ELME vs. AAT, LADR, JBGS, VRE, SAFE, ARI, TWO, NTST, RC, and LTC
Should you be buying Elme Communities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Elme Communities include American Assets Trust (AAT), Ladder Capital (LADR), JBG SMITH Properties (JBGS), Veris Residential (VRE), Safehold (SAFE), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), NETSTREIT (NTST), Ready Capital (RC), and LTC Properties (LTC).
Elme Communities (NYSE:ELME) and American Assets Trust (NYSE:AAT) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
American Assets Trust has a net margin of 12.05% compared to Elme Communities' net margin of -22.88%. American Assets Trust's return on equity of 4.60% beat Elme Communities' return on equity.
87.9% of Elme Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Elme Communities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 37.3% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Elme Communities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Elme Communities pays out -118.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Assets Trust pays out 150.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
American Assets Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Elme Communities. Elme Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Assets Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Elme Communities currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.56%. American Assets Trust has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.14%. Given Elme Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Elme Communities is more favorable than American Assets Trust.
American Assets Trust received 370 more outperform votes than Elme Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.61% of users gave American Assets Trust an outperform vote while only 10.00% of users gave Elme Communities an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Elme Communities had 4 more articles in the media than American Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Elme Communities and 0 mentions for American Assets Trust. Elme Communities' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat American Assets Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Elme Communities is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Elme Communities has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
American Assets Trust beats Elme Communities on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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