Elme Communities ELME
NYSE ELME
$1.66 +0.04 (+2.47%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Elme Communities (ELME) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2025)

Elme Communities (ELME) posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 2.2 for Q3 2025, up 21.81% year-over-year from 1.81 in Q3 2024, and up 192.03% on a QoQ basis from 0.75 in Q2 2025.

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

Elme Communities has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 17 years, with the latest figure at 2.2 in Q3 2025.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q3 2025 came in at 2.2, up 21.81% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2025 was 1.29 (up 22.33% YoY), and the FY2024 annual result was 1.33, up 147.4% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio improved to 2.2 in Q3 2025, from 0.75 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 2.2 in Q3 2025 and troughed at 0.41 in Q3 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.83 and a median of 0.76 in 2024 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2021, when FCF Payout Ratio tumbled 132.68%; it then surged 1052.59% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.17 in 2021, then surged by 495.83% to 0.69 in 2022, then gained by 0.97% to 0.69 in 2023, then soared by 118.87% to 1.52 in 2024, then surged by 45.15% to 2.2 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent FCF Payout Ratio figures were 2.2 in Q3 2025, 0.75 in Q2 2025, and 1.52 in Q1 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Avalonbay Communities 26.11 Bn 26.32 Bn - 5.09
2 Erp Operating Ltd Partnership 23.87 Bn 24.06 Bn - -
3 Invitation Homes 17.81 Bn 17.81 Bn 705.34 Mn 0.56
4 Mid America Apartment Communities 15.25 Bn 15.12 Bn 537.17 Mn -
5 Sun Communities 14.88 Bn 14.88 Bn 460.10 Mn 0.72
6 Equity Lifestyle Properties 12.64 Bn 12.64 Bn 375.97 Mn 1.30
7 American Homes 4 Rent 12.38 Bn 12.38 Bn - 0.41
8 Udr 12.15 Bn 12.15 Bn 412.43 Mn 0.70
9 Camden Property Trust 10.98 Bn 10.98 Bn - -0.80
10 Elme Communities 147.11 Mn -1.18 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2025 0.53
Jun 30, 2025 0.75
Mar 31, 2025 0.00
Dec 31, 2024 1.10
Sep 30, 2024 -1.26
Jun 30, 2024 0.55
Mar 31, 2024 0.75
Dec 31, 2023 0.69
Sep 30, 2023 -0.19
Jun 30, 2023 0.62
Mar 31, 2023 0.00
Dec 31, 2022 -1.11
Sep 30, 2022 0.07
Jun 30, 2022 -0.20
Mar 31, 2022 0.00
Dec 31, 2021 0.00
Sep 30, 2021 -0.38
Jun 30, 2021 1.07
Mar 31, 2021 0.00
Dec 31, 2020 0.87