Elme Communities (ELME) vs NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. (NXRT)

Elme Communities and NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. are both Reit Residential companies. NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $517.7M against $151.1M — 3.4× the size. Elme Communities grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.10% against −0.46%. NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. has the higher net margin (−13.2% vs −54.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.99% vs −3.76%). Both pay a dividend; NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. yields more (5.60% vs 5.00%). Across the 20 metrics below, Elme Communities leads on 10 and NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric ELME NXRT Reit Residential median
P/E n/m n/m 28.48
P/S 0.62 2.00 5.52
P/B 0.17 2.05 1.89
Price to free cash flow 3.10 n/m 18.04
EV/EBITDA 471.45 15.69 15.74
EV/Sales 3.45 8.08 8.08
Earnings yield (87.86%) (6.69%) 2.37%
Free cash flow yield 32.27% (6.06%) 4.03%

Profitability

Metric ELME NXRT Reit Residential median
Gross margin 52.75% 62.76% 58.73%
Operating margin (39.18%) 11.14% 20.57%
Net margin (54.57%) (13.22%) 20.81%
Free cash flow margin 19.92% (12.14%) 20.24%
Return on equity (13.42%) (11.23%) 6.86%
Return on assets (7.61%) (1.79%) 3.17%
Return on invested capital (3.76%) 0.99% 2.03%

Growth

Metric ELME NXRT Reit Residential median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.10% (0.46%) 2.66%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 75.41% (3,250.00%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.48% 4.18% 7.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 3.76%

Health

Metric ELME NXRT Reit Residential median
Debt to equity 0.78 6.41 0.78
Current ratio 0.54 1.92 0.54
Net debt to EBITDA 5.58 11.64 4.27

Dividend

Metric ELME NXRT Reit Residential median
Dividend yield 5.00% 5.60% 4.63%
Payout ratio — 1.52 1.35

Size

Metric ELME NXRT Reit Residential median
Market cap 151.06m 517.67m 4.17b

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