Gladstone Land (LAND) Competitors

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

Is ELME or LAND more profitable?

Gladstone Land has a net margin of 15.59% compared to Elme Communities' net margin of -5.42%. Gladstone Land's return on equity of 1.89% beat Elme Communities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Elme Communities	-5.42%	-1.18%	-0.70%
Gladstone Land	15.59%	1.89%	0.99%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ELME or LAND?

Gladstone Land has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Elme Communities. Elme Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gladstone Land, 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	$243.92M	5.99	-$13.10M	-$0.15	-110.50
Gladstone Land	$81.77M	4.55	$14.56M	-$0.25	-41.12

Is ELME or LAND a better dividend stock?

Elme Communities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Gladstone Land pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Elme Communities pays out -480.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gladstone Land pays out -224.0% 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. Gladstone Land has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Gladstone Land is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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

87.9% of Elme Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.6% of Gladstone Land shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Elme Communities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Gladstone Land shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, ELME or LAND?

Elme Communities has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gladstone Land has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ELME or LAND?

In the previous week, Gladstone Land had 3 more articles in the media than Elme Communities. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Gladstone Land and 1 mentions for Elme Communities. Elme Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Gladstone Land's score of 0.47 indicating that Elme Communities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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
Gladstone Land	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate ELME or LAND?

Elme Communities currently has a consensus price target of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.61%. Gladstone Land has a consensus price target of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 41.05%. Given Gladstone Land's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gladstone Land is more favorable than Elme Communities.

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
Gladstone Land	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ELME or LAND?

Gladstone Land received 358 more outperform votes than Elme Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.89% of users gave Gladstone Land an outperform vote while only 18.75% of users gave Elme Communities an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Elme Communities	Outperform Votes 3 18.75%	Underperform Votes 13 81.25%
Gladstone Land	Outperform Votes 361 68.89%	Underperform Votes 163 31.11%

Summary

Gladstone Land beats Elme Communities on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.