Ratings Elme Communities

Equities

ELME

US9396531017

Market Closed - Nyse Other stock markets 16:00:01 2024-05-09 EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
15.75 ^USD	+3.28%		+2.87%	+7.88%

05-02	Transcript : Elme Communities, Q1 2024 Earnings Call, May 02, 2024
05-01	Elme Communities Declares Quarterly Dividend, Payable on July 3, 2024	CI

Summary

Overall, the company has poor fundamentals for a medium to long-term investment strategy.
From a short-term investment perspective, the company presents a deteriorated fundamental situation

Strengths

The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes.
The company appears to be poorly valued given its net asset value.
The company is one of the best yield companies with high dividend expectations.
Predictions on business development from analysts polled by Standard & Poor's are tight. This results from either a good visibility into core activities or accurate earnings releases.

Weaknesses

According to forecast, a sluggish sales growth is expected for the next fiscal years.
Low profitability weakens the company.
The company is in a hindered financial situation with significant debt and rather low EBITDA levels.
The company's "enterprise value to sales" ratio is among the highest in the world.
For the past year, analysts have significantly revised downwards their profit estimates.
For the last twelve months, the analysts covering the company have given a bearish overview of EPS estimates, resulting in frequent downward revisions.
The group usually releases earnings worse than estimated.

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Sector: Residential REITs

	1st Jan change	Capi.	ESG Refinitiv
ELME COMMUNITIES	+7.88%	1.39B	B
AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC.	+5.30%	27.99B	A-
EQUITY RESIDENTIAL	+9.61%	25.41B	B
INVITATION HOMES INC.	+2.55%	21.43B	B-
ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC.	+4.69%	16.67B	B+
MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITY, INC.	+1.40%	15.93B	B
SUN COMMUNITIES, INC.	-11.96%	14.66B	C
AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT	+1.22%	13.33B	B
UDR INC.	+1.96%	12.86B	B
EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC.	-10.63%	11.76B	B-

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