Longleaf Partners Small-Cap Fund, a Memphis-based fund under Southeastern Asset Management, recently released its Q3 2020 Investor Letter, a copy of which you can download here. The fund posted a return of 22.2% for the quarter, outperforming its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Index which returned 4.93% in the same quarter. You should check out Longleaf Partners’ top 5 stock picks for investors to buy right now, which could be the biggest winners of 2021.
In the Q3 2020 Investor Letter, Longleaf Partners highlighted a few stocks and Empire State Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE:ESRT) is one of them. Empire State Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE:ESRT) is a real estate investment trust company. Year-to-date, Empire State Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE:ESRT) stock lost 33% and on December 22nd it had a closing price of $9.36. Here is what Longleaf Partners said:
“Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT) (-13%, -0.64%) was the only detractor of note in the quarter. New York City is just beginning to emerge from COVID, so its office buildings remain only about 10% full, and the Empire State Building Observatory – while outperforming other observatories in the area by a significant margin – is still well off its 2019 levels due to a dramatic fall-off in tourist traffic. It will take time for the company to rebound to full strength, but a dire scenario is already priced in, and our value in the mid-teens per share assumes a slow ramp back. The good news is that ESRT has a best in class balance sheet, and our great CEO partner Tony Malkin is poised to go on offense in a market that is ripe with opportunities.”
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In Q3 2020, the number of bullish hedge fund positions on Empire State Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE:ESRT) stock decreased by about 11% from the previous quarter (see the chart here), so a number of other hedge fund managers don’t believe in ESRT’s growth potential. Our calculations showed that Empire State Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE:ESRT) isn’t ranked among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
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