Elme Communities (ELME) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2025)
Elme Communities (ELME) posted Return on Sales [ROS] of -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) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Sep 30, 2025, Return on Sales [ROS] at Elme Communities was -39.18%, down 48.93 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2024, it was 9.70%, up 19.82 percentage points from FY2023.
- Annual Return on Sales [ROS] shows a five-year change of -18.29 percentage points (FY2019 to FY2024).
- In prior years, Elme Communities' Return on Sales [ROS] 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 stands as the lowest quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] in data going back to Q2 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Sales [ROS] increased in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -13.60 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Sales [ROS] in the past five years was Q3 2024, with a gain of 74.93 percentage points; the weakest was Q3 2025, with a drop of 194.36 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales [ROS] for the three prior quarters was 9.55% (Q2 2025), 7.78% (Q1 2025) and 10.42% (Q4 2024).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welltower | 164.16 Bn | 146.67 Bn | 1.39 Bn | -51.62% |
| 2 | Prologis | 120.28 Bn | 124.68 Bn | - | 51.59% |
| 3 | Simon Property | 68.97 Bn | 70.18 Bn | - | 43.38% |
| 4 | Realty Income | 51.22 Bn | 53.60 Bn | - | 45.77% |
| 5 | Public Storage | 49.85 Bn | 48.94 Bn | - | 37.85% |
| 6 | Ventas | 43.09 Bn | 42.28 Bn | - | 12.39% |
| 7 | Extra Space Storage | 28.15 Bn | 28.15 Bn | 642.43 Mn | 44.86% |
| 8 | Vici Properties | 24.95 Bn | 23.07 Bn | 1.05 Bn | 69.48% |
| 9 | Vivmark Residential | 22.41 Bn | 22.60 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Elme Communities | 155.50 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 Return on Sales [ROS] 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=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=ELME&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "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=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=ELME&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();