ELME vs. JBGS, TWO, AAT, LADR, SAFE, ARI, VRE, NTST, PMT, and LTC
Should you be buying Elme Communities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Elme Communities include JBG SMITH Properties (JBGS), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), American Assets Trust (AAT), Ladder Capital (LADR), Safehold (SAFE), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Veris Residential (VRE), NETSTREIT (NTST), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), and LTC Properties (LTC). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Elme Communities (NYSE:ELME) and JBG SMITH Properties (NYSE:JBGS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, Elme Communities had 2 more articles in the media than JBG SMITH Properties. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Elme Communities and 2 mentions for JBG SMITH Properties. Elme Communities' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat JBG SMITH Properties' score of 0.67 indicating that Elme Communities is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Elme Communities has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JBG SMITH Properties has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.9% of Elme Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of JBG SMITH Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Elme Communities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of JBG SMITH Properties shares are held by company 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.
Elme Communities currently has a consensus target price of $16.67, suggesting a potential upside of 6.16%. JBG SMITH Properties has a consensus target price of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Elme Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Elme Communities is more favorable than JBG SMITH Properties.
JBG SMITH Properties received 277 more outperform votes than Elme Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.64% of users gave JBG SMITH Properties an outperform vote while only 11.11% of users gave Elme Communities an outperform vote.
Elme Communities has higher earnings, but lower revenue than JBG SMITH Properties. Elme Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JBG SMITH Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Elme Communities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. JBG SMITH Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Elme Communities pays out -118.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JBG SMITH Properties pays out -50.4% 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.
JBG SMITH Properties has a net margin of -22.37% compared to Elme Communities' net margin of -22.88%. Elme Communities' return on equity of -4.51% beat JBG SMITH Properties' return on equity.
Summary
Elme Communities and JBG SMITH Properties tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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