* 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:
Cash : $6 M
Debt : $699 M
EBITDA : $118 M
Net Debt (Debt - Cash): $693 M
Since EBITDA cannot cover net debt within 3 years, Avoid This Stock.
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:
Average Free Cash Flow: $22 M
Average Revenue: $272 M
Revenue Converted To Free Cash Flow (%): 8%
Avg Free Cash Flow Growth Per Year (Last 5 Years): -25.28%
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 (2024-12-31): $242 M
Revenue 4 Years Ago (2020-12-31): $294 M
Last 5 Years Average Revenue Growth: -4%
Since Revenue Growth is between 0 - 5, 1 point assigned.
This criteria used Company's ability to buy back its own share:
Latest Share Count (2024-12-31): $88 M
Share Count 5 Years Ago (2020-12-31): $82 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:
Message: Cannot calculate payout ratio because EPS is either 0 or negative.
Using default values for calculation.
Based on default values, 1 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's Return On Equity (ROE%) to determine its fair value:
Average ROE: 6%
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: $17
52-Week Low: $14
Threshold Price (15% Above 52-Week Low): $16
Since Current price is not within 15% threshold, 0 point assigned.
This criteria used Company's Market Cap to determines its fair value:
Market Capitalization: $1,404 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 2% exposure of Total Portfolio.
Value-Trade has assigned 10 points to above Elme Communities (ELME) stock.
Last 8 Years Avg PE 33.83, Fair Value PE 12, Industry Based PE 20, RCFC Based PE 7.9. Based on these 4 values, average assigned is 18.43.
The fair value of Elme Communities (ELME) stock cannot be calculated since EBITDA and EPS are either 0 or negative.
