- No strong opportunity cluster is confirmed yet; monitor trend and activity pressure.
ELME
NYSE
Week ended 11 Sep 2026
Weekly Investor Report
Elme Communities · Real Estate · Reit - Residential
Latest close
1.66 USD
-1.8%
latest week
Weekly setup
Mixed setup
The weekly trend is not active. Price is -12.0% below the Trend Line and sits at 20.8% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -1.8%, after a 2.5% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality is middle-of-the-pack; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive. Options positioning is volatility with 53/100 conviction, while the latest news-sentiment score is 50/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal.
Setup score
25
out of 100
Latest Close
1.66 USD
11 Sep 2026
1W Return
-1.8%
latest completed week
4W Return
2.5%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
-17.4%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
38.5%
20 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
0.3x
vs 13-week average
- The trend backdrop is inactive, so price action has not confirmed a constructive regime.
- Price is below the Trend Line, which keeps downside pressure in focus.
- Price is below Fair Value, so the market is still discounting the latest tape.
- Activity pressure is negative, which weakens the current setup.
- Trend Line remains the key weekly regime level.
- Activity pressure is the gauge to monitor for confirmation or fade.
- A volume ratio above 1.5x would show stronger participation in the next move.
Price follow-through
-1.8%
Latest completed week; four-week move 2.5%.
Indicator stack
21/56
Trend and activity pressure are weighted against the latest 12-week confirmation window.
Trend backdrop
Active
The trend backdrop defines the current weekly regime.
Patient Capital
Quiet
Activity-pressure buy-signal status for institutional accumulation timing.
Options pressure
Volatility
53/100 conviction; expected move 18.7%.
News sentiment
50/100
6 relevant articles in the latest sentiment read.
Event risk
15 Sep
Latest stored earnings date was 15 Sep 2026.
01 · Price action
Study the full chart
Where price is—and whether the trend supports it
The weekly trend is not active. Price is -12.0% below the Trend Line and sits at 20.8% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -1.8%, after a 2.5% four-week move.
52-week price path
Price vs Trend Line and Fair Value
Price
Trend Line
Fair Value
02 · Volume and demand
Is real participation confirming the move?
Latest weekly volume is 0.3x the 13-week average. Participation is below its recent norm, so price strength is not receiving full volume confirmation.
26-week volume confirmation
Bar height shows volume; colour shows the weekly price direction
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Demand beneath price
Activity pressure and institutional-style signals
These indicators assess whether participation is improving beneath the headline price move. They are supporting evidence, not proof of institutional buying.
Activity pressure path
Latest 0.0412-week average 0.02
12-week confirmation
Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure1/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.04Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals0Accumulation signal count in the latest 12 weeks.
Reversal markers0No reversal markers
No recent accumulation markers. No reversal markers.
03 · Momentum and leadership
Is performance persistent—and is the stock leading?
Performance is 2.5% over four weeks, -17.4% over 12 weeks, and -38.3% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.
Performance by holding period
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year20
Trend breadth38.5%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-0.07Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change93.2%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-31.98Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change15.1%Four-week change in relative leadership.
04 · Fundamentals and valuation
Open full factor analysis
What investors are paying for—and the quality behind it
The latest factor snapshot indicates quality is middle-of-the-pack; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive.
Factor week 11 Sep 2026
Financial statements through 30 Jun 2026
Field coverage 61%
Model confidence 61%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength42/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 59; rank 1 is best.
Value46/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 55; rank 1 is best.
Quality44/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 57; rank 1 is best.
Momentum46/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 55; rank 1 is best.
Growth46/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 55; rank 1 is best.
Quality and valuation are separate questions
A strong company can still carry a demanding valuation. This report shows profitability, growth, balance-sheet strength, and the price paid for those characteristics separately.
Valuation
How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.
- P/E
- - Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- - Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- 5.3x Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- - Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- - Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- - Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- - Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- -24.3% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- - Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- - Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
- Free-cash-flow growth
- -34.6% Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
- Piotroski F-score
- 4/9 Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.
Shareholder return and balance sheet
Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.
- Dividend yield
- - Cash dividends relative to market value.
- Buyback yield
- 0.0% Net share repurchases relative to market value.
- Shareholder yield
- 0.0% Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 3.1x Balance-sheet debt relative to operating cash earnings.
05 · Ownership, options, and sentiment
What other market participants are doing
Options, insider transactions, market sentiment, and activity-pressure signals can confirm or challenge the price story. None should be used alone.
Options positioningVolatility
ELME shows volatility options pressure with a 53/100 conviction score, put-call volume ratio of 0.00, expected move of 18.7%, and Sharemaestro trend signal inactive.
Conviction53/100
Expected move18.7%
Put/call volume0.00
Insider activity-
No recent insider transactions are stored for this company.
News sentiment50/100
Weighted news tone is neutral across 6 relevant articles.
2 positive · 4 neutral · 0 negativePatient CapitalQuiet
Activity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal
06 · Catalysts and risk
What can move the shares—and how volatile the path has been
Event timing, options-implied movement, drawdown, and weekly return distribution frame the risk around the current setup.
Next earnings15 SepLatest stored earnings date was 15 Sep 2026.
Options expected move18.7%Nearest-chain priced movement where available.
52-week drawdown-47.8%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility8.0%Standard deviation of weekly returns.
Weekly gains and losses
Latest 26 completed weeksEach bar is one week. Gains rise above the zero line; losses fall below it. Taller bars mean a larger weekly move.
20 Mar
17 Apr
15 May
12 Jun
10 Jul
7 Aug
11 Sep
Weeks higher12 of 2610 weeks finished lower.
Best week+8.1%Week of 31 Jul.
Worst week-26.4%Week of 26 Jun.
Latest week-1.8%Week of 11 Sep.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains2
Modest gains10
Flat weeks4
Modest losses7
Sharp losses3
Recent vol8.0%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol5.6%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split23/24Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew2.2% / -3.7%Average positive week versus average negative week.
07 · Sector and peer context
Is this stock leading—or simply moving with its group?
Sector and industry breadth distinguish company-specific strength from a broad group move.
SectorUS Real Estate
4-week rank- / 100
Group average-4.4%
Trend breadth52.0%
Trend52.0%active weekly trend signals
MD28.0%positive activity pressure
RS16.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryUS Reit - Residential
4-week rank2 / 19
Group average-4.6%
Trend breadth36.8%
Trend36.8%active weekly trend signals
MD21.1%positive activity pressure
RS0.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
08 · Evidence and weekly data
The underlying research record
Every top-level statement above should be traceable to a stored market, fundamental, event, or positioning observation.
Weekly tape24/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 24/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis11/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 0/12, activity pressure 1/12, relative leadership 0/12.
Activity pressure 0.04; No reversal markers Factors43/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 48; Small Cap Core rank 57 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Options36/100ELME shows volatility options pressure with a 53/100 conviction score, put-call volume ratio of 0.00, expected move of 18.7%, and Sharemaestro trend signal inactive.
Volatility · Volatility expansion watch · Expected move 18.7% Sentiment50/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 6 relevant articles.
Maven Securities LTD Purchases 759,833 Shares of Elme Communities $ELME Insiders50/100No recent insider transaction evidence is stored.
Earnings15 SepLatest stored earnings date was 15 Sep 2026.
| Week | Close | Return | Trend Line | Fair Value | Pressure | Leadership | Volume | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep 2026 | 1.66 USD | -1.8% | 1.89 USD | 2.31 USD | -0.07 | -31.98 | 2.0M | Off |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 1.69 USD | 0.6% | 1.90 USD | 2.31 USD | -0.29 | -32.09 | 2.4M | Off |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 1.68 USD | 1.2% | 1.92 USD | 2.32 USD | -0.53 | -33.22 | 3.5M | Off |
| 21 Aug 2026 | 1.66 USD | 2.5% | 1.94 USD | 2.32 USD | -0.73 | -34.48 | 2.4M | Off |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 1.62 USD | 0.0% | 1.98 USD | 2.32 USD | -0.98 | -37.66 | 2.0M | Off |
| 7 Aug 2026 | 1.62 USD | 0.6% | 2.03 USD | 2.33 USD | -1.05 | -38.14 | 2.6M | Off |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 1.61 USD | 8.1% | 2.07 USD | 2.33 USD | -1.07 | -37.08 | 6.6M | Off |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 1.49 USD | -2.0% | 2.11 USD | 2.34 USD | -1.01 | -41.69 | 4.1M | Off |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 1.52 USD | 0.0% | 2.16 USD | 2.34 USD | -0.77 | -41.50 | 11.5M | Off |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 1.52 USD | -4.4% | 2.20 USD | 2.35 USD | -0.46 | -43.05 | 5.0M | Off |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 1.59 USD | 7.4% | 2.24 USD | 2.35 USD | -0.18 | -40.31 | 9.7M | Off |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 1.48 USD | -26.4% | 2.28 USD | 2.36 USD | 0.02 | -43.84 | 23.5M | Off |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 2.01 USD | -1.0% | 2.32 USD | 2.36 USD | 0.15 | -26.36 | 5.2M | Off |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 2.03 USD | 0.0% | 2.34 USD | 2.36 USD | 0.08 | -25.54 | 4.0M | Off |
How to use this report
This is a completed-week research summary. It explains the available evidence and its conflicts; it does not predict a guaranteed outcome or replace your own risk assessment. Fundamental figures may refer to an earlier financial reporting period, which is shown above.