Broadstone Net Lease Inc vs Empire State Realty Trust Inc

Broadstone Net Lease Inc (BNL) is slightly undervalued and Empire State Realty Trust Inc (ESRT) is undervalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, ESRT trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +62%, against +19% for BNL.

Values as of the 19 Oct 2026 close.

Broadstone Net Lease Inc (BNL)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.9% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $21.69; the price of $17.66 is 19% below that value, and 80% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 51/100 on 9 of 12 signals

Empire State Realty Trust Inc (ESRT)

Discounting its cash flows at 11.6% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $12.06; the price of $4.61 is 62% below that value, and 67% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 67/100 on 9 of 12 signals

MetricBNLESRT
VerdictSlightly undervaluedUndervalued
Price$17.66$4.61
Intrinsic value$21.69$12.06
Margin of safety+19%+62%
Leak Score51/100 (9/12)67/100 (9/12)
Market cap$3.4B$815M
Revenue growth, 5 years7.2%4.8%
Operating margin49.7%16.8%
Net margin29.5%0.4%
Return on equity4.9%0.7%
Debt to equity0.952.18
P/E23.7x261.7x
Forward P/E24.7x—
P/B1.2x0.8x
Dividend yield6.6%3.0%

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