Veris Residential (VRE) Competitors

Veris Residential (NYSE:VRE) and Elme Communities (NYSE:ELME) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

Do analysts rate VRE or ELME?

Veris Residential presently has a consensus target price of $19.20, indicating a potential upside of 38.83%. Elme Communities has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 22.44%. Given Veris Residential's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Veris Residential is more favorable than Elme Communities.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Veris Residential	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Elme Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is VRE or ELME a better dividend stock?

Veris Residential pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Elme Communities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Veris Residential pays out -139.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Elme Communities pays out -480.0% 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. Veris Residential has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Elme Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor VRE or ELME?

In the previous week, Veris Residential had 2 more articles in the media than Elme Communities. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Veris Residential and 4 mentions for Elme Communities. Elme Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Veris Residential's score of 0.53 indicating that Elme Communities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Veris Residential	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Elme Communities	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

93.0% of Veris Residential shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Elme Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 16.4% of Veris Residential shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Elme Communities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, VRE or ELME?

Elme Communities has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Veris Residential. Elme Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Veris Residential, 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
Veris Residential	$271.07M	4.77	-$23.12M	-$0.23	-60.13
Elme Communities	$241.93M	5.51	-$13.10M	-$0.15	-100.73

Is VRE or ELME more profitable?

Elme Communities has a net margin of -5.79% compared to Veris Residential's net margin of -7.84%. Elme Communities' return on equity of -1.30% beat Veris Residential's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Veris Residential	-7.84%	-1.89%	-0.77%
Elme Communities	-5.79%	-1.30%	-0.77%

Which has more volatility and risk, VRE or ELME?

Veris Residential has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elme Communities has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Veris Residential beats Elme Communities on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.