Elme Communities
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Elme Communities' revenue for fiscal 2024 (year ended December 2024) was $241.9 million, up 6.15% from fiscal 2023. In the quarter to September 2025, revenue grew 1.72%, EPS fell 4,566.7% and free cash flow fell 17.2%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for three consecutive years, revenue growth for three, operating cash flow growth for three.
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Elme Communities (ELME) Piotroski F-score
Elme Communities's Piotroski F-score for fiscal 2024 is 4 out of 9: 4 of nine tests of profitability, leverage and efficiency passed, unchanged from fiscal 2023.
Piotroski F-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Piotroski F-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 4 | 0.00 |
| FY2023 | 4 | 0.00 |
| FY2022 | 4 | (3.00) |
| FY2021 | 7 | 3.00 |
| FY2020 | 4 | 0.00 |
| FY2019 | 4 | (2.00) |
| FY2018 | 6 | 3.00 |
| FY2017 | 3 | (1.00) |
| FY2016 | 4 | — |
How fiscal 2024’s score is made up
| Test | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive return on assets | (0.70%) | (2.81%) | Fail | 0 |
| Positive operating cash flow | 95.24m | 84.67m | Pass | 1 |
| Rising return on assets | (0.70%) | (2.81%) | Pass | 1 |
| Cash flow above net income | 108.35m | 137.65m | Pass | 1 |
| Falling long-term leverage | 0.37 | 0.36 | Fail | 0 |
| Rising current ratio | 0.58 | 0.67 | Fail | 0 |
| No new shares issued | 87,920,000 | 87,735,000 | Fail | 0 |
| Rising gross margin | 59.67% | 61.42% | Fail | 0 |
| Rising asset turnover | 0.13 | 0.12 | Pass | 1 |
| Piotroski F-score | Mixed | 4 | ||
How the Piotroski F-score works
One point for each of nine tests, this fiscal year against the one before: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, a rising current ratio, no new shares issued, a rising gross margin and rising asset turnover. The ratios are the ones on this site, so each can be checked.
Joseph Piotroski (2000) called 8–9 high and 0–1 low; reading it in three bands is the common convention:
| 7–9 | Strong — most fundamentals improved |
|---|---|
| 4–6 | Mixed |
| 0–3 | Weak — most fundamentals deteriorated |
Where this differs from the paper: return on assets is on average rather than beginning-of-year assets, and weighted basic shares stand in for shares issued. The score is shown only when all nine tests can be worked out, which takes three fiscal years; banks and insurers, which report no current assets or gross profit, have none.
Piotroski F-score against peers
| Company | Piotroski F-score |
|---|---|
| AIV Apartment Investment and Management Company compare | 8 |
| CSR Centerspace compare | 6 |
| UMH UMH Properties, Inc. compare | 6 |
| NXRT NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. compare | 5 |
| CLPR Clipper Realty Inc. compare | 5 |
| BHM Bluerock Homes Trust, Inc. compare | 4 |
| ELME Elme Communities | 4 |
| BRT BRT Apartments Corp. compare | 3 |
| MRP Millrose Properties, Inc. compare | — |
What Piotroski F-score is
The Piotroski F-Score tells an investor how many signs of improving profitability, funding and efficiency a company shows against a year earlier.
One point for each of nine tests against a year earlier: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, rising current ratio, no new shares issued, rising gross margin, and rising asset turnover