Elme Communities (ELME) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025)
Elme Communities' Operating Margin came in at -183.33% for Q3 2025, down 194.36 percentage points from 11.03% a year earlier and down 192.88 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Elme Communities (ELME) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Sep 30, 2025, Elme Communities reported Operating Margin of -39.18%, down 48.93 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2024, it came in at 9.70%, up 19.82 percentage points from FY2023.
- Operating Margin carries a five-year change of -18.29 percentage points (FY2019 to FY2024).
- Going back by year, Operating Margin was -10.12% in FY2023 (-9.30 pp), -0.82% in FY2022 (+1.89 pp), -2.72% in FY2021 (-1.34 pp) and -1.37% in FY2020 (-29.37 pp).
- The Q3 2025 figure represents the lowest quarterly Operating Margin in data going back to Q2 2009.
- Year-over-year, Operating Margin increased in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -13.60 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Operating Margin over five years came in Q3 2024 (a gain of 74.93 percentage points), and the weakest in Q3 2025 (a drop of 194.36 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows ELME's Operating Margin at 9.55% (Q2 2025), 7.78% (Q1 2025) and 10.42% (Q4 2024) in the three quarters before Q3 2025.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welltower | 167.95 Bn | 150.46 Bn | 1.39 Bn | -51.62% |
| 2 | Prologis | 123.54 Bn | 127.93 Bn | - | 51.59% |
| 3 | Simon Property | 66.76 Bn | 68.02 Bn | - | 49.72% |
| 4 | Realty Income | 52.37 Bn | 54.76 Bn | - | - |
| 5 | Public Storage | 50.03 Bn | 49.11 Bn | - | 37.85% |
| 6 | Ventas | 44.65 Bn | 43.84 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | Extra Space Storage | 27.81 Bn | 27.81 Bn | 642.43 Mn | 44.86% |
| 8 | Vici Properties | 25.53 Bn | 23.65 Bn | 1.05 Bn | 69.48% |
| 9 | Vivmark Residential | 23.01 Bn | 23.20 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Elme Communities | 151.06 Mn | -1.20 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | -183.33% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 9.55% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 7.78% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 10.42% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 11.03% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 9.84% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 7.46% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 10.67% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -63.90% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 6.39% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.81% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.97% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.27% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -5.29% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -5.15% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -4.90% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -3.82% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -5.67% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 3.85% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -13.44% |
API Access
Elme Communities Operating Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=ELME&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "ELME", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=ELME&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();