# Elme Communities (ELME)

- Sector: Real Estate · Industry: Reit Residential
- SEC CIK: 0000104894 ([filings on EDGAR](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000104894))
- Full page: https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/elme
- Data as of: price 2026-09-28; newest filing used 2026-07-31; latest fiscal period ended 2026-06-30

## Grade

**C** on the growth-and-cash rubric, 3 of 5 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Revenue growing overall | failed | $206.4M | $209.4M |
| Revenue growing recently | failed | $206.4M | $241.9M |
| Free cash flow positive | passed | $49.3M |  |
| Free cash flow growing overall | passed | $49.3M | $41.4M |
| Free cash flow growing recently | passed | $49.3M | $47.9M |

Business quality (the + / − mark): 2 of 6 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | failed | -74.7% |  |
| Healthy profit margin | failed | -74.7% |  |
| Strong operating margin | failed | -46.9% |  |
| Good return on equity | failed | -14.3% |  |
| Debt under control | passed | 0.00 |  |
| Turns sales into cash | passed | 23.9% |  |

How the grade works: the letter counts failed checks (none → A, one → B, two → C, three → D, four or more → F). It is built from SEC filings only — the share price never enters it — and describes the business, not whether the stock is worth buying.

## Key figures

In US dollars, as filed.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Revenue, trailing twelve months | $206.4M |
| Net income, trailing twelve months | -$154.2M |
| Free cash flow, trailing twelve months | $49.3M |
| Net margin | -74.7% |
| Operating margin | -46.9% |
| Return on equity | -14.3% |
| Debt to equity | 0.00 |
| Diluted EPS, trailing twelve months | -$1.74 |
| Share price | $1.71 |
| Market value | $151.5M |
| Price / sales | 0.7x |

## More on this company

- [Overview](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/elme)
- [Financial statements](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/elme/financials)
- [Competitors](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/elme/peers)
- [Earnings](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/elme/earnings)

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Source: InspectStocks, built from the company’s own SEC filings. This describes a business — it is not investment advice and not a recommendation to buy or sell anything.