Elme Communities (ELME) Competitors

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

Is ELME or VIRT a better dividend stock?

Elme Communities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Virtu Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Elme Communities pays out -514.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Virtu Financial pays out 32.3% 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. Elme Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, ELME or VIRT?

Elme Communities has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virtu Financial has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ELME or VIRT?

Virtu Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Elme Communities. Elme Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virtu Financial, 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	6.28	-$13.10M	-$0.14	-123.33
Virtu Financial	$2.88B	2.03	$276.42M	$2.97	12.70

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ELME or VIRT?

Virtu Financial received 376 more outperform votes than Elme Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.53% of users gave Virtu Financial 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%
Virtu Financial	Outperform Votes 379 61.53%	Underperform Votes 237 38.47%

Does the media refer more to ELME or VIRT?

In the previous week, Virtu Financial had 8 more articles in the media than Elme Communities. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Virtu Financial and 2 mentions for Elme Communities. Elme Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Virtu Financial's score of 1.12 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Virtu Financial	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate ELME or VIRT?

Elme Communities presently has a consensus target price of $17.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.32%. Virtu Financial has a consensus target price of $31.36, suggesting a potential downside of 16.85%. Given Elme Communities' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Elme Communities is more favorable than Virtu Financial.

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
Virtu Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Is ELME or VIRT more profitable?

Virtu Financial has a net margin of 9.61% compared to Elme Communities' net margin of -5.42%. Virtu Financial's return on equity of 27.39% beat Elme Communities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Elme Communities	-5.42%	-1.18%	-0.70%
Virtu Financial	9.61%	27.39%	2.79%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ELME or VIRT?

87.9% of Elme Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.8% of Virtu Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Elme Communities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 46.7% of Virtu Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Virtu Financial beats Elme Communities on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.