profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Elme Communities
$0.05+0.00% today
-99.7% in 1 year
1-year low $0.031-year high $17.55
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2024.
0%20% a year
It has no yearly profit to compare the price with.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Elme Communities sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $169 million in 2021 to $242 million in 2024, with -$13.1 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Elme Communities handed back 67% of the cash it generated last year.
$64M
Free cash flow 2024$95M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$64M
Cash vs. debt$6M vs. $699M
Elme Communities vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elme Communities | No profit yet | ||
 BXP | 41.4× · Expensive | ||
 MERLIN Properties SOCIMI | 9.4× · Cheap | ||
 Alexandria Real Estate Equities | No profit yet | ||
 Vornado Realty | 7.9× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Elme Communities's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 169 | 209 | 228 | 242 | |
| 102 | 128 | 140 | 144 | |
| 2 | 8 | 25 | 23 | |
| 76 | 86 | 66 | 121 | |
| 16 | -31 | -53 | -13 | |
| 0.19 | -0.36 | -0.61 | -0.15 | |
| 60.4% | 61.1% | 61.4% | 59.7% | |
| 1.2% | 3.8% | 11.0% | 9.7% | |
| 9.7% | -14.7% | -23.2% | -5.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | – | 1,873 | 1,900 | 1,846 |
| Cash | – | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Total debt | – | 552 | 679 | 699 |
| Total liabilities | – | 609 | 746 | 764 |
| – | 1,263 | 1,154 | 1,082 | |
| 85 | 87 | 88 | 88 | |
| – | -0.3% | -1.0% | 1.1% | |
| – | -2.4% | -4.6% | -1.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | 73 | 85 | 95 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 89 | 73 | 85 | 95 | |
| Dividends paid | 91 | 59 | 64 | 64 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
Valuation
- –
- –
- –
- 0.9×
- 0.0×
- 0.0×
- 5.8×
- 3,572.9%
- -491.5%
- 747.8%
Profitability
- 59.7%
- 9.7%
- -5.4%
- 71.6%
- -311.2%
- -5.4%
- -25.7%
- -26.3%
- -20.9%
- –
Growth
- +12.7%
- –
- −34.5%
- −14.8%
- +1.0%
Financial health
- 0.9×
- 0.00
- 0.0%
- -9.4×
- –
- –
- -0.11
How it ranks in Real Estate
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 15%of 752
Top 30%of 762
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $19.00
- Range
- $19.00 – $19.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2026 | -0.05 | 0.24 | −120.8% |
| Mar 26, 2026 | -0.26 | 0.23 | −213.0% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 0.22 | 0.23 | −4.3% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 0.24 | 0.23 | +4.3% |
| May 1, 2025 | 0.24 | 0.23 | +4.3% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | 0.23 | -0.03 | +866.7% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | 0.23 | 0.24 | −4.2% |
| Aug 1, 2024 | 0.23 | 0.23 | +0.0% |
747.8%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$7478a year at today's yield, before tax
−14.8%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$1.20 in 2015 → $0.54 in 2025
How safe it looks
-41.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 66.8%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
22No pass
Benjamin Graham
5No pass
Philip Fisher
27No pass
Peter Lynch
46No pass
Joel Greenblatt
0No pass
Charlie Munger
25No pass
Terry Smith
23No pass
Questions about Elme Communities
Is Elme Communities a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Elme Communities AI analysis
What does Elme Communities do?
Elme Communities owns and operates uniquely positioned real estate assets in the Washington Metro area. Backed by decades of experience, expertise and ambition, we create value by transforming insights into strategy and strategy into action. It is in REIT - Office.
Does Elme Communities pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 747.8% a year. In 2024 it paid out $63.6 million in dividends.
Is Elme Communities stock halal?
No. Elme Communities does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 26,220% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Elme Communities stock done over the past year?
Down 99.7% over the past twelve months, to $0.05. It traded between $0.03 and $17.55 and is 99.7% below its high.
Who are Elme Communities's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are BXP, MERLIN Properties SOCIMI, Alexandria Real Estate Equities and Vornado Realty. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Elme Communities's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 5, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.