ELME vs. AAT, LADR, JBGS, VRE, SAFE, ARI, TWO, NTST, RC, and LTC
Should you be buying Elme Communities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Elme Communities include American Assets Trust (AAT), Ladder Capital (LADR), JBG SMITH Properties (JBGS), Veris Residential (VRE), Safehold (SAFE), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), NETSTREIT (NTST), Ready Capital (RC), and LTC Properties (LTC). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
American Assets Trust (NYSE:AAT) and Elme Communities (NYSE:ELME) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.
American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elme Communities has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Elme Communities had 2 more articles in the media than American Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Elme Communities and 0 mentions for American Assets Trust. American Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Elme Communities' score of -3.00 indicating that Elme Communities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Assets Trust has a net margin of 12.05% compared to American Assets Trust's net margin of -22.88%. Elme Communities' return on equity of 4.60% beat American Assets Trust's return on equity.
American Assets Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Elme Communities. Elme Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Assets Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Elme Communities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. American Assets Trust pays out 150.6% 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 -118.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Assets Trust has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Elme Communities has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. American Assets Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
American Assets Trust currently has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.65%. Elme Communities has a consensus price target of $16.67, suggesting a potential upside of 4.66%. Given American Assets Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Elme Communities is more favorable than American Assets Trust.
American Assets Trust received 370 more outperform votes than Elme Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.61% of users gave American Assets Trust an outperform vote while only 11.11% of users gave Elme Communities an outperform vote.
90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Elme Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 37.3% of American Assets Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Elme Communities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
American Assets Trust beats Elme Communities on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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