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Elme Communities (ELME) Competitors

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$15.73 -0.17 (-1.07%)
(As of 02:22 PM ET)

ELME vs. PIPR, MC, VIRT, IRT, PECO, AHR, LB, VCTR, AB, and HHH

Should you be buying Elme Communities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Elme Communities include Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Moelis & Company (MC), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), American Healthcare REIT (AHR), LandBridge (LB), Victory Capital (VCTR), AllianceBernstein (AB), and Howard Hughes (HHH). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.

Elme Communities vs.

Elme Communities (NYSE:ELME) and Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE:PIPR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Piper Sandler Companies received 100 more outperform votes than Elme Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.97% of users gave Piper Sandler Companies an outperform vote while only 14.29% of users gave Elme Communities an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Elme CommunitiesOutperform Votes
2
14.29%
Underperform Votes
12
85.71%
Piper Sandler CompaniesOutperform Votes
102
53.97%
Underperform Votes
87
46.03%

Piper Sandler Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Elme Communities. Elme Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Piper Sandler Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Elme Communities$239.52M5.78-$52.98M-$0.15-104.87
Piper Sandler Companies$1.35B4.12$85.49M$9.3633.35

In the previous week, Piper Sandler Companies had 4 more articles in the media than Elme Communities. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Piper Sandler Companies and 6 mentions for Elme Communities. Piper Sandler Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Elme Communities' score of -0.16 indicating that Piper Sandler Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Elme Communities
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Piper Sandler Companies
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

87.9% of Elme Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Elme Communities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Elme Communities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Piper Sandler Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Elme Communities pays out -480.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Piper Sandler Companies pays out 27.8% 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.

Elme Communities has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Piper Sandler Companies has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Elme Communities currently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.07%. Piper Sandler Companies has a consensus price target of $193.00, suggesting a potential downside of 38.18%. Given Elme Communities' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Elme Communities is more favorable than Piper Sandler Companies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Elme Communities
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Piper Sandler Companies
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Piper Sandler Companies has a net margin of 10.84% compared to Elme Communities' net margin of -5.51%. Piper Sandler Companies' return on equity of 16.06% beat Elme Communities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Elme Communities-5.51% -1.17% -0.70%
Piper Sandler Companies 10.84%16.06%10.81%

Summary

Piper Sandler Companies beats Elme Communities on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ELME vs. The Competition

MetricElme CommunitiesReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.38B$7.15B$10.49B$19.67B
Dividend Yield4.41%6.61%10.36%3.51%
P/E Ratio-104.8644.0248.6043.67
Price / Sales5.787.843,155.5217.94
Price / Cash35.7117.7930.5921.73
Price / Book1.202.612.765.46
Net Income-$52.98M$145.32M$1.02B$987.88M
7 Day Performance-4.26%-0.60%-1.32%-2.12%
1 Month Performance-1.32%-0.11%-0.01%0.87%
1 Year Performance7.74%5.72%16.38%16.62%

Elme Communities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ELME
Elme Communities
0.7399 of 5 stars
$15.73
-1.1%
$17.00
+8.1%
+9.7%$1.38B$239.52M-104.86100Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
PIPR
Piper Sandler Companies
3.0142 of 5 stars
$318.96
-0.5%
$193.00
-39.5%
+77.7%$5.67B$1.35B34.081,725Positive News
MC
Moelis & Company
1.6209 of 5 stars
$75.62
+2.3%
$66.50
-12.1%
+27.9%$5.67B$970.70M139.491,161
VIRT
Virtu Financial
4.7618 of 5 stars
$36.64
+0.4%
$29.50
-19.5%
+75.5%$5.67B$2.29B18.34990
IRT
Independence Realty Trust
2.8944 of 5 stars
$21.62
+1.0%
$20.43
-5.5%
+35.3%$4.87B$660.98M79.26952Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
PECO
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.
2.5319 of 5 stars
$39.21
+0.3%
$39.00
-0.5%
+5.1%$4.81B$610.12M85.22290Dividend Increase
Positive News
AHR
American Healthcare REIT
2.7179 of 5 stars
$28.48
+0.0%
$25.13
-11.8%
N/A$4.36B$1.87B-59.31110News Coverage
Positive News
LB
LandBridge
2.2832 of 5 stars
$59.03
-2.0%
$40.00
-32.2%
N/A$4.32B$110.95M17.136News Coverage
VCTR
Victory Capital
4.4776 of 5 stars
$64.52
+0.3%
$63.67
-1.3%
+85.1%$4.20B$821.03M16.06481Positive News
AB
AllianceBernstein
4.0773 of 5 stars
$35.80
-0.4%
$42.40
+18.4%
+10.6%$4.12B$4.16B10.304,707
HHH
Howard Hughes
1.3828 of 5 stars
$81.66
-0.4%
$82.00
+0.4%
-3.7%$4.09B$1.20B54.83608

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This page (NYSE:ELME) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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