BRT Apartments Corp. (BRT) vs Elme Communities (ELME)

BRT Apartments Corp. and Elme Communities are both Reit Residential companies. BRT Apartments Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $257.5M against $151.1M — 1.7× the size. Elme Communities grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.10% against 1.18%. BRT Apartments Corp. has the higher net margin (−13.2% vs −54.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (1.14% vs −3.76%). Both pay a dividend; BRT Apartments Corp. yields more (6.10% vs 5.00%). Across the 21 metrics below, BRT Apartments Corp. leads on 11 and Elme Communities on 10.

Valuation

Metric BRT ELME Reit Residential median
P/E n/m n/m 28.48
P/S 2.54 0.62 5.52
P/B 1.55 0.17 1.89
Price to free cash flow 30.64 3.10 18.04
EV/EBITDA 16.52 471.45 15.74
EV/Sales 7.47 3.45 8.08
Earnings yield (5.06%) (87.86%) 2.37%
Free cash flow yield 3.26% 32.27% 4.03%

Profitability

Metric BRT ELME Reit Residential median
Gross margin 100.00% 52.75% 58.73%
Operating margin 11.99% (39.18%) 20.57%
Net margin (13.22%) (54.57%) 20.81%
Free cash flow margin 8.30% 19.92% 20.24%
Return on equity (7.34%) (13.42%) 6.86%
Return on assets (1.86%) (7.61%) 3.17%
Return on invested capital 1.14% (3.76%) 2.03%

Growth

Metric BRT ELME Reit Residential median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.18% 3.10% 2.66%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (21.15%) 75.41% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 28.12% 6.48% 7.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 3.76%

Health

Metric BRT ELME Reit Residential median
Debt to equity 3.16 0.78 0.78
Current ratio 1.75 0.54 0.54
Net debt to EBITDA 10.98 5.58 4.27

Dividend

Metric BRT ELME Reit Residential median
Dividend yield 6.10% 5.00% 4.63%
Payout ratio 2.00 — 1.35

Size

Metric BRT ELME Reit Residential median
Market cap 257.47m 151.06m 4.17b

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