Postal Realty Trust (PSTL) Competitors

Elme Communities (NYSE:ELME) and Postal Realty Trust (NYSE:PSTL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

Which has better earnings and valuation, ELME or PSTL?

Postal Realty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Elme Communities. Elme Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Postal 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	$241.93M	5.99	-$13.10M	-$0.15	-109.63
Postal Realty Trust	$76.37M	4.63	$6.60M	$0.28	52.98

Do analysts prefer ELME or PSTL?

Elme Communities currently has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.50%. Postal Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.22%. Given Elme Communities' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Elme Communities is more favorable than Postal Realty Trust.

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
Postal Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is ELME or PSTL a better dividend stock?

Elme Communities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Postal Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Elme Communities pays out -480.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Postal Realty Trust pays out 346.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Postal Realty Trust has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Postal Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is ELME or PSTL more profitable?

Postal Realty Trust has a net margin of 10.43% compared to Elme Communities' net margin of -5.79%. Postal Realty Trust's return on equity of 2.71% beat Elme Communities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Elme Communities	-5.79%	-1.30%	-0.77%
Postal Realty Trust	10.43%	2.71%	1.34%

Which has more volatility and risk, ELME or PSTL?

Elme Communities has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Postal Realty Trust has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

87.9% of Elme Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.9% of Postal Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Elme Communities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of Postal Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer ELME or PSTL?

In the previous week, Elme Communities had 1 more articles in the media than Postal Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Elme Communities and 2 mentions for Postal Realty Trust. Postal Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.86 beat Elme Communities' score of 0.50 indicating that Postal Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Elme Communities	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Postal Realty Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Postal Realty Trust beats Elme Communities on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.