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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-203443"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESRT"
cik: "0001541401"
company_name: "Empire State Realty Trust, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-07-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T08:09:47.794489+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ESRT Q2 Core FFO $0.29, raises 2022 guidance to $0.80-0.85

## Summary
- Net income $0.18 per diluted share; Core FFO $0.29 per share vs $0.18 YoY.
- Same-store cash NOI (ex termination fees) down 7.1% YoY on higher operating expenses.
- Observatory NOI $19.6M (80% of Q2 2019); 573k visitors in Q2.
- Repurchased $53.7M stock at avg $7.90; $1.2B liquidity, no debt maturities until Nov 2024.
- Updated 2022 Core FFO guidance to $0.80-$0.85 from $0.73-$0.78, helped by $0.07 lease termination fees.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-203443
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESRT
- cik: 0001541401
- company_name: Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-07-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000119312522203443/0001193125-22-203443-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000119312522203443/d369402d8k.htm

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