* Note: Prices are in Million (M) USD.
Description:
Elme Communities owns and operates real estate assets in a unique position in the Washington metropolitan area.
These criteria used Company's Cash, EBITDA and Debt balance to determines its fair value:
Note: Financial institutions (banks/insurers/brokers/REITs) are evaluated using sector, P/E, growth, ROE and other factors. The 3.5× Net Debt/EBITDA rule is skipped to avoid misleading signals; however, Cash/Debt/EBITDA are still displayed and counted for scoring.
Cash : $1,332 M
Debt : $520 M
EBITDA : $-44 M
Since Ebitda is less than 0, 0 points assigned.
This criteria used industry in which company operates:
Sector: Real estate
Industry: Reit - residential
Based on industry, 3 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's Price To Earning (P/E) Ratio to determines its fair value:
Message: Cannot calculate PE Ratio since EPS is either 0 or negative.
Using default values for calculation.
Forward PE Ratio (using default values): 20.00
Since Forward PE Ratio is between 20 - 25, 2 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's ability to convert Sales into free cash flow to determine fair value:
Using last 20 overlapping fiscal years (max 20).Average Free Cash Flow: $29 M
Average Revenue: $250 M
Revenue Converted To Free Cash Flow (%): 11.6%
Since Free Cash Flow (FCF) to Revenue percentage is less than 15, 1 point assigned.
This criteria used company's growth potential to calculate its fair value:
Latest Revenue (2025-12-31): $0 M
Revenue 5 Years Ago (2020-12-31): $176 M
Total Growth over 5 Years: -100.0%
5-Year Revenue CAGR (Historical): -100.0%
Forward 5-Year CAGR (Tapered): -90.0%
Since historical Revenue CAGR is between 0 - 5, 1 point assigned.
This criteria used Company's ability to buy back its own share:
Latest Share Count (2025-12-31): $88 M
Share Count 5 Years Ago (2021-12-31): $85 M
Company is not buying back its own shares, 0 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's dividend payout ratio to determine its fair value:
Next Year Earnings Per Share (EPS): $-0.08
Trailing 12-Month Earnings Per Share (EPS): $-0.11
Average Earnings Per Share (EPS): $0.00
Dividend Per Share (DPS): $1
Payout Ratio: 0%
Dividend Yield: 31.60%
⚠️ Caution: Negative earnings detected — Further research is recommended - Next Fiscal Yr EPS: $-0.08
- Latest/TTM EPS: $-0.11
EPS is non-positive; payout ratio not meaningful. 0 point assigned.
Since Dividend Yield is greater than 5, 5 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's Return On Equity (ROE%) to determine its fair value:
Using last 20 valid ROE years (max 20).Average ROE: 2.4%
Since Average ROE is less than 10, 1 point assigned.
This criteria used Company's current price to its 52 week low price to determines its fair value:
Current Price: $2.04
52-Week Low: $1.98
Threshold Price (15% Above 52-Week Low): $2.28
Since Current price is within 15% threshold, 5 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's Market Cap to determines its fair value:
Market Capitalization: $181 M
Since Market Cap is less than 10B, 1 point assigned.
% Exposure to Total Portfolio
Based on the market cap, we recommend do not exceed 0.5% exposure of Total Portfolio.
Warren Buffett's Owners' Earnings:
Owners' Earnings (FCF/Share) (TTM ending 2025-12-31): $0.71
Owners' Earnings (FCF/Share, latest positive annual) (2025-12-31): $0.71
Note: Many fast-growing companies reinvest heavily, so Owners' Earnings may appear low.
Consider other factors in your valuation.
Value-Trade has assigned 19 points to above Elme Communities (ELME) stock.
Last 6 Years Avg PE 18.95, Fair Value PE 12, Industry Based PE 20, RCFC Based PE 11.56, ROE Based PE 2.41, Risk-Free Anchored PE (25% MoS) 17.65. Based on these 6 values, average assigned is 13.76. The fair value of Elme Communities (ELME) stock cannot be calculated since EBITDA and EPS are either 0 or negative.
