Veris Residential (VRE) Competitors

Elme Communities (NYSE:ELME) and Veris Residential (NYSE:VRE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is ELME or VRE more profitable?

Elme Communities has a net margin of -5.78% compared to Veris Residential's net margin of -7.84%. Elme Communities' return on equity of -1.33% beat Veris Residential's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Elme Communities	-5.78%	-1.33%	-0.78%
Veris Residential	-7.84%	-1.89%	-0.77%

Do analysts recommend ELME or VRE?

Elme Communities currently has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.09%. Veris Residential has a consensus target price of $19.20, indicating a potential upside of 20.30%. Given Veris Residential's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Veris Residential is more favorable than Elme Communities.

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
Veris Residential	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ELME or VRE?

Elme Communities has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Veris Residential. Elme Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Veris Residential, 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	6.24	-$13.10M	-$0.15	-114.10
Veris Residential	$271.07M	5.50	-$23.12M	-$0.23	-69.39

Which has more risk & volatility, ELME or VRE?

Elme Communities has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veris Residential has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ELME or VRE?

In the previous week, Veris Residential had 1 more articles in the media than Elme Communities. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Veris Residential and 2 mentions for Elme Communities. Veris Residential's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Elme Communities' score of 1.61 indicating that Veris Residential is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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
Veris Residential	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is ELME or VRE a better dividend stock?

Elme Communities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Veris Residential pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Elme Communities pays out -480.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Veris Residential pays out -139.1% 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. Veris Residential has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Elme Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

87.9% of Elme Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.0% of Veris Residential shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Elme Communities shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Veris Residential shares are held 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.

Summary

Veris Residential beats Elme Communities on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.