Elme Communities ELME
NYSE ELME
$1.67 +0.05 (+3.09%)
As of: Aug 21, 2026 · 2:47 PM EDT

Elme Communities (ELME) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2025)

Elme Communities (ELME) posted quarterly Debt Ratio of 0.25 for Q4 2025, down 13.19% year-over-year from 0.28 in Q4 2024, and down 20.72% on a QoQ basis from 0.31 in Q3 2025.

Elme Communities (ELME) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Elme Communities has reported Debt Ratio for 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.25 in Q4 2025.

  • Debt Ratio for Q4 2025 came in at 0.25, down 13.19% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 0.25 (down 13.19% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.25, down 13.19% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio slipped to 0.25 in Q4 2025, from 0.31 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt Ratio peaked at 0.4 in Q2 2021 and troughed at 0.03 in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.27 and a median of 0.28 in 2024 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Debt Ratio tumbled 33.34%; it then soared 242.88% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.27 in 2021, then sank by 89.05% to 0.03 in 2022, then surged by 181.33% to 0.08 in 2023, then soared by 242.88% to 0.28 in 2024, then slipped by 13.19% to 0.25 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Debt Ratio figures were 0.25 in Q4 2025, 0.31 in Q3 2025, and 0.29 in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Avalonbay Communities 26.11 Bn 26.32 Bn - 0.33
2 Erp Operating Ltd Partnership 23.87 Bn 24.06 Bn - 0.30
3 Invitation Homes 17.85 Bn 17.85 Bn 705.34 Mn 0.24
4 Mid America Apartment Communities 15.26 Bn 15.14 Bn 537.17 Mn 0.44
5 Sun Communities 14.92 Bn 14.92 Bn 460.10 Mn 0.16
6 Equity Lifestyle Properties 12.65 Bn 12.65 Bn 375.97 Mn 0.47
7 American Homes 4 Rent 12.36 Bn 12.36 Bn - 0.36
8 Udr 12.14 Bn 12.14 Bn 412.43 Mn 0.48
9 Camden Property Trust 11.00 Bn 11.00 Bn - 0.48
10 Elme Communities 147.11 Mn -1.18 Bn - 0.25

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 0.25
Sep 30, 2025 0.11
Jun 30, 2025 0.10
Mar 31, 2025 0.29
Dec 31, 2024 0.10
Sep 30, 2024 0.09
Jun 30, 2024 0.08
Mar 31, 2024 0.09
Dec 31, 2023 0.08
Sep 30, 2023 0.27
Jun 30, 2023 0.28
Mar 31, 2023 0.28
Dec 31, 2022 0.03
Sep 30, 2022 0.26
Mar 31, 2022 0.26
Sep 30, 2021 0.27
Jun 30, 2021 0.40
Mar 31, 2021 0.40
Dec 31, 2020 0.02
Sep 30, 2020 0.35