPC Reit Diversified median
Debt to equity 1.24 1.02 1.13
Current ratio 1.32 0.22 1.47
Net debt to EBITDA 6.41 6.38 5.88

Dividend

Metric ESRT WPC Reit Diversified median
Dividend yield 3.03% 5.75% 6.39%
Payout ratio 2.00 1.28 1.41

Size

Metric ESRT WPC Reit Diversified median
Market cap 818.91m 14.68b 795.07m

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