Elme Communities (ELME) Competitors

Elme Communities (NYSE:ELME) and CareTrust REIT (NASDAQ:CTRE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

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

87.9% of Elme Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of CareTrust REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Elme Communities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of CareTrust REIT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is ELME or CTRE more profitable?

CareTrust REIT has a net margin of 42.22% compared to Elme Communities' net margin of -5.42%. CareTrust REIT's return on equity of 5.59% beat Elme Communities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Elme Communities	-5.42%	-1.18%	-0.70%
CareTrust REIT	42.22%	5.59%	4.39%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ELME or CTRE?

CareTrust REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Elme Communities. Elme Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CareTrust REIT, 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	5.72	-$13.10M	-$0.15	-105.51
CareTrust REIT	$246.41M	22.41	$125.08M	$0.92	31.31

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ELME or CTRE?

CareTrust REIT received 419 more outperform votes than Elme Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.72% of users gave CareTrust REIT 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%
CareTrust REIT	Outperform Votes 422 64.72%	Underperform Votes 230 35.28%

Do analysts rate ELME or CTRE?

Elme Communities presently has a consensus price target of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.90%. CareTrust REIT has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.63%. Given Elme Communities' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Elme Communities is more favorable than CareTrust REIT.

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
CareTrust REIT	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is ELME or CTRE a better dividend stock?

Elme Communities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. CareTrust REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Elme Communities pays out -480.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CareTrust REIT pays out 145.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CareTrust REIT has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. CareTrust REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, ELME or CTRE?

Elme Communities has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CareTrust REIT has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ELME or CTRE?

In the previous week, CareTrust REIT had 7 more articles in the media than Elme Communities. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for CareTrust REIT and 4 mentions for Elme Communities. Elme Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat CareTrust REIT's score of 1.37 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
CareTrust REIT	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

CareTrust REIT beats Elme Communities on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.