Elme Communities (ELME) Competitors

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

Is ELME or LB a better dividend stock?

Elme Communities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. LandBridge pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Elme Communities pays out -480.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LandBridge pays out 11.2% 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.

Does the media prefer ELME or LB?

In the previous week, Elme Communities and Elme Communities both had 4 articles in the media. LandBridge's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Elme Communities' score of 1.00 indicating that LandBridge is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

87.9% of Elme Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Elme Communities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 70.4% of LandBridge shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, ELME or LB?

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
Elme Communities	$241.93M	5.88	-$13.10M	-$0.15	-107.57
LandBridge	$109.95M	44.29	-$41.77M	$3.56	18.70

Do analysts prefer ELME or LB?

Elme Communities presently has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.66%. LandBridge has a consensus target price of $60.67, suggesting a potential downside of 8.87%. Given Elme Communities' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Elme Communities is more favorable than LandBridge.

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
LandBridge	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is ELME or LB 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
Elme Communities	-5.79%	-1.30%	-0.77%
LandBridge	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

LandBridge beats Elme Communities on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.