All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-10-26.
From the record
Elme Communities' filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2026-10-26) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
-3.2% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 5 of 9.
From the record
Elme Communities' 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $313 million in fiscal 2016 to $242 million in fiscal 2024, down 3.2% a year; it rose in 4 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 46% from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 5 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
SI estimate 4.9/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: Elme Communities's shareholder treatment is put at 4.9 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 165 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE -1%: lost 1¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 41%: owes 41¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31, Elme Communities lost about 1 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 8 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 41 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.2% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 43% of 157 in its family; net margin -5.4%.
From the record
Elme Communities' standing among 157 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $242 million in fiscal 2024 ranks in the bottom 27% by size; a net margin of -5.4% ranks in the bottom 23%; revenue growth of 12.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 21% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 45% of 160 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2013.
From the record
Elme Communities' leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Mcdermott, Paul T. (President, CEO & Chairman, as filed), filing under that title since 2013-08-28, 13.2 years (top 24% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.1 years (bottom 41%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (bottom 19%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
SI estimate 10.0/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: Elme Communities's room to expand is put at 10.0 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, cash less debt against assets, which ranks in the top 1% of 172 in its family; the record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 41% of 153 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Elme Communities' growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2024: revenue grew 12.7% a year over the last three filed years against -3.2% over all 9, speeding up (top 4% of its family); the newest year grew 6.1% (top 36%); capital spending grew -23.2% a year (bottom 17%) (its annual reports). Elme Communities tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 49% of 150 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Elme Communities' newest year against its own record: revenue of $242 million in fiscal 2024 came in 8.6% below the $265 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 24% of its family); net income of $13 million against a prior three-year average of $22 million (top 35%); a net margin of -5.4% against -9.4% before (top 37%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made