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Institutional Ownership · SEC Form 13F

Who owns Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT)


Which tracked institutional funds hold ESRT, how they are positioned, and who is buying versus exiting — from SEC Form 13F-HR filings. See ESRT company fundamentals →

Ownership as of the 2026-Q2 13F filings (latest filed 2026-09-22). 13F is disclosed up to 45 days after quarter-end, so the most recent quarter fills in over the following weeks.

214
Institutional holders
142M
Shares held (tracked funds)

How the tape is positioned

39 tracked funds added or opened ESRT while 27 trimmed or exited it between 2026-Q1 and 2026-Q2 — the tape is split. When large holders disagree on a name, the funds moving first are sometimes ahead of the story.

A prompt to read the filings, not a verdict. 13F is a quarter-end snapshot disclosed up to 45 days late; a fund adds or exits for mandate, benchmark, and timing reasons that have nothing to do with a view on the stock. This is a starting question, not a signal to trade.

Conviction spread

ESRT’s largest tracked holder by dollar value, BlackRock, Inc., sizes it at 0.0% of its own reported 13F book, while the median holder sizes it at 0.0% of theirs — a 0.0pp gap the other way — the median holder sizes ESRT more heavily than its largest holder by dollar value does.

Book-share is each fund’s reported value in ESRT divided by its whole reported 13F book, so it is comparable across funds of different sizes and is unaffected by stock splits. A higher share means a fund has committed more of its book to the name — a starting question about conviction, not a verdict or a signal to trade.

Institutional & insider positioning

Between 2026-Q1 and 2026-Q2, across 214 tracked filers holding ESRT, 134 increased or opened the position and 93 reduced or closed it; over the same quarter, there were no open-market insider Form 4s.

This fuses two public signals for the same quarter — how tracked institutions changed their positions and whether insiders bought or sold in the open market. It describes what was filed; it is a starting question, not a verdict or a signal to trade.

New buyers & exits

Funds opening or closing a position in ESRT between the 2026-Q1 and 2026-Q2 13F filings, and the largest changes among funds holding it in both. New buyers and exits are counted on fund presence (split-invariant); adds and trims are measured on reported value.

New buyers 7

  • MARSHALL WACE, LLP$17M
  • MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC$3M
  • Jump Financial, LLC$2M
  • Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd$2M
  • Point72 Asset Management, L.P.$1M
  • State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D$1M

Full exits 9

  • COHEN & STEERS, INC.$55M
  • T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.$15M
  • BESSEMER GROUP INC$4M
  • SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC$3M
  • NORGES BANK$2M
  • CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co$1M

Largest adds

  • LASALLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SECURITIES LLC$24M
  • SOUTHEASTERN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/TN/$13M
  • AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC$13M
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc.$12M
  • BlackRock, Inc.$9M
  • UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC$6M

Largest trims

  • PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC$10M
  • Qube Research & Technologies Ltd$6M
  • WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC$5M
  • NORTHERN TRUST CORP$4M
  • Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH$4M
  • JPMORGAN CHASE & CO$4M

Institutional holders

One row per tracked fund, most shares held first (every row is from one quarter; reported value breaks ties). “% of value” is the fund’s share of this security’s tracked institutional value — not of shares outstanding.

FundSharesReported value% of valueQuarter
BlackRock, Inc. added17,877,908$97M12.8%2026-Q2
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC added14,485,533$78M10.3%2026-Q2
LASALLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SECURITIES LLC added13,105,447$71M9.3%2026-Q2
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC added12,511,023$68M8.9%2026-Q2
SOUTHEASTERN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/TN/ added8,696,434$47M6.2%2026-Q2
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. added6,905,936$37M4.9%2026-Q2
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC added6,057,833$33M4.3%2026-Q2
STATE STREET CORP added6,006,793$32M4.3%2026-Q2
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC added4,030,612$22M2.9%2026-Q2
CENTERSQUARE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC added3,580,271$19M2.6%2026-Q2
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC added3,278,870$18M2.3%2026-Q2
Legal & General Group Plc added3,184,307$17M2.3%2026-Q2
MARSHALL WACE, LLP added3,094,792$17M2.2%2026-Q2
WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC trimmed2,282,352$12M1.6%2026-Q2
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC added1,956,667$11M1.4%2026-Q2
NORTHERN TRUST CORP trimmed1,605,025$9M1.1%2026-Q2
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP trimmed1,502,361$8M1.1%2026-Q2
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP added1,390,189$8M1.0%2026-Q2
MORGAN STANLEY added1,367,615$7M1.0%2026-Q2
AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC added1,226,987$7M0.9%2026-Q2
HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC added1,175,340$6M0.8%2026-Q2
NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB trimmed1,128,797$6M0.8%2026-Q2
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC added1,120,921$6M0.8%2026-Q2
UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC added1,067,924$6M0.8%2026-Q2
SummitTX Capital, L.P. trimmed1,061,030$6M0.8%2026-Q2
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP added944,189$5M0.7%2026-Q2
WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC trimmed937,042$5M0.7%2026-Q2
VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO added926,789$5M0.7%2026-Q2
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. added830,554$4M0.6%2026-Q2
Bank of New York Mellon Corp added825,103$4M0.6%2026-Q2
NAN FUNG TRINITY (HK) LTD801,300$4M0.6%2026-Q2
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO trimmed749,958$4M0.5%2026-Q2
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. added740,000$4M0.5%2026-Q2
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC trimmed720,377$4M0.5%2026-Q2
WATERFALL ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC trimmed689,535$4M0.5%2026-Q2
CBRE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LISTED REAL ASSETS LLC687,840$4M0.5%2026-Q2
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC added626,100$3M0.4%2026-Q2
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP trimmed601,281$3M0.4%2026-Q2
FMR LLC trimmed537,098$3M0.4%2026-Q2
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. added514,652$3M0.4%2026-Q2
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC added471,971$3M0.3%2026-Q2
Nuveen, LLC trimmed445,624$2M0.3%2026-Q2
Invesco Ltd. trimmed434,064$2M0.3%2026-Q2
Jump Financial, LLC added385,000$2M0.3%2026-Q2
Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd added316,712$2M0.2%2026-Q2
Swiss National Bank282,500$2M0.2%2026-Q2
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC added280,501$2M0.2%2026-Q2
CITIGROUP INC added262,564$1M0.2%2026-Q2
Leonteq Securities AG247,806$1M0.2%2026-Q2
MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC /ADV added243,814$1M0.2%2026-Q2
NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT CO LTD added228,300$1M0.2%2026-Q2
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ added225,553$1M0.2%2026-Q2
TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL added225,094$1M0.2%2026-Q2
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ trimmed211,247$1M0.2%2026-Q2
Point72 Asset Management, L.P. trimmed208,477$1M0.1%2026-Q2
Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH trimmed206,458$1M0.1%2026-Q2
State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D new206,257$1M0.1%2026-Q2
Asset Management One Co., Ltd.204,967$1M0.1%2026-Q2
RHUMBLINE ADVISERS added197,849$1M0.1%2026-Q2
ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP trimmed192,748$1M0.1%2026-Q2
DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ added185,622$1M0.1%2026-Q2
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd trimmed171,194$926K0.1%2026-Q2
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO added166,787$902K0.1%2026-Q2
CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM added163,816$886K0.1%2026-Q2
Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank)151,511$820K0.1%2026-Q2
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN added149,047$806K0.1%2026-Q2
Quantinno Capital Management LP added148,960$806K0.1%2026-Q2
Squarepoint Ops LLC added136,077$736K0.1%2026-Q2
IEQ CAPITAL, LLC added133,003$720K0.1%2026-Q2
Caption Management, LLC added129,280$699K0.1%2026-Q2
Vanguard Investments Australia, Ltd.127,598$690K0.1%2026-Q2
Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. added126,902$687K0.1%2026-Q2
Inspire Investing, LLC added125,923$681K0.1%2026-Q2
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC added112,886$611K0.1%2026-Q2
BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS added108,723$588K0.1%2026-Q2
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLS RETRMT SYS added104,258$564K0.1%2026-Q2
Boston Partners added102,406$554K0.1%2026-Q2
Cerity Partners LLC added98,335$532K0.1%2026-Q2
VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd89,372$484K0.1%2026-Q2
MetLife Investment Management, LLC added88,120$477K0.1%2026-Q2
Engineers Gate Manager LP added82,700$447K0.1%2026-Q2
Creative Planning added82,563$447K0.1%2026-Q2
Russell Investments Group, Ltd. added76,929$416K0.1%2026-Q2
Heitman Real Estate Securities LLC74,134$401K0.1%2026-Q2
MACQUARIE GROUP LTD70,684$382K0.1%2026-Q2
COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC added70,192$380K0.1%2026-Q2
GeoWealth Management, LLC added68,717$372K0.0%2026-Q2
MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. added66,245$358K0.0%2026-Q2
SEI INVESTMENTS CO trimmed63,218$342K0.0%2026-Q2
Resona Asset Management Co.,Ltd.62,921$335K0.0%2026-Q2
Jupiter Topco LLC new62,179$337K0.0%2026-Q2
MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE added61,048$330K0.0%2026-Q2
Vert Asset Management LLC added59,090$320K0.0%2026-Q2
Aberdeen Group plc added57,422$311K0.0%2026-Q2
UBS Group AG trimmed55,646$301K0.0%2026-Q2
Daiwa Securities Group Inc. trimmed54,282$294K0.0%2026-Q2
Freestone Grove Partners LP new54,124$293K0.0%2026-Q2
Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC53,743$291K0.0%2026-Q2
Man Group plc trimmed51,498$279K0.0%2026-Q2
VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP added50,504$273K0.0%2026-Q2

Ownership over time

Tracked institutional holder count and total shares held by filing quarter (independent scales). The curated-era tail and any mid-ingest latest quarter are handled honestly — a partial quarter is not drawn as a collapse.

HoldersTotal shares

Reading this table

Funds hold the same stock for different reasons — an index fund “holds” almost everything, an active manager sizes a name to a mandate and a benchmark, and each fund entered at its own price and time. Because 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter-end, every row is a backward-looking snapshot; a manager may have traded since. Share-class siblings (a company’s A and C shares) are rolled up to one line so a dual-class name is never double-counted. Compare like-for-like. A large holder is not an endorsement, and a fund exiting is not a warning — this is a starting question, not a verdict.

About 13F filings

A Form 13F is a quarterly disclosure that institutional investment managers with over $100 million in US-listed equities must file with the SEC. In plain English: it is a snapshot of the long stock positions a fund held at the end of a quarter. It covers long US-listed equities only — not short positions, options, cash, or private holdings — and the funds shown are the large sample we track, not the complete 13F universe.

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