What does share repurchase authorization limit mean?

This represents the total dollar value or share count that the board of directors has authorized the company to spend on repurchasing its own common stock from the open market. It serves as a signal of management's confidence in the company's valuation and its commitment to returning capital to shareholders. This limit is an authorization, not an obligation to spend.

Empire State Realty Trust ESRT Share Repurchase Authorization Limit

Share Repurchase Authorization Limit at other companies

Vornado RealtyVNO

$200M—

InvenTrust PropertiesIVT

$150M—

Healthcare Realty TrustHR

$400.1M—

Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.MCB

$17.5M-53.0%

CenterspaceCSR

$96.5M—

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$190.3M+5.7%

Operating income$29.5M+14.2%

Net income$3.0M-81.0%

EPS (diluted)$0.01-80.0%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$106.1M-55.3%

Total debt$2.5B+8.3%

Total equity$1.1B+3.1%

Total assets$4.4B+7.1%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$68.9M-17.1%

CapEx$18.2M-56.8%

Free cash flow$50.7M+23.5%

Valuation

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Market cap$889.74M-38.6%

Enterprise value$3.31B-6.6%

P/E14.8×-2.1×

P/S1.1×-0.7×

Profitability

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Operating margin17.9%-2.1pp

Net margin7.7%-3.5pp

FCF margin10.4%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity5.7%-2.7pp

Debt / equity2.4×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Empire State Realty Trust in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount1.

The official record: Empire State Realty Trust’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Empire State Realty Trust's share repurchase authorization limit?: Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT) reported share repurchase authorization limit of $500M in Q1 2026.
What does share repurchase authorization limit mean?: This represents the total dollar value or share count that the board of directors has authorized the company to spend on repurchasing its own common stock from the open market. It serves as a signal of management's confidence in the company's valuation and its commitment to returning capital to shareholders. This limit is an authorization, not an obligation to spend.