ELME vs. AHR, CTRE, LB, ETOR, COLD, TFPM, PECO, MC, AB, and IRT
Should you be buying Elme Communities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Elme Communities include American Healthcare REIT (AHR), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), LandBridge (LB), Etoro Group (ETOR), Americold Realty Trust (COLD), Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Moelis & Company (MC), AllianceBernstein (AB), and Independence Realty Trust (IRT). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Elme Communities vs.
American Healthcare REIT (NYSE:AHR) and Elme Communities (NYSE:ELME) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
16.7% of American Healthcare REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Elme Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of American Healthcare REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Elme Communities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
American Healthcare REIT has a net margin of -1.84% compared to Elme Communities' net margin of -5.42%. Elme Communities' return on equity of -1.18% beat American Healthcare REIT's return on equity.
American Healthcare REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Elme Communities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. American Healthcare REIT pays out -370.4% 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.
Elme Communities has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American Healthcare REIT. American Healthcare REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Elme Communities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, American Healthcare REIT had 9 more articles in the media than Elme Communities. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for American Healthcare REIT and 1 mentions for Elme Communities. Elme Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat American Healthcare REIT's score of 0.93 indicating that Elme Communities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Healthcare REIT presently has a consensus target price of $36.29, suggesting a potential upside of 3.07%. Elme Communities has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.61%. Given Elme Communities' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Elme Communities is more favorable than American Healthcare REIT.
American Healthcare REIT received 28 more outperform votes than Elme Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 91.18% of users gave American Healthcare REIT an outperform vote while only 18.75% of users gave Elme Communities an outperform vote.
American Healthcare REIT has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elme Communities has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Elme Communities beats American Healthcare REIT on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ELME) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
