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ELME vs. AVB, CPT, CUZ, EQR, ESS, HIW, IRT, MAA, NXRT, and UDR

Should you be buying Elme Communities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Elme Communities include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT), and United Dominion Realty Trust (UDR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Elme Communities vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 10 more articles in the media than Elme Communities. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 2 mentions for Elme Communities. Elme Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 1.13 indicating that Elme Communities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AvalonBay Communities
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Elme Communities
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

AvalonBay Communities has higher revenue and earnings than Elme Communities. Elme Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AvalonBay Communities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AvalonBay Communities$2.91B9.86$1.08B$8.0325.13
Elme Communities$241.93M5.80-$13.10M-$0.15-106.17

92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Elme Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Elme Communities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

AvalonBay Communities presently has a consensus target price of $235.07, indicating a potential upside of 16.49%. Elme Communities has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.17%. Given AvalonBay Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than Elme Communities.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AvalonBay Communities
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47
Elme Communities
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 38.86% compared to Elme Communities' net margin of -5.79%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 9.65% beat Elme Communities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AvalonBay Communities38.86% 9.65% 5.42%
Elme Communities -5.79%-1.30%-0.77%

AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elme Communities has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Elme Communities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. AvalonBay Communities pays out 87.2% 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 -480.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AvalonBay Communities has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Elme Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats Elme Communities on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ELME vs. The Competition

MetricElme CommunitiesREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.41B$7.12B$12.29B$21.12B
Dividend Yield4.49%4.86%5.55%3.60%
P/E Ratio-106.1662.9219.0328.44
Price / Sales5.805.5626.0460.36
Price / Cash16.1623.1421.6322.92
Price / Book1.291.952.204.69
Net Income-$13.10M$193.23M$997.25M$995.51M
7 Day Performance-1.82%-0.10%0.89%1.64%
1 Month Performance1.83%0.71%4.37%5.92%
1 Year Performance-3.60%-11.56%540.78%11.50%

Elme Communities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ELME
Elme Communities
2.4145 of 5 stars
$15.93
-0.6%
$18.50
+16.2%
-3.4%$1.41B$241.93M-106.16100Positive News
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
4.5221 of 5 stars
$201.02
-0.8%
$235.07
+16.9%
-2.2%$28.85B$2.91B25.032,988Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CPT
Camden Property Trust
4.159 of 5 stars
$113.23
-0.6%
$129.28
+14.2%
+0.5%$12.17B$1.54B103.881,660Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CUZ
Cousins Properties
4.1611 of 5 stars
$28.21
-0.1%
$32.50
+15.2%
+11.6%$4.74B$856.76M85.47290Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
EQR
Equity Residential
4.5457 of 5 stars
$66.90
-0.4%
$78.81
+17.8%
-3.3%$25.52B$2.98B25.532,500Positive News
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.1801 of 5 stars
$284.84
-0.9%
$310.94
+9.2%
+0.6%$18.50B$1.77B27.261,715Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
HIW
Highwoods Properties
3.7319 of 5 stars
$30.51
+0.6%
$32.00
+4.9%
+3.8%$3.27B$825.86M18.95340News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
IRT
Independence Realty Trust
4.5882 of 5 stars
$17.22
+0.0%
$22.40
+30.1%
-8.0%$4.02B$640.03M122.96920Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
4.658 of 5 stars
$150.05
-0.5%
$168.81
+12.5%
+5.8%$17.65B$2.19B31.262,532News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
NXRT
NexPoint Residential Trust
4.9563 of 5 stars
$33.97
-0.1%
$43.58
+28.3%
-21.0%$859.94M$255.34M-26.543Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
UDR
United Dominion Realty Trust
4.7824 of 5 stars
$40.59
-0.4%
$46.07
+13.5%
-2.4%$13.49B$1.67B16.421,432Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:ELME) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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