Elme Communities (ELME) Competitors

LandBridge (NYSE:LB) and Elme Communities (NYSE:ELME) are both trading companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LB or ELME?

Elme Communities has higher revenue and earnings than LandBridge. Elme Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LandBridge, 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
LandBridge	$109.95M	43.34	-$41.77M	$3.56	18.30
Elme Communities	$243.92M	5.84	-$13.10M	-$0.15	-107.73

Do analysts rate LB or ELME?

LandBridge presently has a consensus price target of $60.67, suggesting a potential downside of 6.87%. Elme Communities has a consensus price target of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.48%. Given Elme Communities' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Elme Communities is more favorable than LandBridge.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LandBridge	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Elme Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is LB or ELME a better dividend stock?

LandBridge pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Elme Communities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. LandBridge pays out 11.2% 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. Elme Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in LB or ELME?

87.9% of Elme Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 70.4% of LandBridge shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Elme Communities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is LB or ELME more profitable?

LandBridge has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Elme Communities' net margin of -5.79%. LandBridge's return on equity of 0.00% beat Elme Communities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LandBridge	N/A	N/A	N/A
Elme Communities	-5.79%	-1.30%	-0.77%

Does the media refer more to LB or ELME?

In the previous week, LandBridge had 2 more articles in the media than Elme Communities. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for LandBridge and 3 mentions for Elme Communities. Elme Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat LandBridge's score of 1.16 indicating that Elme Communities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

LandBridge beats Elme Communities on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.