Elme Communities (ELME) Competitors

Elme Communities (NYSE:ELME) and Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do analysts prefer ELME or COLD?

Elme Communities currently has a consensus price target of $17.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.96%. Americold Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.03%. Given Americold Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Americold Realty Trust is more favorable than Elme Communities.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Elme Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Americold Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Which has more volatility & risk, ELME or COLD?

Elme Communities has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Americold Realty Trust has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ELME or COLD more profitable?

Americold Realty Trust has a net margin of -3.54% compared to Elme Communities' net margin of -5.42%. Elme Communities' return on equity of -1.18% beat Americold Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Elme Communities	-5.42%	-1.18%	-0.70%
Americold Realty Trust	-3.54%	-2.70%	-1.21%

Does the media prefer ELME or COLD?

In the previous week, Americold Realty Trust had 11 more articles in the media than Elme Communities. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Americold Realty Trust and 9 mentions for Elme Communities. Elme Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Americold Realty Trust's score of 1.24 indicating that Elme Communities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Elme Communities	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Americold Realty Trust	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ELME or COLD?

Elme Communities has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Americold Realty Trust. Elme Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Americold Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Elme Communities	$241.94M	5.54	-$13.10M	-$0.14	-108.82
Americold Realty Trust	$2.67B	2.06	-$336.21M	-$0.34	-56.78

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ELME or COLD?

87.9% of Elme Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Elme Communities shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ELME or COLD?

Americold Realty Trust received 273 more outperform votes than Elme Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.20% of users gave Americold Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 18.75% of users gave Elme Communities an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Elme Communities	Outperform Votes 3 18.75%	Underperform Votes 13 81.25%
Americold Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 276 61.20%	Underperform Votes 175 38.80%

Is ELME or COLD a better dividend stock?

Elme Communities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Elme Communities pays out -514.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Americold Realty Trust pays out -270.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

Americold Realty Trust beats Elme Communities on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.