Elme Communities (ELME) Competitors $16.30 -0.26 (-1.57%) (As of 11/15/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends ELME vs. EPRT, MC, VIRT, LB, PECO, IRT, AB, VCTR, HHH, and APAMShould you be buying Elme Communities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Elme Communities include Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), Moelis & Company (MC), Virtu Financial (VIRT), LandBridge (LB), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), AllianceBernstein (AB), Victory Capital (VCTR), Howard Hughes (HHH), and Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry. Elme Communities vs. Essential Properties Realty Trust Moelis & Company Virtu Financial LandBridge Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. Independence Realty Trust AllianceBernstein Victory Capital Howard Hughes Artisan Partners Asset Management Essential Properties Realty Trust (NYSE:EPRT) and Elme Communities (NYSE:ELME) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk and community ranking. Which has more volatility & risk, EPRT or ELME? Essential Properties Realty Trust has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elme Communities has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EPRT or ELME? 97.0% of Essential Properties Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Elme Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Essential Properties Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Elme Communities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts prefer EPRT or ELME? Essential Properties Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $33.37, suggesting a potential upside of 1.54%. Elme Communities has a consensus price target of $17.33, suggesting a potential upside of 6.34%. Given Elme Communities' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Elme Communities is more favorable than Essential Properties Realty Trust.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Essential Properties Realty Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 11 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.85Elme Communities 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.25 Is EPRT or ELME a better dividend stock? Essential Properties Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Elme Communities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Essential Properties Realty Trust pays out 100.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Elme Communities pays out -480.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Elme Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Does the MarketBeat Community favor EPRT or ELME? Essential Properties Realty Trust received 200 more outperform votes than Elme Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.13% of users gave Essential Properties Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 15.38% of users gave Elme Communities an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformEssential Properties Realty TrustOutperform Votes20263.13% Underperform Votes11836.88% Elme CommunitiesOutperform Votes215.38%Underperform Votes1184.62% Does the media favor EPRT or ELME? In the previous week, Essential Properties Realty Trust had 9 more articles in the media than Elme Communities. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Essential Properties Realty Trust and 1 mentions for Elme Communities. Elme Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Essential Properties Realty Trust's score of 1.56 indicating that Elme Communities is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Essential Properties Realty Trust 8 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Elme Communities 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Is EPRT or ELME more profitable? Essential Properties Realty Trust has a net margin of 46.00% compared to Elme Communities' net margin of -5.51%. Essential Properties Realty Trust's return on equity of 6.20% beat Elme Communities' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Essential Properties Realty Trust46.00% 6.20% 3.82% Elme Communities -5.51%-1.17%-0.70% Which has higher earnings & valuation, EPRT or ELME? Essential Properties Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Elme Communities. Elme Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Essential Properties Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioEssential Properties Realty Trust$359.60M16.02$190.71M$1.1528.57Elme Communities$227.91M6.29-$52.98M-$0.15-108.66 SummaryEssential Properties Realty Trust beats Elme Communities on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ELME vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricElme CommunitiesReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.43B$7.49B$10.92B$19.82BDividend Yield4.35%6.52%5.94%3.50%P/E Ratio-108.6644.0330.2542.31Price / Sales6.298.0062.6520.82Price / Cash36.1917.8018.6821.65Price / Book1.311.863.834.66Net Income-$52.98M$145.32M$997.65M$983.45M7 Day Performance-7.70%-2.86%-0.06%-2.12%1 Month Performance-5.48%-3.96%1.98%-0.47%1 Year Performance22.46%16.69%25.34%24.69% Elme Communities Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ELMEElme Communities1.6808 of 5 stars$16.30-1.6%$17.33+6.3%+22.5%$1.43B$227.91M-108.66100Positive NewsEPRTEssential Properties Realty Trust3.606 of 5 stars$32.68-1.1%N/A+41.6%$5.73B$427.64M28.4240Analyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsMCMoelis & Company1.8768 of 5 stars$76.31+1.3%N/A+66.5%$5.72B$854.75M143.981,161Short Interest ↓Analyst RevisionNews CoverageVIRTVirtu Financial4.7295 of 5 stars$35.19+0.7%N/A+99.7%$5.44B$2.58B17.68990Dividend AnnouncementPositive NewsLBLandBridge1.0635 of 5 stars$66.34-6.1%N/AN/A$4.85BN/A18.636Positive NewsPECOPhillips Edison & Company, Inc.2.2979 of 5 stars$38.74-0.9%N/A+12.4%$4.75B$610.12M84.22290Analyst UpgradeShort Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsIRTIndependence Realty Trust3.1678 of 5 stars$20.85-0.3%N/A+58.5%$4.69B$646.12M18.50952Analyst UpgradeNews CoveragePositive NewsABAllianceBernstein4.0501 of 5 stars$37.05+3.5%N/A+30.2%$4.27B$433.88M10.624,707News CoverageVCTRVictory Capital4.0431 of 5 stars$63.51+0.2%N/A+98.7%$4.12B$866.90M15.80481Analyst ForecastHHHHoward Hughes1.5917 of 5 stars$80.84-1.6%N/A+8.0%$4.05B$1.02B53.54608APAMArtisan Partners Asset Management1.9622 of 5 stars$47.80+1.4%N/A+23.0%$3.84B$975.10M13.31500Short Interest ↑ Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Essential Properties Realty Trust Competitors Moelis & Company Competitors Virtu Financial Competitors LandBridge Competitors Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. 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