ELME vs. EPRT, KRG, VNO, RYN, IRT, PECO, CTRE, KRC, HASI, and SLG
Should you be buying Elme Communities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Elme Communities include Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Rayonier (RYN), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), and SL Green Realty (SLG). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Essential Properties Realty Trust (NYSE:EPRT) and Elme Communities (NYSE:ELME) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and valuation.
Essential Properties Realty Trust received 187 more outperform votes than Elme Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.46% of users gave Essential Properties Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 10.00% of users gave Elme Communities an outperform vote.
Essential Properties Realty Trust has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elme Communities has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Essential Properties Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Elme Communities. Elme Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Essential Properties Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Essential Properties Realty Trust has a net margin of 51.34% compared to Essential Properties Realty Trust's net margin of -22.88%. Elme Communities' return on equity of 6.56% beat Essential Properties Realty Trust's return on equity.
Essential Properties Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Elme Communities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Essential Properties Realty Trust pays out 92.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Elme Communities pays out -118.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Essential Properties Realty Trust has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Elme Communities has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Elme Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Essential Properties Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $28.64, indicating a potential upside of 4.28%. Elme Communities has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.23%. Given Elme Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Essential Properties Realty Trust is more favorable than Elme Communities.
In the previous week, Essential Properties Realty Trust had 7 more articles in the media than Elme Communities. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Essential Properties Realty Trust and 3 mentions for Elme Communities. Essential Properties Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Elme Communities' score of 1.28 indicating that Elme Communities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
97.0% of Essential Properties Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Elme Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Essential Properties Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Elme Communities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Essential Properties Realty Trust beats Elme Communities on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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