ELME (Elme Communities) Debt-to-EBITDA : N/A (As of Mar. 2026)

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What is Elme Communities Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Elme Communities's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was $0.0 Mil. Elme Communities's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was $0.0 Mil. Elme Communities's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was $0.0 Mil.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Elme Communities's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

ELME' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -15.97   Med: 6.5   Max: 10.23
Current: -15.97

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Elme Communities was 10.23. The lowest was -15.97. And the median was 6.50.

ELME's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 578 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 6.51 vs ELME: -15.97

Elme Communities  (NYSE:ELME) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Elme Communities Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Elme Communities Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Elme Communities's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Elme Communities Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Elme Communities Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.50 6.44 10.23 5.79 N/A

Elme Communities Quarterly Data
Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25 Jun25 Sep25 Dec25 Mar26
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.29 5.92 -1.97 N/A N/A

ELME vs FREVS, MRTI, CLPR: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the REIT - Residential subindustry, Elme Communities's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Elme Communities Debt-to-EBITDA vs REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Elme Communities's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Elme Communities's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


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Elme Communities Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Elme Communities's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Elme Communities's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2026) EBITDA data.


Elme Communities Business Description

Industry Real EstateREITs
Other Exchanges WRI:Germany
Address 7550 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 900, Bethesda, MD, USA, 20814
Elme Communities is a real estate investment trust engaged in owning and operating properties in the greater Washington DC metropolitan area. The company's real estate portfolio is comprised of office, retail, and multifamily properties located near transportation nodes. It derives nearly all of its income in the form of rental revenue from tenants organized into long-term leases. The company's office assets contribute the majority of this income, while the rest is split fairly evenly between its retail and multifamily locations. Elme Communities' tenants are banking, consulting, law, and financial services firms. The company operates in a single reportable segment which includes the ownership, development, redevelopment and acquisition of apartment communities.
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