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Elme Communities (ELME)

Name: Elme Communities (ELME) filed financial figures
Creator: ValueScreener

NYSE / Real Estate / REIT - Office

Share price

1.75 USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026

Market capitalisation

155.5M USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026

Market data: Oct 15, 2026
Filed accounts: FY2024, filed Feb 14, 2025
Ratios computed: Oct 15, 2026
Filed years: 16, FY2008 to FY2024

Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means

SEC filingFiled with the SEC: Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement: What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data: Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener: Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.

Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Quality

Return on equity

-1.2% Computed

From the FY2024 filing

Read quality

Financial strength

Debt to equity

n/a Computed

From the FY2024 filing

Why n/a

The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read.

Read financial strength

Valuation

Price to book

0.14x Computed

FY2024 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

31.1% Computed

FY2024 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, as filed

Revenue Net income10 filed fiscal years, from the annual reports; the table in Filings names each document.

Named tests met: 2 of 30 Which tests

The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it good

Return on equity was -1.2% in FY2024, in the band labelled "Likely below the cost of equity" (below 8.0%), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data, suggesting returns on shareholders' money below the usual cost of equity.

Today, against the Real Estate sector (221 companies), -1.2% sits at the 28th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from -4.0% to 9.5%.

Is it safe

Interest coverage was 0.62x in FY2024, in the band labelled "Distress territory" (below 1.50x), on lines anchored on Damodaran's interest-coverage table.

Year by year against peers: Whether Elme Communities's return on equity stayed above the median of the Real Estate sector, year by year. (FY2020 to FY2024, 5 fiscal years of Elme Communities with a comparable figure)
The direction: Which way Elme Communities's return on equity has moved, and how steadily. (FY2015 to FY2024, 10 filed years of Elme Communities)
What could explain it: What in Elme Communities's filed statements could explain the movements. (6 readings drawn from the statement lines Elme Communities filed)
What to check next: What to check next on Elme Communities, and where in its filings. (4 questions for Elme Communities)
In one paragraph: One paragraph on Elme Communities's returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (7 of sixteen figures read for Elme Communities)

These are ELME’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2024 annual report: 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, accession 0000104894-25-000020.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

Elme Communities: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
Figure	Value, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax Why n/a The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read.	n/a ComputedFY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020
Return on equity	-1.2% ComputedFY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020
Return on capital employed, pre-tax Why n/a We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.	n/a ComputedFY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020
Return on assets	-0.7% ComputedFY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020
Gross margin	63.3% ComputedFY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020
Operating margin	9.7% ComputedFY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020
Net margin	-5.4% ComputedFY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020

ELME -5.4%

-88.7%6.8%

Net margin: ELME against the 5 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

Elme Communities: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
Figure	Value, source and document
Debt to equity Why n/a The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read.	n/a ComputedFY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020
Current ratio Why n/m A property trust presents an unclassified balance sheet: buildings are long-lived assets and mortgage debt is drawn against them, so there is no split between current and non-current for a current ratio to divide. Look at net debt to EBITDA and interest coverage instead.	n/m ComputedFY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020
Quick ratio Why n/m A property trust presents an unclassified balance sheet: buildings are long-lived assets and mortgage debt is drawn against them, so there is no split between current and non-current for a current ratio to divide. Look at net debt to EBITDA and interest coverage instead.	n/m ComputedFY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020
Interest coverage	0.62x ComputedFY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020
Altman Z-score Why n/m Altman's Z-Score rewards working capital and asset turnover, neither of which a property trust has. It reads distress for healthy REITs by construction, so we do not show it.	n/m ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020
Net debt Why n/a The FY2024 balance sheet carries no net debt we could read.	n/a ComputedFY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020

Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity

The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What Elme Communities owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2024, from the balance sheet it filed (10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020).

Elme Communities: balance sheet position
Total assets	1.85B FiledFY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025
Total liabilities	763.7M FiledFY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025
Shareholders' equity	1.08B FiledFY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025
Cash	6.1M FiledFY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025
Total debt	n/a FiledFY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025
Net debt	n/a
Current ratio	n/m
Debt to equity	n/a

Debt to equity: FY2024: The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read.
Current ratio: FY2024: A property trust presents an unclassified balance sheet: buildings are long-lived assets and mortgage debt is drawn against them, so there is no split between current and non-current for a current ratio to divide. Look at net debt to EBITDA and interest coverage instead.

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Elme Communities: what the market charges, each with its source
Figure	Value, source and document
Price to earnings Why n/m GAAP earnings for a property trust are charged with depreciation on buildings that are generally appreciating, so a P/E built on them overstates how expensive the trust is. Use price to FFO.	n/m ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020
P/E on trailing twelve months	185.30x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book	0.14x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020
Price to sales	0.64x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020
Enterprise value to EBIT Why n/a We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.	n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020
Enterprise value to EBITDA Why n/a We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.	n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020
Price to earnings over growth Why n/m GAAP earnings for a property trust are charged with depreciation on buildings that are generally appreciating, so a P/E built on them overstates how expensive the trust is. Use price to FFO.	n/m ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020
Diluted earnings per share	-0.15 USD FiledFY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020
Graham number Why n/m Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.	n/m ComputedFY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value ELME on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for Elme Communities today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

Elme Communities: valuation
Share price	1.75 USD
Market capitalisation	155.5M USD
Enterprise value to EBITDA	n/a
Graham number	n/m
Diluted earnings per share, FY2024	-0.15 USD

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months, a different basis from the fiscal-year P/E above, since Oct 3, 2016: low 3.64x, median 89.61x, high 301.60x, latest 185.30x. 1,350 trading days with a meaningful ratio, 1,172 more on a loss and left out. Each close over the trailing twelve months of earnings as known that day: a quarter counts from the day it was filed.

Companies like Elme Communities

Same sector (Real Estate) and size band (Micro, 50M to 300M), nearest in market value and net margin. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

Elme Communities: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
Figure	Value, source and document
Free cash flow yield	31.1% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020
Free cash flow	47.9M USD ComputedFY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020
Free cash flow margin	19.8% ComputedFY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020
Dividend yield Why n/a The newest cash flow statement on file ended more than fifteen months ago, so it says nothing about today's yield.	n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020
Payout ratio Why n/m A REIT pays out of funds from operations, not GAAP earnings. A payout ratio on earnings reads far above 100% for a perfectly safe distribution. Use the FFO payout ratio.	n/m ComputedFY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020

Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filingMarket data

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

Elme Communities: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
Figure	Value	Year	As of
	n/m	FY2024	Oct 15, 2026
n/m Not meaningful for this company, such as a P/E on negative earnings or a bank's EV/EBIT.
FormulaShare price / earnings per share. Where the filing states no earnings per share this listing can be priced on, which is every 20-F and 40-F filer because theirs is stated per ordinary share, it is market capitalisation / net income: the same multiple, undiluted. As ofThe close on Oct 15, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2024: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form10-KFiledFeb 14, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0000104894-25-000020What we read from itIncome statementFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000104894-25-000020, leaves this page and opens in a new tab
	0.14x	FY2024	Oct 15, 2026
FormulaMarket capitalisation / shareholders equity As ofThe close on Oct 15, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2024: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form10-KFiledFeb 14, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0000104894-25-000020What we read from itBalance sheetFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000104894-25-000020, leaves this page and opens in a new tab
	n/a	FY2024	Oct 15, 2026
n/a Enterprise value is the market value plus total debt less cash, and the filed balance sheet reports no debt total or no cash.
Formula(Market capitalisation + total debt - cash) / operating income, or over the filing's own EBIT (income before tax + interest expense) where the filer tags no operating line, as Johnson & Johnson does not in any of its ten filed years. As ofThe close on Oct 15, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2024: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form10-KFiledFeb 14, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0000104894-25-000020What we read from itIncome statementFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000104894-25-000020, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm10-KFiledFeb 14, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0000104894-25-000020What we read from itBalance sheetFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000104894-25-000020, leaves this page and opens in a new tab
	31.1%	FY2024	Oct 15, 2026
FormulaFree cash flow per share / share price x 100 As ofThe close on Oct 15, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2024: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form10-KFiledFeb 14, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0000104894-25-000020What we read from itCash flow statementFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000104894-25-000020, leaves this page and opens in a new tab
	n/a	FY2024	Feb 14, 2025
n/a The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read.
FormulaVendor trailing-twelve-month return on invested capital where one is published, which uses after-tax operating profit over total assets less current liabilities. Otherwise our own recompute: NOPAT / (shareholders equity + total debt - cash) x 100, where NOPAT is the filed operating profit after tax, or the filing's own EBIT after tax where the filer tags no operating line. As ofThe filing date of the statements below, for FY2024. Form10-KFiledFeb 14, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0000104894-25-000020What we read from itIncome statementFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000104894-25-000020, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm10-KFiledFeb 14, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0000104894-25-000020What we read from itBalance sheetFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000104894-25-000020, leaves this page and opens in a new tab
	n/a	FY2024	Oct 15, 2026
n/a The newest cash flow statement on file ended more than fifteen months ago, so it says nothing about today's yield.
FormulaCommon dividends paid in the latest filed year / market capitalisation x 100. n/a where the filing cannot support it: a special or first-year payment, a total that mixes preferred dividends, or a cash-flow statement over 15 months old. As ofThe close on Oct 15, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2024: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form10-KFiledFeb 14, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0000104894-25-000020What we read from itCash flow statementFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000104894-25-000020, leaves this page and opens in a new tab
	n/a	FY2024	Feb 14, 2025
n/a The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read.
FormulaTotal debt / shareholders equity As ofThe filing date of the statements below, for FY2024. Form10-KFiledFeb 14, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0000104894-25-000020What we read from itBalance sheetFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000104894-25-000020, leaves this page and opens in a new tab
	n/m	FY2024	Feb 14, 2025
n/m Not meaningful for this company, such as a P/E on negative earnings or a bank's EV/EBIT.
FormulaCurrent assets / current liabilities As ofThe filing date of the statements below, for FY2024. Form10-KFiledFeb 14, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0000104894-25-000020What we read from itBalance sheetFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000104894-25-000020, leaves this page and opens in a new tab
	0.64x	FY2024	Oct 15, 2026
FormulaMarket capitalisation / revenue As ofThe close on Oct 15, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2024: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form10-KFiledFeb 14, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0000104894-25-000020What we read from itIncome statementFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000104894-25-000020, leaves this page and opens in a new tab
	n/m	FY2024	Oct 15, 2026
n/m Not meaningful for this company, such as a P/E on negative earnings or a bank's EV/EBIT.
FormulaPrice to earnings / the annual earnings growth rate, in percentage points As ofThe close on Oct 15, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2024: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form10-KFiledFeb 14, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0000104894-25-000020What we read from itIncome statementFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000104894-25-000020, leaves this page and opens in a new tab
	n/m	FY2024	Oct 15, 2026
n/m Not meaningful for this company, such as a P/E on negative earnings or a bank's EV/EBIT.
Formula1.2 x working capital/assets + 1.4 x retained earnings/assets + 3.3 x EBIT/assets + 0.6 x market value of equity/total liabilities + 1.0 x revenue/assets As ofThe close on Oct 15, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2024: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form10-KFiledFeb 14, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0000104894-25-000020What we read from itIncome statementFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000104894-25-000020, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm10-KFiledFeb 14, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0000104894-25-000020What we read from itBalance sheetFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000104894-25-000020, leaves this page and opens in a new tab
	n/m	FY2024	Feb 14, 2025
n/m Not meaningful for this company, such as a P/E on negative earnings or a bank's EV/EBIT.
FormulaAn eight-variable index of year-on-year changes in receivables, gross margin, asset quality, revenue, depreciation, overheads, leverage and accruals As ofThe filing date of the statements below, for FY2024. Form10-KFiledFeb 14, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0000104894-25-000020What we read from itIncome statementFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000104894-25-000020, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm10-KFiledFeb 14, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0000104894-25-000020What we read from itBalance sheetFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000104894-25-000020, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm10-KFiledFeb 14, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0000104894-25-000020What we read from itCash flow statementFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000104894-25-000020, leaves this page and opens in a new tab
	n/m	FY2024	Feb 14, 2025
n/m Not meaningful for this company, such as a P/E on negative earnings or a bank's EV/EBIT.
FormulaOne point each for: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, operating cash flow above net income, falling leverage, rising current ratio, no new shares issued, rising gross margin, rising asset turnover. As ofThe filing date of the statements below, for FY2024. Form10-KFiledFeb 14, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0000104894-25-000020What we read from itIncome statementFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000104894-25-000020, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm10-KFiledFeb 14, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0000104894-25-000020What we read from itBalance sheetFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000104894-25-000020, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm10-KFiledFeb 14, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0000104894-25-000020What we read from itCash flow statementFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0000104894-25-000020, leaves this page and opens in a new tab

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2024, the newest full year on file. 16 filed fiscal years on record, FY2008 to FY2024, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 15, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 15, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 filed fiscal years, FY2015 to FY2024, read from the annual reports Elme Communities filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in USD, as filed.

Elme Communities: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
Year	Revenue	Operating income	Net income	EPS, diluted	Free cash flow	Operating margin	Return on equity	Filing
FY2024	241.9M	23.5M	-13.1M	-0.15	47.9M	9.7%	-1.2%	10-K, Feb 14, 20250000104894-25-000020
FY2023	227.9M	-23.1M	-53.0M	-0.61	46.5M	-10.1%	-4.6%	10-K, Feb 16, 20240000104894-24-000019
FY2022	209.4M	-1.7M	-30.9M	-0.36	36.7M	-0.8%	-2.4%	10-K, Feb 17, 20230000104894-23-000028
FY2021	169.2M	-4.6M	16.4M	0.19	56.7M	-2.7%	1.2%	10-K, Feb 18, 20220000104894-22-000036
FY2020	176.0M	-2.4M	-15.7M	-0.20	54.9M	-1.4%	-1.2%	10-K, Feb 16, 20210000104894-21-000025
FY2019	176.7M	49.5M	383.6M	4.75	62.5M	28.0%	27.2%	10-K, Feb 19, 20200000104894-20-000028
FY2018	291.7M	52.8M	25.6M	0.32	146.4M	18.1%	2.4%	10-K, Feb 19, 20190000104894-19-000023
FY2017	280.3M	42.6M	19.7M	0.25	126.8M	15.2%	1.8%	10-K, Feb 20, 20180000104894-18-000022
FY2016	313.3M	171.5M	119.3M	1.65	113.8M	54.8%	11.4%	10-K, Feb 21, 20170000104894-17-000020
FY2015	n/a	148.3M	89.7M	1.31	107.2M	n/a	10.7%	10-K, Feb 26, 20160000104894-16-000140

Revenue, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2024: -3.2%
Earnings: Earnings was not positive in both 2015 and 2024, so a compound rate across the window is not defined. Both figures are in the table.
Earnings per share: Earnings per share was not positive in both 2015 and 2024, so a compound rate across the window is not defined. Both figures are in the table.
Free cash flow, compound annual growth FY2015 to FY2024: -8.6%

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

Elme Communities: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
Figure	Value, source and document
Beneish M-score Why n/m The Beneish M-Score is built on gross margin, receivables and asset quality indices estimated on non-financial firms. Those inputs are not defined here.	n/m ComputedFY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020
Piotroski F-score Why n/m 2 of the nine Piotroski signals are undefined for an equity REIT: signal 6 (rising current ratio), signal 8 (rising gross margin). We do not publish a partial score under the full score's name.	n/m ComputedFY2024 10-K, filed Feb 14, 2025, 0000104894-25-000020
Named tests met	2 of 30 Computed
Beta	0.54 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 2 met, 12 not met, 16 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)

Meets: Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman)
Does not: Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Large cap, low P/E; High returns and growth; Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); EV/EBITDA and coverage; Dividends and buybacks; Low beta, profitable; Near the 52-week low; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); High returns, low debt; Owner earnings yield; High return on tangibles
Not measured: Deep value; Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Three forensic scores; Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); High yield, low payout; ROIC at or above WACC; Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham); Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Cash-covered dividend; Tangible book or below; Cash-flow yield and ROIC; Clean books, high ROIC; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman); Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff). A test with a figure we could not read is incomplete, never met and never failed.

Figures we could not read(18)

Current Ratio: A property trust presents an unclassified balance sheet: buildings are long-lived assets and mortgage debt is drawn against them, so there is no split between current and non-current for a current ratio to divide. Look at net debt to EBITDA and interest coverage instead.
Debt to Equity: The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read.
Piotroski F-Score: 2 of the nine Piotroski signals are undefined for an equity REIT: signal 6 (rising current ratio), signal 8 (rising gross margin). We do not publish a partial score under the full score's name.
P/E Ratio: GAAP earnings for a property trust are charged with depreciation on buildings that are generally appreciating, so a P/E built on them overstates how expensive the trust is. Use price to FFO.
EV/EBIT: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
Return on Invested Capital: The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read.
Altman Z-Score: Altman's Z-Score rewards working capital and asset turnover, neither of which a property trust has. It reads distress for healthy REITs by construction, so we do not show it.
Beneish M-Score: The Beneish M-Score is built on gross margin, receivables and asset quality indices estimated on non-financial firms. Those inputs are not defined here.
PEG Ratio: GAAP earnings for a property trust are charged with depreciation on buildings that are generally appreciating, so a P/E built on them overstates how expensive the trust is. Use price to FFO.
Eps Growth 5Y: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
EV/EBITDA: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
Dividend Yield: The newest cash flow statement on file ended more than fifteen months ago, so it says nothing about today's yield.
Payout Ratio: A REIT pays out of funds from operations, not GAAP earnings. A payout ratio on earnings reads far above 100% for a perfectly safe distribution. Use the FFO payout ratio.
ROIC-WACC Spread: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
Price To Ncav: Net current asset value needs current assets, which an unclassified balance sheet does not report.
Price To Graham: Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.
Dividend Coverage Ratio: Distribution coverage for a REIT is measured against funds from operations, not against free cash flow computed after acquisition capital expenditure.
Dividend Streak: A payment is missing from the dividend record since we fetched it. It is being read again.

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Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by Javier Sanz Alvarez: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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What this cannot tell you

18 figures could not be read on this company, among them Current Ratio, Debt to Equity, Piotroski F-Score. Each blank in the table above names the rest, with its reason. 16 named tests come back incomplete because of them, which is neither met nor missed.

And the one that is true of all of it: This is what the numbers say today. It cannot tell you the day one of them stops being true. Nothing here can, because the reasons are not written down.

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ValueScreener · valuescreener.ai · Computed from accounts filed with the SEC by this company, read from EDGAR, and from dated closing prices. On this page a filed figure opens into its formula, its inputs and the statement, fiscal year and filing date it was read from, and a price into the day of its close. A figure that cannot show that trail says so.

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