Stocks · Real Estate · REIT - Residential
Elme Communities ELME
$1.75 -0.57% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $156.4M
Weak trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Oct 22, 2026
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Three things to know
- Revenue over the last four quarters was -$123.6M, down 150.3% from a year earlier, slowing from -125.2% a quarter earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned -89.6%, behind the S&P 500 by 105.4 percentage points.
- The stock is 90% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Real Estate sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 1%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 8%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 2%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 2%
- Interest coverBottom 3%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 2%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 11%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 1%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 1%
- 6-month returnBottom 28%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 1%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 1%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 17%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 11%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 18%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 3%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 1%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 38%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 1%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 41%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 2%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -125.2% | -150.3% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -150.3% | -125.2% | ↓ | Bottom 1% |
| Return on invested capital | -338.0% | — | Bottom 2% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +59.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 68.24×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -20.5×
Shareholder returns
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -99.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $19.00
- Target vs current price
- +985.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 8
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 13%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | — | -1.2% | -1.2% | +2.4% | — |
| May 11, 2026 | -120.8% | -4.3% | -4.3% | -2.9% | -21.9% |
| Mar 26, 2026 | -668.1% | -0.5% | -0.5% | +4.4% | -1.0% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | +508.7% | +0.3% | -2.6% | -0.2% | -81.7% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | -117.4% | -0.2% | -0.5% | +3.5% | +0.6% |
| May 1, 2025 | -121.7% | +2.2% | +1.9% | +2.8% | +0.6% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | +0.0% | +1.7% | +12.2% | +11.0% | +4.9% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | +7.2% | +1.3% | +7.2% | +2.3% | -7.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | -$0.04 | — | — | — |
| May 11, 2026 | -$0.05 | $0.24 | -120.8% | — |
| Mar 26, 2026 | -$0.26 | -$0.03 | -668.1% | -$185.7M |
| Oct 23, 2025 | $1.40 | $0.23 | +508.7% | $62.1M |
| Aug 5, 2025 | -$0.04 | $0.23 | -117.4% | $62.1M |
| May 1, 2025 | -$0.05 | $0.23 | -121.7% | $61.5M |
| Feb 13, 2025 | -$0.03 | -$0.03 | +0.0% | $61.3M |
| Nov 4, 2024 | -$0.03 | -$0.03 | +7.2% | $61.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 119.1× | — | — | Bottom 11% |
| Earnings yield | -100.00% | — | — | Bottom 2% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 31
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -33.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +5.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -42.6%
- RSI (14)
- 60.9
- Relative volume
- 2.76×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 26.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 65th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.51
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.11
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -90.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -92.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2021 | Jun 25, 2026 | -95.0% | 1266 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 12, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -19.2% | 12 days | 9 days (Nov 10, 2020) |
| Nov 24, 2020 | Jan 7, 2021 | -14.6% | 29 days | 44 days (Mar 12, 2021) |
| Mar 15, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | -11.0% | 12 days | 46 days (Jun 7, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $156.4M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.75
- Revenue (TTM)
- -$123.6M
- Dividend yield
- 937.71%
- 52-week range
- $1.26 – $17.68
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $169.2M | $209.4M | $227.9M | $241.9M | $0 |
| Gross profit | $102.2M | $127.9M | $140.0M | $144.4M | -$76.6M |
| Operating income | -$484,000 | -$1.7M | -$23.1M | $23.5M | -$122.2M |
| Net income | -$21.8M | -$30.9M | -$53.0M | -$13.1M | -$154.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.26 | -$0.69 | -$0.61 | -$0.15 | -$1.75 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $61.1M | $61.3M | $61.5M | $62.1M | $62.1M | -$185.7M | $0 | $0 |
| Net income | -$3.0M | -$3.0M | -$4.7M | -$3.6M | -$123.5M | -$22.4M | -$4.7M | -$3.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.03 | -$0.03 | -$0.05 | -$0.04 | -$1.40 | -$0.26 | -$0.05 | -$0.04 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $89.2M | $73.2M | $84.7M | $95.2M | $62.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$49,000 | -$1.7M | -$408,000 | -$212,000 | -$73,200 |
| Free cash flow | $89.1M | $71.5M | $84.3M | $95.0M | $62.2M |
| Dividends paid | -$90.7M | -$59.4M | -$64.3M | -$63.6M | -$63.7M |
| Net share buybacks | $40.5M | -$3.3M | -$2.1M | -$1.1M | -$274,800 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $41.3M
- Total assets
- $460.4M
- Total liabilities
- $292.8M
- Total debt
- $251.0M
- Net debt
- $209.8M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $167.7M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2026 | $1.74 | — |
| Jan 8, 2026 | $14.67 | — |
| Sep 17, 2025 | $0.18 | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Jun 17, 2025 | $0.18 | Jul 3, 2025 |
| Mar 19, 2025 | $0.18 | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Dec 19, 2024 | $0.18 | Jan 6, 2025 |
| Sep 19, 2024 | $0.18 | Oct 3, 2024 |
| Jun 20, 2024 | $0.18 | Jul 3, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,404,757
- Days to cover
- 5.33
- Change vs previous report
- -0.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 1, 1992
- 3-for-2
- Dec 19, 1988
- 3-for-2
- Jul 15, 1985
- 3-for-2
- Apr 1, 1981
- 3-for-1